While only an exhibition, the Mubadala Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi are a great way to do a little self evaluation before the season begins. Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray hope that their play Friday is a sign of things to come, as both players routed their respective opponent and will meet in the final….
As the calendar made the transition from 2014 to 2015, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows played host to the USTA National Indoor Championships. The tournament featured some of the top players in the region, and consisted of five different draws, making for an exciting and action-packed series of matches throughout…
American Sloane Stephens has found her coach for 2015. The 36th ranked Stephens will work with Nick Saviano in the upcoming season, as first reported by Open Court's Stephanie Myles. Saviano worked with world number seven Eugenie Bouchard last season, helping the Canadian enjoy a breakout season. He hopes to do the same with Stephens,…
ESPN’s 2015 tennis season—its 37th since beginning in 1979 just one week after ESPN debuted—will be the biggest ever, with more hours on TV—more than, highlighted by first-time exclusivity at the U.S. Open—and an expanded schedule on ESPN3 exceeding 5,000 hours, representing the most live tennis of any media outlet in the U.S. The 2015…
World number six Andy Murray has inked a four-year sponsorship deal with Under Armour, the Baltimore-based company. Under Armour is an originator of performance footwear, apparel and accessories, designed to make all athletes better. Murray had previously been sponsored by Adidas for the last four years, but will now sport Under Armour apparel during his…
The USTA National Indoor Championships continued on Tuesday at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, as the tournament’s fields continued to be reduced. The Men’s Open Singles draw were the early matches of the day, as two semifinal bouts took place. In the first, Josh Mactaggart of New York, N.Y. outlasted…
Marin Cilic has withdrawn from next week’s Brisbane International tournament with a right shoulder injury. The U.S. Open champion hopes of playing at 2015’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, are now in question. Cameron Pearson, the Brisbane tournament director said Cilic “lost his race against time to regain full fitness.” The shoulder injury keeping…
The USTA National Indoor Championships got underway at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows on Friday, as a number of men and women took to the courts. The championships consisted of five fields; men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, and we begin the week with the…
Last week, we looked at the young talent on the women’s side of American tennis. It is no secret that the progress on the men’s side has taken a step back over the last couple of years. Only two singles titles were won by an American this past year, as John Isner won in both…
The coaching carosuel in professional tennis continues to spin, as Wim Fissette has once again found himself involved in a hiring or firing. Fissette, who helped coach Romanian Simona Halep to a world number two ranking and WTA Finals runner up in 2014, has been hired by American teenager Taylor Townsend for the 2015 season,…