Archive: December 2014
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 8 Milos Raonic have been preparing for the 2015 ATP World Tour season at the annual ATP Training Camp in Monte-Carlo. Held every December since the 1990s, the ATP Training Camp gives players the chance to practise in the mild Monaco weather on the newly resurfaced hard courts of the Monte-Carlo Country Club...
Tennis fans in the U.S. can watch the exciting action from one of tennis’ biggest charity nights, Mylan WTT Smash Hits presented by Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen. The event, which is co-hosted by Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King, begins airing on December 18 on regional Comcast SportsNet outlets and The Comcast Network.
Serena Williams joined more than two thousand avid running enthusiasts from South Florida and around the country for the first annual Serena Williams Ultimate RUN South Beach on Sunday, December 14th. Serena took part in her first Quarter Marathon (6.55 miles), among hundreds of other aspiring athletes who also participated in the 5K Run/Walk and Team Challenge...
Peter Burwash International (PBI) recently recognized Thanyapura Phuket's reputation as one of Asia's leading sports training facilities with its 2014 Site of the Year award. US-based PBI, founded by former Canadian tennis professional Peter Burwash almost four decades ago, operates in more than 25 countries and sets exacting standards for its partners to meet.
After Tomas Berdych was informed first hand that he could not have Ivan Lendl as his new coach, the world no.7 opted for the next best thing. Following a strong recommendation from none other than Lendl himself, the Czech has appointed Dani Vallverdu to succeed Tomas Krupa.
Prosperous Dubai came up last in the crowd stakes at the IPTL, with fans few and far between for the final ties of the four-city series last week. Local media in the emirate lamented that lack of enthusiasm in a city where expats flock their numbers each February to back-to-back WTA and ATP events at the centrally-located Aviation Club.
In the latest edition of GQ France, World No. 12 Jo Wilfried Tsonga is a far cry from the tennis court as he models the best of winter coats and jackets in a 10-page spread. For Tsonga, who has always been interested in fashion, it was an exciting chance to work with the creative team at GQ and an opportunity he relished.
Australia's Dylan Alcot rolled into the history books on Friday morning at Melboune Park, completing a 24-hour wheelchair tennis challenge and raising more than AUD$70,000 for charity, with the total still rising.
Check out some of the best EPA tennis shots we gathered up so far.
One of the many reasons why Bob and Mike Bryan have been so dominant as a doubles duo is, of course, that they never split up. As their partnership remains a constant, other doubles players are consistently changing up their partners year in and year out. Next season will be no exception.
Last year, my partner and I formed Advantage USA Tennis, a non-profit to help support and promote American tennis. Just for fun, we imagined what we might do if our goal was, instead, to keep American tennis in the dumps.
No, I am not a professional mime as some have suggested; I am a tennis coach and researcher.
Patrick McEnroe, you are responsible for directing the quite extensive resources of the USTA into junior player development.
The Micromax Indian Aces, whose team included Roger Federer for a two-match stretch in New Delhi, clinched the first-ever IPTL title on Friday night. Combined with the UAE Royals' 23-21 loss to the last-place Singapore Slammers, the Aces' 28-23 win over the Manila Mavericks was enough to guarantee first place.
Click here for more tennis photos from the IPTL in Dubai.
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