Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 13th June 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits |

Aegon has renewed its LTA sponsorship deal for four more years. . . Serena and Venus Williams will kick off the Rogers Cup with a doubles exhibition against Monica Seles and Eugenie Bouchard of Canada. . . The New York Times reports that Roger Federer gets his own separate larger press conference room on the other side of the stadium in Halle. . . Network Ten of Australia reacts to news that SEVEN West Media has secured broadcast rights to the Australian Open tennis for another five years without Tennis Australia opening the process up to bidding. “Victorian taxpayers have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into facilities used by Tennis Australia,” a Ten spokesman told The Australian. “Taxpayers have the right to expect Tennis Australia to conduct an open, transparent negotiation process, particularly given the record prices the AFL, NRL and Cricket Australia have secured for their television rights recently.”. . . The TIA is developing an online Tennis Specialty Retailer Certification course that will cover key aspects of the tennis retail business and, upon successful completion, allow retailers to be recognized as a TIA Certified Specialty Tennis Retailer. . . Germany s Rudolf Molleker won the title at the 2013 Longines Future Tennis Aces championships in Paris. For the first time, the tournament was played in front of the Hotel de Ville. . . The integrity unit of the governing bodies of tennis has suspended one player and issued a lifetime ban to another for corruption-related offences. Dutch tennis player Yannick Ebbinghaus was handed a six-month suspension this week and fined US$10,000 after admitting to contravening Article D.1.a of the Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Program on 67 occasions between May 2012 and February 2013. . . Todd Chapman has been named University of Kansas head women’s coach.