Professional Tennis
U.S. Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina will resume his comeback from a 12-month injury layoff as a wild card at the Sydney International in January. Del Potro fell from fourth to 259th in the world rankings after dropping out of the tour after this year’s Australian Open and having surgery on his right…
Serbia captured the 2010 Davis Cup on Sunday, capping a 3-2 come from behind victory over France. Viktor Troicki, who replaced Janko Tipsarevic in the final singles match, defeated France’s Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to clinch Serbia’s first ever Davis Cup. Serbia battled back after trailing France 2-1 on Saturday with a win by Novak Djokovic over Gael Monfils…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Serbia and France’s Davis Cup championship competition in Belgrade this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday. The battle between first-time Davis Cup finalists Serbia and nine-time Davis Cup champions France will consist of two singles matches on Friday, Dec. 3, at 8:00 a.m….
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at the O2 Arena in London. The top-seeded Nadal was able to break Federer once in the second set, but he appeared to labor as the previous day, Nadal spent three-plus hours against Andy Murray in the semifinals to reach…
Esther Vergeer extended her incredible winning streak by winning her 400th consecutive wheelchair tennis singles match on Saturday during the NEC Masters in Amsterdam. The 29-year-old Vergeer of the Netherlands is also undefeated at the NEC Masters since her debut in 1998 and came within two points of defeat last year when facing Korie Homan…
Tennis Channel has 60 hours of live match play lined up for its annual coverage of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London next week, with more than 120 dedicated hours overall via same-day, prime-time replays. The network will again offer a complete, wall-to-wall telecast of the season-ending competition, Nov. 21-28, from first-round play…
The USTA has announced that Brad Parks of San Clemente, Calif., and the founder of wheelchair tennis, was selected as one of six ITF Wheelchair Tennis Ambassadors to help promote wheelchair tennis worldwide. The ambassadors will make themselves available to engage with media in their own countries or at key events, such as the Grand…
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been placed in Group A in the draw for the ATP season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, along with Tomas Berdych and Andy Roddick. Number two-ranked Roger Federer will match up against Robin Soderling in his group, along with Andy Murray and David Ferrer of Spain. The event…
Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated Gael Monfils of France, 6-1, 7-6 (1), to capture his first Masters 1000 title in the Paris Masters final. Soderling became the first Swede to win a Masters 1000 tournament since Thomas Enqvist did so in Cincinnati in 2000. The win will place Soderling number four in the men’s rankings. “I always feel…
Tracy Austin, one of America’s most popular tennis stars, will once again host Tennis Channel Academy, which begins its third season on the network this month. As she has done since the show’s 2008 debut, Austin will bring viewers a tennis lesson from one of the world’s top instructors each week. The first episode of…