The OUE Singapore Slammers captured the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) Championship on Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, beating the Micromax Indian Aces 26-21 to cap off the 18-day, five-country tour in grand fashion. Carlos Moya got things started for the Slammers, as he defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4 in the Men's Singles Set. Neither…
Tennis journalist Mark “Scoop” Malinowski recently published his fourth tennis book, Facing Nadal: Symposium of a Champion. In the book, Malinowski talks to more than 50 ATP players, including greats such as Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, about what made 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal such a tough opponent and what it was like…
The OBI UAE Royals defeated the OUE Singapore Slammers 27-23 on Friday, anchored by Switzerland’s Roger Federer 6-4 victory over his compatriot, Stan Wawrinka, in the Men’s Singles Set at the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) in Singapore. Goran Ivanisevic got things started for the Royals, breaking Carlos Moya in the 10th game to win…
American Brian Baker will return to the court for the first time since 2013 at the Australian Open next month as the Nashville native embarks on another comeback. “I got back from the doctor yesterday in Vail, kind of a final checkup, and they liked what they saw,” Baker told ATPWorldTour.com. “They said I was…
The OUE Singapore Slammers handed the Micromax Indian Aces its second loss of the season on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, defeating the Aces 27-16 to improve the Slammers record to 6-3 in International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) play. The Slammers got a gift to start things off, as Fabrice Santoro had…
The Micromax Indian Aces improved to 8-1 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Tuesday, defeating the Phillipine Mavericks 30-17 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. The first set up was the Men’s Legends Singles contest, as Rohan Bopanna had to fill in for a sick Fabrice Santoro for the Aces. Bopanna came…
Serena Williams was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year on Monday, becoming the first woman to be honored with the magazine’s award in more than three decades. The top-ranked player in the world put together a historic 2015 season, coming within two matches of winning the Calendar Grand Slam and compiling a record of…
Top American Madison Keys has ended her coaching relationship with Lindsay Davenport, Keys’ agent confirmed to WTA Insider. Davenport, and husband Jon Leach, worked with Keys throughout the past year, beginning in the 2014 offseason. Together, they helped Keys reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open and finished the year ranked 18th…
The Legendari Japan Warriors notched its first win of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) season on Thursday, coming from behind to down the OBI UAE Royals 24-21 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The lead thanks to Royals took the earlySerb Ana Ivanovic, who downed Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 in the Women’s Singles…
Despite winning 11 tournaments over the last two years, Switzerland’s Roger Federer announced on Wednesday that he has ended the coach-player relationship between him and Swede Stefan Edberg. “After two very successful years, I would like to thank Stefan Edberg, my childhood idol, for agreeing to join my team,” Federer wrote on his Facebook page….