Professional Tennis
Inside the heart of everyone who has ever fallen in love with the game is the dream of being on the pro tour. What air guitar is to the aspiring musician, what American Idol is to all of us who sound great singing in the shower or Thursday Karaoke night at the local watering hole,…
In the finals of the U.S. Open National Playoffs–Men’s Championship on Sunday in Atlanta, number one-seeded Blake Strode defeated second seed Cecil Mamiit, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1). By winning the tournament, Strode receives a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament, held August 24-27, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing,…
Americans Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. & Rajeev Ram of Englewood, Colo. defeated Rohan Bopanna of India & Kristof Vliegen of Belgium to win the Atlanta Tennis Championships Doubles Title. After winning the first set 6-3, Lipsky & Ram dropped the second, losing in a tie-break 7-4. The third set was decided by a 10-point…
The USTA has announced that 99 of the top 100 women, including 2010 Grand Slam singles champions Serena Williams and Francesca Schiavone, are entered in the women’s singles field for the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Williams and Schiavone will be joined in the field by defending champion Kim Clijsters and former U.S. Open champions…
TC Entertainment and The Event Group have announced "A Special Evening With Andre Agassi," a once in a lifetime public event to be held on Thursday, Sept. 2 in New York City at The Town Hall, located at 123 West 43rd Street, at 8:00 p.m. Agassi’s appearance will coincide with this year’s U.S. Open to…
Martina Navratilova, an outspoken trailblazer both on and off the tennis court for more than three decades, will be recognized with the Eugene L. Scott Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, at the 30th annual Legends Ball on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. This…
The USTA has announced that the seventh season of the Olympus U.S. Open Series, the six-week North American summer tennis season that links 10 ATP World Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour summer tournaments to the U.S. Open, launches today with the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Since its inception in 2004, the six-week Olympus U.S. Open…
Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, will carry nine Olympus U.S. Open Series tournaments this summer, offering viewers nearly 80 hours of high-definition action from the six-week series that leads to the U.S. Open in August. In addition to prime-time Sunday doubles finals, the…
The USTA has announced that chart-topping pop superstars Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato will hold court with tennis world number one-ranked Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic at the 15th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day presented by Hess, Saturday, Aug. 28 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing,…
The USTA has announced that Grand Marnier Liqueur has entered into a partnership with the USTA to become an official sponsor of the Olympus U.S. Open Series. Grand Marnier will also sponsor seven Olympus U.S. Open Series events, including the Atlanta Tennis Championships, Farmers Classic, Bank of the West Classic, Mercury Insurance Open, Western &…