Archive: February 2013

Azarenka Building Her Confidence For Upcoming Tennis Events

Victoria Azarenka suffered much criticism on her route to retaining the Australian Open title last month.

Rafael Nadal Accuses ATP Of Not Caring About Players’ Health

Nadal has made allegations before that too great a percentage of the ATP World Tour calendar is played on hard courts, and in turn maintained that is not good for his own body.

Miami and Gin Company To Create Happy Hour Series

The Sony Open and Bombay Sapphire Gin are partnering once again to organize a Happy Hour Series consisting of five events at several locations around South Florida

Roland Garros Expansion Threatened

The expansion of Roland Garros isn’t going as smoothly as planned. Paris’ public rapporteur recommended once again to the Paris Administrative Court to cancel an agreement signed

Plans Underway To Bring Roger Federer To Texas For An Exhibition

Formula 1 officials are hoping to start filling their stands for tennis, with negotiations reportedly underway to try and bring Roger Federer to the Texas

HEAD Had A Winning Week End

It was a good one for HEAD over the weekend. Richard Gasquet picked up his second title of the year (YouTek IG Extreme) in Montpellier.

Vergeer Announces Her Retirement

Esther Vergeer has today announced her retirement from wheelchair tennis bringing an end to the most illustrious career the sport has ever seen.

Williams Sisters Documentary Signs With K5

U.K. and German sales and finance company K5 International has taken on Maiken Baird and Michelle Major’s documentary Venus and Serena.

Florida’s Bonaventure Resort & Spa Signs Deal With Drysdale Tennis Center

Cliff Drysdale Tennis specializes in tennis program development, daily tennis operations and management for resorts.

BNP Paribas Open – Emirates, Fila & Bulova Extend Premier Sponsorships

Indian Wells, Calif., Feb. 11, 2013 – Emirates, Fila and Bulova have extended their Premier Sponsorships of the BNP Paribas Open through 2015.

COPA BIONAIRE – Monday, February 11, 2013

Results - Monday, February 11, 2013 Singles - First Round (3) Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) 36 63 61

Rafael Nadal And Carlos Costa Make New Company Official

It’s official: beginning on January 1, Rafael Nadal started a new company with his longtime manager Carlos Costa that will focus on the management of athletes including tennis players

Marion Bartoli Splits From Her Dad

The parental coaching relationship between world no. 10 Marion Bartoli and her father Walter, long one of the most criticised and combustible double acts in tennis, is apparently no more.

Rafael Nadal Will Continue His Comeback Plan

Despite losses in both singles and doubles finals in his comeback event on clay in Chile, Rafael Nadal will soldier on with his return to tennis after an absence lasting well into seven months.