Archive: December 2013
Chris Kermode doesn’t officially take office as the ATP World Tour’s new executive chairman and president on New Year’s Day but the Englishman is already prepared to talk about the key issues that face him in his new job.
Top-seeded Oren Motevassel of San Jose, Calif., will begin the defense of his singles title at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National 40 Hard Court Championships at 9 a.m. (PST) on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Rafael Nadal will not only play Miami in 2014, but also the new event in Rio De Janiero. He won't play Vina Del Mar and has not decided yet whether he will compete in Buenos Aires and Acapulco.
Peter Graf, the tennis father who alienated the rest of the game to ensure his daughter Steffi became the very best and ended up alienating her as well has died of pancreatic cancer in Germany aged 75.
Some might say it was a case of simply stating the inevitable but in what is certain to be a busy awards period for Andy Murray is amassing silverware by the day back in his home country.
Retired Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli insisted ongoing speculation on whether she would return to competitive tennis in time to defend her title next June is just a waste of time.
Lleyton Hewitt has broken the dominance of fellow Australian tennis player Sam Stosur by winning the fourth edition of Australia’s
Reports of possible heel surgery for Janko Tipsarevic appear to have been overstated after the one-time No. 8 was announced as the final entry for the AAMI Classic in Melbourne in the run-up to the January 13 start of the Australian Open.
World no.9 Richard Gasquet has moved quickly to replace coach Riccardo Piatti who walked out on the Frenchman midway through the recent Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and will be working with former French Open champion Sergi Bruguera from next February.
Serena Williams will play Victoria Azarenka in an exhibition match in Thailand in the next couple weeks in a matchup of the world's top two players. The Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand announced that the match will be part of the regular invitational event in Hua Hin...
World No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro is set to be the top seed in a packed field at Apia International Sydney 2014, comprised of five Top 25 contenders.
FILA ONLINE, which operates the U.S. Ecommerce site for the 102 year old Sportstyle brand FILA®., announced an exclusive partnership this holiday season with Soles4Souls, Inc. a global not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and perpetuation of poverty through the distribution of shoes and clothing.
Ever wonder about being a chair umpire? Do you lust for all that power? To be the one person truly in control of a match? To visit all those places without having to spend days and months and years practicing and suffering injuries?
Goran Ivanisevic and Pat Rafter will bring back memories of their classic 2001 Wimbledon final after being drawn together in the round-robin stages of the Statoil Masters Tennis, an IMG event, at London’s Royal Albert Hall, December 4-8.
Spanish-speaking Miami will celebrate the return to the Masters 1000 event of Rafael Nadal, who skipped the date a year ago to rest after making his comeback from seven months of knew problems.
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