Professional Tennis
The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open has announced the women’s seeds, with the number one seed being Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Azarenka captured the Australian Open championship earlier this year after defeating Maria Sharapova in the finals, 6-1, 6-4. In 2012 alone, Azarenka has won three titles, including the Australian Open. Sharapova is now fighting her…
Robby Ginepri has become the first American to win a spot into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. after defeating Paoli Lorenzi of Italy in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Ginepri, was later joined by Sam Querrey, who defeated fellow American Tim Smyczek in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. Other…
In March, Tennis Channel will offer more than 120 live hours from two of the largest events in tennis, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., and the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. With more matches than all other networks combined, the channel plans daylong telecast windows and early round-through-semifinal coverage at each 12-day…
One of Brazil’s most beloved and successful athletes, Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten, has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis– induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Kuerten was the world’s number one player for 43 non-consecutive weeks, and he is a three-time major tournament champion, having captured French Open…
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the upcoming $11 million BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., an ATP and WTA hard-court event which commences today. This is a record prize purse for any ATP-WTA event outside of the majors which gives $1 million to the women’s and men’s singles champions. Djokovic…
Professional tennis returned to New York City last night as four former world number one-ranked players took to the court at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown. In the opening match of the evening, current world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3,…
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson took down Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, to win the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships for his second ever career ATP title. Anderson is the first ever South African to win this tournament. He is now 2-1 in career finals after winning his first at the since…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Great Britain’s Andy Murray to win his fifth Dubai Championship title, defeating Murray in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. Federer had not dropped a set in the entire tournament and this is his fifth title in the past seven resulting in a total of 72. Federer now has a…
MSG Sports and StarGames has announced a strong field of marketing partners for the Monday, March 5th BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. An impressive array of marketing partners has signed on to showcase their brands at the fifth annual one-night only tennis event, which will feature four of today’s greatest tennis players. A huge…
American Andy Roddick has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after defeating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. This will be his second quarterfinals for the year and Roddick is currently is ranked 30th in the world. His last quarterfinals were in San Jose in early February…