Professional Tennis
Under the All England Club’s new television contract, all matches from Wimbledon 2012 will be broadcast live and by the same company in the United States. They ended a 43-year relationship with NBC last summer when they agreed to a 12-year deal with ESPN. The finals will now air in fewer homes with the move…
After kicking an advertising board and injuring a line judge at the Queen’s Club final, David Nalbandian was placed under police investigation for assault and fined $12,560 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Along with paying a fine for conduct, the ATP confirmed that Nalbandian will not receive his $57,350 in prize money. Nalbandian was defaulted from Sunday’s…
Wild card Tommy Haas defeated five-time champion and world number three-ranked Roger Federer, 7-6(5), 6-4 to win the 2012 Gerry Weber Open for the second time Sunday. With the win, Haas became the first German tennis player to win twice. Haas recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the opening set in…
The 10th-seeded David Nalbandian of Argentina was leading in the second set Sunday at the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club in London, England when his anger got the best of him and cost him both the match and title due to a disqualification. The Argentine had been leading the sixth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia,…
On Saturday, June 16, the U.S. Open National Playoffs came to a close at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as the women’s singles, men’s singles, and mixed-doubles finals were all played. For the past six days, players from the USTA Eastern Region battled at the National Tennis Center to qualify for the…
If you came of age as a tennis player some time during the early days of the Open Era, eventually you came into contact with Vitas Gerulaitis. He was, on some level, the embodiment of tennis in the New York metropolitan area and why it was cool to play. There had been other great players…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga injured his finger during his third round 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5) loss to Ivan Dodig at the Queen’s Club on Thursday, jeopardizing his chances of playing in Wimbledon which is just 10 days away. Last year, Tsonga lost to Andy Murray at Queen’s Club in the finals and later upset Roger Federer…
Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany cut Rafael Nadal’s start to the grass court season short with a 6-3, 6-4 win over the recently-crowned French Open champion in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Kohlschreiber, currently ranked 28th in the world, will now face either Czech Tomas Berdych or fellow German Tommy Haas in the…
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer kicked off their grass court season at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany on Thursday with comfortable wins. The 2012 French Open Champion Nadal defeated Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 7-5, 6-1 in the second round. Five-time champion Federer advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Florian Mayer, 6-4, 7-5. Nadal…
Germany’s Andrea Petkovic has withdrawn from Wimbledon because she has yet to fully recover from a serious right ankle injury. Wimbledon will mark the third Grand Slam that Petkovic has been forced to miss after sitting out the French Open and the Australian Open. "Unfortunately, I will not be able to return in time for…