US Open

Israel set to play Canada for Davis Cup showdown in Scotiabank Centre

Team Israel is heading to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to compete against Team Canada from September 12 to 14 in World Group I.

|ByHOWARD BLAS
Israeli tennis captain Jonathan Erlich.
One of Israeli tennis player Sergei Lysov at the US Open.

Sergei Lysov’s New York breakthrough in wheelchair tennis

Now, as he competes internationally, Lysov proudly represents Israel. His racket features an Israeli flag damper, and his tennis wheelchair is adorned with yellow ribbons as a tribute to the hostages

|ByHOWARD BLAS
Piotr Szczerek recorded taking a hat being handed to a child.

Polish CEO apologizes after video shows him taking hat from child

Szczerek claimed he was “convinced” that tennis player Kamil Majchrzak had been "passing his hat in my direction..."

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
ISRAELI TENNIS player Mika Buchnik, fresh from competing at the US Open juniors in both singles and doubles, is set to begin her journey as a student-athlete with the Oklahoma Sooners.

Israeli junior tennis star Mika Buchnik off to Oklahoma

Mika Buchnik has reached WTA career-high rankings of 843 in singles and 1009 in doubles, has competed at three Junior Grand Slams – Wimbledon, Roland Garros, and the Australian Open.

|ByHOWARD BLAS

The true tennis love story of Canadian-Israeli Sharon Fichman

Fichman now hopes to compete for Canada at the 2020 Olympics in Japan.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019ByHOWARD BLAS
CANADIAN-ISRAELI tennis player Sharon Fichman is back on court after an extended break from the sport, and she hopes to participate in the 2020 Olympics next year in Tokyo