Patrick McEnroe announced his resignation Wednesday as general manager of player development for the U.S. Tennis Association, the nonprofit group that organizes the U.S. Open. This year’s Open shows how little top U.S. talent has emerged during McEnroe’s tenure. He took the job in April 2008. No American male player who was under 20 at […]
Patrick McEnroe announced his resignation Wednesday as general manager of player development for the U.S. Tennis Association, the nonprofit group that organizes the U.S. Open. This year’s Open shows how little top U.S. talent has emerged during McEnroe’s tenure. He took the job in April 2008. No American male player who was under 20 at […]
American men’s tennis is at a nadir. No Grand Slam singles champion in 11 years. No Grand Slam singles semifinalist in over five years. The U.S. Open unfolding now in New York is the 12th straight Grand Slam without an American man in the quarterfinals, and the seventh of the last eight with none in […]
American men’s tennis is at a nadir. No Grand Slam singles champion in 11 years. No Grand Slam singles semifinalist in over five years. The U.S. Open unfolding now in New York is the 12th straight Grand Slam without an American man in the quarterfinals, and the seventh of the last eight with none in […]
Over the next few days, Rafael Nadal will attempt to win his ninth French Open and become only the third male player to achieve 14 major championships, tying Pete Sampras and moving within three of Roger Federer’s record of 17. He’d be the first to win a particular major nine times, and, at barely 28 […]
