The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and StarGames have announced that the Second Annual World Tennis Day will take place on Monday, March 3, 2014. World Tennis Day will center around a series of high profile special events, produced by StarGames, featuring current and former professional players, enhanced by activities generated by the ITF’s National Associations around…
Roger Federer received three honors in the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards, presented by Moët & Chandon, while Rafael Nadal won the Comeback Player of the Year and can clinch the ATP World Tour Number One presented by Emirates Award at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer has been selected by his peers as winner of the Stefan…
World number two Novak Djokovic became just the 15th player in the Open Era to win 40 ATP World Tour titles on Sunday, capturing the 2013 BNP Paribas Masters title from David Ferrer, 7-5, 7-5. With the win, Djokovic became the third active player to enter the 40-title club, along with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. It was the Serb’s sixth crown of…
Tennis Channel will televise complete coverage of the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London Nov. 4-11, as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and doubles brothers Bob and Mike Bryan lead a field of all-stars into the last tournament of the 2013 tour. With daylong matches and nightly encore replays, the network will offer more…
Long Island's Noah Rubin received a wild card into The Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger, a tournament featuring top Americans like Rajeev Ram, Donald Young, and Tim Smyczek. Noah’s first round match was against one of the hottest players on the Challenger circuit, Canadian Peter Polansky. Polansky, 165th in the world ATP rankings, is playing the best…
Fifth seed and 2011 champion Roger Federer will face second seed and 2009 titlist Novak Djokovic in on Saturday in the semifinals of the 2013 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Federer will attempt to improve his 16-13 FedEx ATP Head2Head lead against Djokovic, after he recorded a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over fourth seed Juan Martin del Potro in one hour and…
The selections have been released for the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which will be held Nov. 7-11 at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center. Among those invited locally are Jamie Loeb and Julia Ebalba in the women's draw and Columbia's Winston Lin in the men's draw. The event showcases elite players from every level of college tennis,…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive Fed Cup coverage of Italy'sand Russia's championship competition in Cagliari, Italy, this weekend, with comprehensive telecasts Saturday, Nov. 2, and Sunday, Nov. 3. The countries find themselves in a rematch of the 2007 Fed Cup final. Russia, however, will be without several of the top players who helped the team reach its sixth final in 10 years earlier this year: Maria…
The eight-player singles field for the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals was set Thursday, as Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet have clinched the final two berths following Milos Raonic’s third-round loss to Tomas Berdych at the BNP Paribas Masters. Wawrinka and Gasquet join Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin del Potro, Tomas Berdych and Roger Federer next week at The O2 Arena in London….
On Thursday at the 2013 he Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Brussels, it was 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic who was victorious over 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Just two weeks ago, it was Stosur who advanced to the finals of the Kremlin Cup…