Archive: April 2014
All the big names on the men’s tour will be making an appearance in Madrid, as from the 2nd of May to play for the Madrid Masters 1000 title.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) today announced a strategic partnership with Vixlet, the leading edge technology platform that allows fans to socially connect with players, tournaments and other passionate fans worldwide. The WTA will be the first international sports league on Vixlet's platform.
The International Tennis Federation announced last week that it will launch an ITF Junior Masters featuring the top eight boys and girls from the previous year's final rankings.
Tennis players of the world unite! Complain about the prices of rackets and court rentals and club memberships and most of all the prices of seats / tickets to tennis tourneys. Yikes you practically need to mortgage your house to attend a really super nice tourney in Indian Wells. Wake up all tournament directors.
Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebreaker. In his autobiography he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a suburb of New York to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open and the U.S. Open.
Although he did not do it convincingly, Rafael Nadal bounced back from a Monte-Carlo quarterfinal loss to David Ferrer with a 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over Albert Ramos in the second round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Wednesday afternoon.
Gunther Bresnik has an impressive team--or Thiem, if you will--on his hands these days. Each one of the coach's two charges in Dominic Thiem and Ernests Gulbis are making moves in 2014.
Hot on the heels of a memorable week at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters which saw Stanislas Wawrinka take home the title, TennisTV is in Barcelona this week for the Open Banc Sabadell.
Pop star and global icon Redfoo of LMFAO has never been shy sharing with the world his love for tennis. Local Southern California fans will get to see Stefan Gordy, a.k.a Redfoo, in action on the courts at one of the oldest and largest tennis tournaments in the country as he takes on Weil Academy junior Zhang Liang to kick off the 114th annual Ojai Tennis Tournament.
Daniel Kosakowski has the lead for the USTA's main-draw wild card into the French Open after reaching the semifinals of the Sarasota Challenger. Kosakowski scored straight-set wins over Michael Russell, James McGee, and James Ward before falling to Nick Kyrgios on Saturday.
The Bryan Brothers Foundation was nominated for the Most Valuable Philanthropist competition. The winner gets $100,000 to donate to their charity of choice. If we win, all the proceeds will go directly to Bryan Brothers Foundation.
Mike Bryan is the first player to win 100 tour-level doubles titles after he and twin brother Bob triumphed at the Monte Carlo on Sunday. The Americans captured their 98th team title as they defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8. in 72 minutes.
Andy Murray, Martina Navratilova and Tim Henman will lead an all-star line up at exhibition matches in three of the country's biggest tournaments as British Tennis stages a second Rally Against Cancer charity event - 'Rally For Bally' - on Sunday 15th June.
The final day of competition in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff between the United States and France had a dramatic ending, as the tie came down to a fifth-and-decisive doubles match for the ninth time for the United States (since the World Group format was instituted in 1995).
Prior to the start of the 2014 campaign, Stanislas Wawrinka did not have a Grand Slam title or even a Masters 1000 winner's trophy to his credit. Four months later, he has both.
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