In March, Tennis Channel will offer more than 120 live hours from two of the largest events in tennis, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., and the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. With more matches than all other networks combined, the channel plans daylong telecast windows and early round-through-semifinal coverage at each 12-day…
Hitting cross-court or down the line is always the big question for any player at any level. The cross-court shot is the high percentage shot over the low part of the net, while down the line is the lower percentage shot because it is over the high part of the net. There is a tactical…
Andrés A. Bella was born in Queens, N.Y. in 1977. His passion for tennis started when he picked up a racquet for the first time at the age of four, eventually becoming captain and Most Valuable Player of the Quinnipiac University Division I Men’s Tennis Team. Andrés also discovered his passion for art at an…
One of Brazil’s most beloved and successful athletes, Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten, has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis– induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Kuerten was the world’s number one player for 43 non-consecutive weeks, and he is a three-time major tournament champion, having captured French Open…
The 2012 World TeamTennis Pro League schedule kicks off on Monday, July 9, with the defending champion Washington Kastles vying to continue their 16-match winning streak that started last summer as they face off against the Orange County Breakers in Irvine, Calif. League officials today released the 59-match schedules for the three-week regular season of…
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the upcoming $11 million BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., an ATP and WTA hard-court event which commences today. This is a record prize purse for any ATP-WTA event outside of the majors which gives $1 million to the women’s and men’s singles champions….
The Fordham Men’s Tennis team caught the attention of Atlantic 10 conference foes during the fall semester by storming to a 6-0 record backed by strong performances in all matches, winning all but one by 7-0 shutouts. Through six early spring semester matches, the Rams’ record now stands at 10-2. Fordham’s ten wins include a…
Professional tennis returned to New York City last night as four former world number one-ranked players took to the court at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown. In the opening match of the evening, current world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3,…
The USTA has announced that the SmashZone Mobile Tour, the premiere fan interactive attraction at the U.S. Open, will hit the road for a 21-city mobile tour and introduce youth tennis to kids and parents across the country. The tour will kick-off at the Atlanta Fair on March 9-11. SmashZone Mobile Tour engages audiences by…
I absolutely LOVE playing tennis! My mom was a club tennis champion in Baltimore in the 1930s, and she actually played tennis on the last day of her life at the age of 83. I learned the game at the age of 10 at a summer camp, and I’ve been playing socially ever since. According…