Professional Tennis
“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…
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…
Novak Djokovic captured his sixth title of the season on Monday, his second Barclays ATP World Tour Finals trophy, defeating second-seeded and six-time champion Roger Federer 7-6(6), 7-5 in London at The O2 Arena. Djokovic accepted the singles trophy and a check for $1,760,000 as an unbeaten champion in five matches this week, and also earned…
Lucie Safarova defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-1 to clinch a second consecutive Fed Cup by BNP Paribas title for the Czech Republic over Serbia on Sunday. After the Czechs won the final’s opening two singles rubbers, Petra Kvitova, who had won her last 11 Fed Cup encounters, was expected to clinch the trophy against Ivanovic in the first…
Roger Federer will meet Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. Federer is seeking his third consecutive title and has a 16-12 lifetime advantage over Djokovic, and each has two wins against the other in four matches this year. Djokovic won the ATP finals in 2008…
The USTA has announced donations of goods and money to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts totaling more than $400,000. Clothing, bottled water and other beverages, and needed supplies such as shampoos and soap, were collected from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and the USTA’s White Plains corporate headquarters and loaded on 16 pallets for…
The ATP has announced the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will be played in London at The O2 through 2015, and that Barclays has extended its title sponsorship of the tournament. The Tour’s season-ending event, featuring the world’s best eight singles players and doubles teams, has enjoyed tremendous success in London since moving there in 2009,…
The ATP and Ricoh have announced that they have extended their partnership a further three years through 2015 for the company to be a Platinum Partner and Official Office Solutions Provider of the ATP World Tour in Europe. The extension will see the 10th anniversary of the partnership in 2015. A partner of the ATP World…
Roger Federer opened his quest for a seventh Barclays ATP World Tour championship, defeating Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in his opening Group B match. Federer lost only eight points on his serve under the roof of the O2 Arena, while converting four of his nine break points. “I’m happy with my level of play today against…