Professional Tennis
There’s nothing more fulfilling in this world than predicting something and it actually happening. Just like I said in my previous article, I predicted John Isner to reach the final where he would play the last remaining seeded opponent, Olivier Rochus. The fact of the matter is, I really don’t feel so proud of myself…
After a disappointing Wimbledon, American John Isner has traveled to the grass courts of Newport, R.I. at the Campbell’s Hall of Tennis Championships in hopes of gaining some momentum, as we are almost ready to enter the summer hard court season. Isner, who is seeded number one has played what most would say, is average…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the United States’ and Spain’s Davis Cup quarterfinal competition in Austin, Texas, this weekend with live telecasts of each match and same-day, "Instant Encore" replays beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST each day. The United States has never lost a Davis Cup match to Spain on American soil. The…
Wimbledon television coverage is ceasing to broadcast on NBC after doing so for 43 years. ESPN looks to be the successor to NBC for future years. According to NBC, they were "simply outbid and would have liked to continue their relationship." There has been confirmation that ESPN is in the process of working on a…
Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal from Spain, 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, on Sunday afternoon in the finals of Wimbledon. With the win, Djokovic upped his record on the year to 48-1 and captured his first-ever Wimbledon title. It was Djokovic’s fifth straight win over Nadal, the 2010 Wimbledon champ. “I managed to achieve a lifetime…
Russian Maria Sharapova was upset Saturday in the finals of Wimbledon by Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, as Kvitova captured her first ever Grand Slam title in a 6-3, 6-4 win. Sharapova, who took home the Wimbledon title in 2004 as a 17-year-old, finished with six double-faults, including three in a row over two games…
Serbian Novak Djokovic will take over the top spot in the ATP rankings on Monday as he defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-3 en route to his first Wimbledon finals. Djokovic will unseat his finals opponent, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who also heads to the finals after his 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over…
Czech Petra Kvitova took the tennis world by surprise this morning as she powered her way into the 2011 Wimbledon Championship match beating fourth seed, Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. This is Kvitova’s first appearance in a Grand Slam final, and the first appearance of a lefty in any women’s Grand Slam final since…
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. The magazine-style show will debut…
When the USTA announced that the mixed-doubles winner of the U.S. Open National Playoffs would get a wild card into the main draw of the 2011 U.S. Open, I knew I had to at least give it a shot and play in the Eastern Sectional Tournament. Although I took about a 10-year break from competitive…