Two matches played, two matches won. No.5 seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova are into the semifinals at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open digging deep to survive a long day. Published September 29, 2016 12:13 WUHAN, China – The No.5 seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova dug deep to pull off a doubleheader at the […]
Pair beat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-2, 7-6 in US Open semi • American and Czech take just 27 minutes to win first set Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, seeded 12th, defeated the fifth seeds on a hot, draining afternoon. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images Bethanie Mattek-Sands will fly the flag for the hosts in […]
by: BRAD KALLET August 18, 2016 – Tennis.com The gold medalist didn’t have a ton on her fastball, but she reached the plate effortlessly. (AP) On Wednesday night, Bethanie Mattek-Sands became the latest tennis player to throw out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. The doubles specialist, who won a gold medal in […]
By: David Woods, USA TODAY NETWORK Catch up on all the action from championship Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — Venus Williams did not divulge where she will store her fifth Olympic tennis medal. We do know where those stars-and-stripes socks worn by Bethanie Mattek-Sands are going, though. “Definitely, […]
USA TODAY SPORTS By:Dan Levinsohn Learn more about Team USA’s doubles specialist Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The United States’ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (born Bethanie Mattek) is a self-described “adrenaline junkie” with a flashy fashion sense, one that’s earned her a reputation as “the Lady Gaga of tennis”. But more importantly, Mattek-Sands is one of the world’s top doubles […]
