ESPN’s 2015 tennis season—its 37th since beginning in 1979 just one week after ESPN debuted—will be the biggest ever, with more hours on TV—more than, highlighted by first-time exclusivity at the U.S. Open—and an expanded schedule on ESPN3 exceeding 5,000 hours, representing the most live tennis of any media outlet in the U.S. The 2015…
World number six Andy Murray has inked a four-year sponsorship deal with Under Armour, the Baltimore-based company. Under Armour is an originator of performance footwear, apparel and accessories, designed to make all athletes better. Murray had previously been sponsored by Adidas for the last four years, but will now sport Under Armour apparel during his…
The USTA National Indoor Championships continued on Tuesday at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, as the tournament’s fields continued to be reduced. The Men’s Open Singles draw were the early matches of the day, as two semifinal bouts took place. In the first, Josh Mactaggart of New York, N.Y. outlasted…
Marin Cilic has withdrawn from next week’s Brisbane International tournament with a right shoulder injury. The U.S. Open champion hopes of playing at 2015’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, are now in question. Cameron Pearson, the Brisbane tournament director said Cilic “lost his race against time to regain full fitness.” The shoulder injury keeping…
The USTA National Indoor Championships got underway at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows on Friday, as a number of men and women took to the courts. The championships consisted of five fields; men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, and we begin the week with the…
Last week, we looked at the young talent on the women’s side of American tennis. It is no secret that the progress on the men’s side has taken a step back over the last couple of years. Only two singles titles were won by an American this past year, as John Isner won in both…
The coaching carosuel in professional tennis continues to spin, as Wim Fissette has once again found himself involved in a hiring or firing. Fissette, who helped coach Romanian Simona Halep to a world number two ranking and WTA Finals runner up in 2014, has been hired by American teenager Taylor Townsend for the 2015 season….
While much has been made of the recent decline in success of American men on the tennis court, the women’s game has not missed a beat in its development of impact players on the WTA Tour. The last official WTA rankings of 2014 came out Dec. 22, and it featured 18 Americans in the top…
While the tennis season is in a hiatus as we prepare for the 2015 season, two of the world’s best players entertained 11,000 fans at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Sunday. Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka played an exhibition match in front of the sold out crowd in The Match For Africa 2 presented by…
Australia native Jordan Thompson earned a wild card berth into the Australian Open with a thrilling 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 6-7(2), 9-7 over his compatriot John-Patrick Smith in Sunday’s Australian Open Wild Card playoff final. The win puts him into the main draw of the first Grand Slam of the year for the second consecutive season….