Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of defending champion Spain and the Czech Republic’s Davis Cup championship competition in Prague this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday. The countries find themselves in a rematch of the 2009 final. Spain, however, will be without former world number one Rafael Nadal, who…
The Executive Committee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame has voted to indefinitely suspend South African tennis player Bob Hewitt from the Hall of Fame. Hewitt was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992. The suspension of Hewitt follows a comprehensive investigation conducted by Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP into multiple allegations brought…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has announced that he will again attempt to hit the practice courts next week, following a near six-month absence that prevented him from taking part in the 2012 U.S. Open, the ATP World Tour Finals and representing his home nation at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Nadal has not played since June…
The draw for the 100th Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final was made Thursday afternoon in Prague for the event which is set to begin Friday, Nov. 16. Radek Stepanek will open play for the host Czech Republic against World number five-ranked David Ferrer of Spain, and will be followed by sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych against 11th-ranked…
The USTA announced that University of Virginia senior Jarmere Jenkins (College Park, Ga.) and University of Florida senior Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) are among the top American collegians selected to represent the United States in the seventh annual Master’U BNP Paribas, an international collegiate team competition held Dec. 5-9 at Aix-en-Provence, France. Jenkins, who…
“Tennis is a simple game played by very complicated people.” That is a quote my brother Murphy uses all the time when talking about tennis. At all levels of play, the game of tennis is more about the management of unforced errors. It is a simple formula … make sure your unforced error number is…
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 in London set a new attendance record in 2012, as well as attracting record audiences both on television and online. The tournament welcomed 263,229 fans across eight days of action, shattering the previous attendance record of 256,830, set in the tournament’s first year in London in…
Located in Bradenton, Fla., IMG Academy is home to the IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis program. Under the guiding principles of its founder, Nick Bollettieri, and the leadership and direction of Rohan Goetzke, the IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis program sets the standard by which all tennis…
More than 100 high school student-athletes from across the USTA Eastern region showed off their talent and learned about a wide range of opportunities to play collegiate tennis on Nov. 11 at USTA Eastern’s 26th Annual College Showcase Day. The event, which was held at Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., featured more than 60…
The Spanish team of Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez have become only the second Spanish team to win the season-ending championships after their 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 win over the fifth-seeded team of Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna of India at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London. The only other Spanish…