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Andy Roddick defeated James Blake 5-1 in men’s singles to lead Team Elton to a 17-11 victory over Team Billie Jean at Mylan WTT Smash Hits in front of a capacity crowd at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Monday night.
Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King have finalized their teams for the 23rd annual Mylan WTT Smash Hits, a charity tennis event set for October 12 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
One of tennis’ most star-studded charity events is coming to Las Vegas strip for the first time this fall, courtesy of Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King.
One of tennis’ most star-studded charity events is coming to Las Vegas for the first time this fall, courtesy of Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King.
Serena Williams took a record $4 million for winning the US Open, the biggest prize money check that has been given in tennis. Williams got $3 million for winning the US Open, and $1 million for winning the US Open series, with points given for how players perform in warm-up events.
World No.15 Sabine Lisicki says that despite her success, it will be very difficult for her to live up to the standards set by fellow German and 22-time Grand Slam titlist Steffi Graf. Lisicki did well to reach the 2013 Wimbledon final, but Graf won that tournament on seven occasions.
Andy Murray says that having his mother Judy sit courtside can be distracting. “I watched the last game of Wimbledon a couple days after Wimbledon and my mum’s reactions after the points aren’t particularly helpful.
The ATP has announced significant prize money increases that will see player compensation increase by an average of 10% annually over the next five years across ATP World Tour 500 tournaments.
Former top 5 player Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan on Li Na becoming the first Asian woman to reach the world No.3 ranking. “For Asian players it's really good. When I was young there weren't so many Asian players in the world, ...
Billie Jean King celebrated her 70th birthday last weekend at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with her close friend Elton John, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf among the 200 attendees.
While Serena received the good news that without hitting a ball she had done enough to secure the year ending WTA world no.1 ranking for the third time in her career, Venus had to accept the double disappointment of third set tiebreak defeat Petra Kvitova in Toray Pan Pacific semi-final in Tokyo and being told the 129.9 mph serve she hit 24 hours earlier was not being accepted.
If Sabine wins that is good, but we also need a man who can win the major tournaments, we have been saying this for quite a while: If you have a hero in a sport, people get interested
Sabine Lisicki rallied from 3-0 down in the third set to beat Agnieszka Radwanska in a thriller and become the first German to reach a Grand Slam final since Steffi Graf all of 14 years ago.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have chosen Village Roadshow to take a 51 percent stake in the $50 million Wet’n'Wild water park development in Las Vegas
This year's event on October 16 at the Petersen Events Center marks the 20th anniversary for Smash Hits, which has raised more than $10.5 million
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