Professional Tennis
The Tennis Channel will carry more live television coverage from the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open than any other network, with nearly 130 hours combined. Including encore replays the network will feature more than 300 hours from Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami, respectively, home of the most renowned professional tennis events outside…
For the first time ever, the finals of Wimbledon, the premier tennis championship in the world will this year be filmed in 3D and screened live in High Definition 3D to 3D capable cinemas around the world. The live 3D production, in partnership with the Wimbledon host broadcaster the BBC, will also be offered to…
Andy Roddick defeated Paul Capdeville, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3, on Sunday, giving the U.S. a 3-1 advantage in its 4-1 victory over Chile in first-round Davis Cup World Group series action. John Isner finished off the 4-1 victory with a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 win over Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz in second reverse singles. It was Isner’s first…
Defending champion Mardy Fish, who currently holds a career high South African Airways ATP World Tour ranking of number 15, will return to Newport, R.I. this summer to defend his title at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 4-10, 2011. The tournament, which immediately follows Wimbledon, is hosted on the historic grass courts…
Tennis Channel has extended its telecast rights agreements with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to remain the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of all Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Fed Cup by BNP Paribas and Hyundai Hopman Cup competition. The deals keep coverage of the American Davis Cup team on…
Serena Williams has been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where she received emergency surgery on Monday to treat a pulmonary embolism or a blood clot in her lung. The clot was discovered during a routine examination on her foot that was cut last July after a celebration on winning the 2010 Wimbledon Women’s…
Rafael Nadal has announced that he is fully recovered from his left hamsrtring injury and is ready to represent Spain in their upcoming 2011 Davis Cup match against Belgium. He was injured during the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne. Nadal was the top-seeded men’s singles player at January’s Australian Open, but lost…
Sam Querrey will miss the United States’ first-round Davis Cup matches against Chile because of a right rotator cuff injury. U.S. Captain Jim Courier said Monday the right-handed Querrey had an MRI last week on his shoulder and was told by doctors to rest. Querrey is currently ranked 24th in the ATP rankings. “Sam has been…
For one night, tennis legends of the 1980s and 1990s were on hand in New York City’s Madison Square Garden for the 2011 BNP Paribas Showdown. Legendary rivalries between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, and John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl were re-kindled for one night at The World’s Most Famous Arena to a near sell-out…
Juan Martin Del Potro from Argentina defeated Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, 6-4, 6-4, in the finals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Sunday. It marked Del Potro’s first title since 2009 when he capture the 2009 U.S. Open title and missed most of 2010 with a nagging wrist injury. "I don’t know if I’m ready to fight…