Former world number ones, Davis Cup standouts and International Tennis Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Jim Courier will battle it out on the Sportime Stadium hard court on Monday, July 22, as the NY Sportimes take on the Texas Wild in a Mylan World TeamTennis matchup. The annual night benefiting the Johnny Mac Tennis Project (JMTP) will also feature fellow Hall of Famer and Mylan WTT Co-Founder Billie Jean King in celebration of the 40th anniversary year of her historic matchup with Bobby Riggs in the famed "Battle of the Sexes."

Tennis Channel will begin its first day of 2013 French Open coverage with nine consecutive hours of matches, followed by a another nine hours of interview-and-encore show French Open Tonight. This daily balance—long blocks of competition followed by an all-night review of the day's play—will be the template for much of the network's two-week telecast, set to get underway Sunday, May 26.

Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after he recorded his 30th match win of the season over Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-1, 6-4.

Since Novak Djokovic’s first appearance in UNIQLO at the French Open last May 2012, the tennis ace has had a hand in designing his signature tournament kits, working with UNIQLO’s design team and high-tech fiber manufacturers to create the ultimate performance wear. Sound familiar? Now add innerwear.

Brown Freshman Hannah Camhi of Woodbury, N.Y. has been named unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection in doubles, along with doubles partner and senior Misia Krasowski of Deerfield, Ill., as voted by the Ivy League's eight head women's tennis coaches.

Claude Okin, founder and CEO of SPORTIME, will serve as the coach of the NY Sportimes for the 2013 season. Okin, who has been an active force in the Sportimes' success as the owner of the Mylan World TeamTennis squad since the 2003 WTT season, will take on the coaching duties for the first time.

Singapore will host the WTA Championships, the most prestigious event on the WTA calendar, from 2014 to 2018. Under terms of the five-year agreement, the top eight singles players and, for the first time, the top eight doubles teams, will compete for a share of a record prize money purse of $6.5 million.

Defending champion Roger Federer was a winner in his first match in two months at the 2013 Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-3 over Radek Stepanek. Also advancing in Madrid was defending women's champion Serena Williams, a winner over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5.

All eyes were on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon April 28, site of the First Annual New York Tennis Expo. As cars lined the streets and the parking lots filled up, shuttle buses escorted patrons inside the National Tennis Center as droves of people came over from the trains/subway and it looked like the U.S. Open was in town.

The 2013 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis season ended with two exciting weekends of competition involving 21 teams competing in three different divisions at the Robbie Wagner Tournament Training Center in Glen Cove, N.Y. T-shirts were generously donated by the Long Island USTA Regional Board.

Rafael Nadal played two matches on Friday to reach the semifinals of the 2013 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. In the semis, Nadal will face Milos Raonic for a shot at the finals and the opportunity to add an eighth Barcelona title to his trophy case.