Four players who trained at the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the area’s world-class tennis training facility in College Park, Md., will be competing in the upcoming Citi Open tennis tournament at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center. The tournament...
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Kudla v. Murray in Wimbledon Final?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei7TCPVqSzk&w=640&h=360] Did you listen carefully to Andy Murray's post-match interview? After chucking the proverbial monkey off his back and with the weight of a country off his shoulders, an exhausted Murray detailed...
Kudla receives wild card entry for Citi Open
WASHINGTON—July 3, 2013—Denis Kudla, the Washington Metropolitan Area’s homegrown promising tennis star, today received a wild card to compete in the main draw of the Citi OpenSM, the capital tennis tradition and ATP World Tour 500-level tournament. The tournament...
Kudla falls to Dodig in second round at Wimbledon
Denis Kudla caught the Wimbledon injury bug. During a changeover in the third set against No. 49 in the world Ivan Dodig, the cameras zoomed in on Kudla as he was noticeably wincing in pain. A couple of brief stretches did not provide the remedy so a trainer was...
Kudla second round Wimbledon preview
Denis Kudla will take on Ivan Dodig in the second round at Wimbledon tomorrow. They are scheduled as the last match on Court 17. Play on Court 17 starts at 11:30 AM local time (6:30 AM EST). Last Meeting The two have not met previously. Tale of the Tape (2013 Stats)...
Kudla notches first Grand Slam win
Denis Kudla defeated James Duckworth this morning in five sets (6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1) to advance to the second round at Wimbledon. The win marks Kudla's first in a Grand Slam event. It is now a foregone conclusion that he will vault into the top 100 following the...
Kudla Wimbledon Primer
Adjust your alarm clocks accordingly. Denis Kudla, JTCC alum, will make his Wimbledon debut tomorrow at 6:30 AM EST (11:30 GMT). Kudla will take on Australian James Duckworth on Court 5. Last Meeting The two met for the first time last year (May 7, 2012) in Rome in...
Kudla qualifies for Wimbledon
On the heels of qualifying for the French Open this month and reaching the quarterfinals of the Aegon Championships last week, Denis Kudla earned a spot in the Wimbledon main draw by defeating Ruben Bemelmans (6-4, 6-4, 6-3) yesterday in a qualifying match. Kudla was...
Tsonga downs Kudla in quarterfinals
No. 4 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated unseeded Denis Kudla yesterday in a quarterfinal match at the Aegon Championships, 6-3, 6-2. "I played well from the baseline," said Tsonga. "I served well. Just played solid tennis. I'm really happy with how I played and I am...