December 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The WTA has announced a landmark four year deal with PERFORM that will see the digital sports specialist manage and exploit the WTA's Premier tournament media rights for the period 2013-2016.
December 20, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The BNP Paribas Open, to be held March 5-18, 2012 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, will become the first ATP World Tour and WTA combined tennis tournament to award its men’s and women’s singles champions each $1 million in prize money.
November 16, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is grouped with Spain's Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at this year's event at The O2 Arena in London. Also grouped together in first round action at the event is world number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic and Great Britain's Andy Murray in Group A.
November 11, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
At the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Roger Federer of Switzerland won his 800th career match, a 6-3, 7-5 win over Argentina's Juan Monaco. The win advances Federer, currently ranked fourth in the world, to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters.
November 10, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish will complete the singles player field at the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held Nov. 20-27 at The O2 in London, featuring the world’s top eight singles players and doubles teams.
November 10, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated American Andy Roddick in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Murray has raised his record to 17-0 since the 2011 U.S. Open and now has won 27 out of his last 28 matches since August.
November 9, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Wednesday.
November 9, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American John Isner advanced on Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris with a 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland.
October 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. has been selected as the site for the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round tie between the United States and Belarus, set for Feb. 4-5.
September 8, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On March 5, 2012, the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, highlighted by two marquee exhibition matches.
August 29, 2011
By Michael Sarro
On Aug. 25, BNP Paribas hosted the Taste of Tennis event where the tops in the game of tennis and the top chefs in the world gathered together in Manhattan at The W Hotel to showcase some amazing food, drink signature cocktails and dance the night away with several renown DJs on hand.
August 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The world’s top tennis players and chefs will serve-up a kickoff to the U.S. Open on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. at the W New York in midtown Manhattan at the 12th Annual BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis event, to benefit the New York Junior Tennis League.
July 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that the timeline for cities to bid on hosting the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round between the U.S. and Belarus, Feb. 4-5.
July 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Friday, Sept. 9, the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum will gather hundreds of tennis enthusiasts and industry leaders at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City for The Legends Ball, an annual social event that celebrates tennis and honors some of the sport's greatest champions and contributors.
June 30, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
MSG Sports and StarGames have announced that the popular “World of Tennis Presented by BNP Paribas” will return for a second season. This year, Tennis Channel will first air each episode on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at 10:00 p.m., followed by repeats on MSG Plus every Saturday at noon.
June 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier has announced that world number nine Mardy Fish, number 10 Andy Roddick, and the world’s top-ranked doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinal tie against Spain, July 8-10.
April 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that Vania King will replace Bethanie Mattek-Sands on the U.S. Fed Cup team that will face Germany this weekend in the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff on an indoor clay court in Stuttgart, Germany.
April 11, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3 to take the Family Circle Cup, capturing her third title this season, after wins at the Dubai Open in Quatarand at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
April 6, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez announced today that her core group of Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Melanie Oudin, and former world number one doubles player Liezel Huber will be joined by Christina McHale, who recently broke into the top 100 for the first time, in representing the U.S. against Germany in the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff in Stuttgart, Germany, April 16-17.
March 24, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that Austin, Texas has been selected as the site for the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinal tie between the United States and Spain, July 8-10.
March 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the finals of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Center on Sunday.
March 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark defeated Marion Bartoli from France, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, to win the 2011 BNP Paribas Open Women's Title.
March 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Juan del Potro advanced at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Center when 25th-seeded Tommy Robredo withdrew before their Thursday quarterfinal due to a strained left abductor muscle a day earlier.
March 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ryan Harrison, the 18-year-old sensation from Louisiana who defeated three top-50 players at the BNP Paribas Open this week at Indian Wells before losing to Roger Federer, will compete in the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., July 4-10, 2011.