Jeff de Luna Nine Filipino cue artists won their first two matches after two days of the US Open Pool Championship at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dennis Orcollo, Carlo Biado, Warren Kiamco, Roberto Gomez, Jeff De Luna, Johann Chua, Jeffrey Ignacio, James Aranas and Roland Garcia...
US Open Women's champion Emma Raducanu (right) and runner-up Leylah Fernandez (AFP) As we close the books on this year’s US Open, the all-time big winners of the two-week tournament would be Emma, Daniil and the youth, mental toughness, Lacoste, women’s tennis in particular, and tennis and New...
Photo from US Open Tennis Twitter account Desirae Krawczyk, an American player of Filipino descent, shared the US Open podium over the weekend after teaming up with British partner Joe Salisbury for the Mixed Doubles title. The second-seeded Krawczyk and Salisbury bested Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos...
Russia's Daniil Medvedev kisses the trophy after winning the 2021 US Open Tennis tournament men's final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 12, 2021. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) Daniil Medvedev shattered Novak...
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada celebrates with the runner-up trophy after being defeated by Emma Raducanu of Great Britain during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing...
000_9MJ7ME Teenagers Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez have served noticed they are the faces of a new women's tennis generation, yet only one gets a fairytale ending in Saturday's US Open final. British 18-year-old Raducanu, the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final, and 19-year-old...
Photo c/o Pete Staples United States Tennis Association - USTA (Official) Alex Eala and Belgian Hanne Vandewinkel fell short in their bid in the US Open Girls Doubles after yielding in the semifinals Saturday. Eala and Vandewinkel, seeded sixth in the tournament, succumbed to eighth-seeded...
Leylah Fernandez (AFP) Jorge Fernandez won't attend his daughter Leylah's all-teen US Open final showdown Saturday with Britain's Emma Raducanu over fears about messing with routines that are working. Fernandez, a former footballer from Ecuador who became a tennis coach for his daughter, will watch...
Leylah Fernandez believes that her ongoing US Open campaign revealed her true potential at a young age of 19. Leylah Fernandez (AFP) "I believed in my game but it also has helped me in opening my eyes that I have no limit to my potential," said Fernandez, who advanced in the US Open final after...
Leylah Fernandez has always been curious about her roots, having been born to mother Irene, a Canadian with Filipino parents, and Ecuadorian father Jorge. Canada's Leylah Fernandez celebrates after winning her 2021 US Open Tennis tournament women's semifinal match against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka...
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada celebrates defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during her Women’s Singles semifinals match on Day Eleven of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York...
Canada's Leylah Fernandez celebrates after winning the first set against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during their 2021 US Open Tennis tournament women's semifinal match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 9, 2021. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) From her...
