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…
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson took down Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, to win the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships for his second ever career ATP title. Anderson is the first ever South African to win this tournament. He is now 2-1 in career finals after winning his first at the since…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Great Britain’s Andy Murray to win his fifth Dubai Championship title, defeating Murray in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. Federer had not dropped a set in the entire tournament and this is his fifth title in the past seven resulting in a total of 72. Federer now has a…
MSG Sports and StarGames has announced a strong field of marketing partners for the Monday, March 5th BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. An impressive array of marketing partners has signed on to showcase their brands at the fifth annual one-night only tennis event, which will feature four of today’s greatest tennis players. A huge…
American Andy Roddick has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after defeating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. This will be his second quarterfinals for the year and Roddick is currently is ranked 30th in the world. His last quarterfinals were in San Jose in early February…