ATP World Tour tennis is headed to Rio de Janeiro, host city to the 2016 Olympic Games and co-host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The ATP Board of Directors last week in Monte-Carlo approved the sale of the Memphis membership to IMX to stage an ATP World Tour 500 event from 2014 in Brazil’s…
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish will headline the ATP World Tour 500 tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., to be played July 28-Aug. 5. The new-look event becomes the Citi Open and and will be played at an upgraded William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. Fish has been eager to return to the tournament after being forced to withdraw…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has opened his 2012 Barcelona Open run with a quick victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. He had 15 break point chances and converted six of them as he took the match in just 81 min. Nadal ended a 10-month title hiatus with his win over world number one-ranked…
Wimbledon officials have agreed to a substantial increase to the prize money for the 2012 Championships following talks with the world’s leading players. A majority of the prize monies will be directed to helping lower-ranked players. The men’s and women’s singles champions will each receive a record $1.85 million, while most of the $2.4 million increase to…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain has defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The win by Nadal ended Djokovic’s streak of seven consecutive wins over the Spaniard in title matches. Nadal had little trouble against Djokovic in this match and…
In their first match-up ever in Fed Cup history, the United States swept Ukraine 5-0 in the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Playoffs, on an outdoor red clay court at the Superior Golf and Spa Resort in Kharkiv, Ukraine. This marks the U.S. team’s fourth appearance in a World Group Playoff, and the first ever…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, just hours after he learned of his grandfather’s passing. He learned of his grandfather’s death while practicing earlier in the day prior to his match. Djokovic cried as he exited the court…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the U.S. Fed Cup team’s playoff competition against Ukraine in Kharkiv, Ukraine, this weekend, with live telecasts Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22. The United States must defeat Ukraine to qualify for the 2013 Fed Cup tournament. Thirteen-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams will join Christina…
Andy Murray has advanced on to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters after Julien Benneteau suffered an injury to his ankle and retired. The first set ended with a score of 6-5. The Frenchman was in control of many of the rallies which troubled Murray. Benneteau went on to receive a lengthy treatment prior…
The United States will face off against Ukraine at the 2012 Fed Cup in the World Group stage of the playoffs, a best-of-five series which commences Saturday, April 21 with two singles matches. The match is then followed by two reverse singles matches and then ends with a doubles match on Sunday, April 22. Tennis…