The OUE Singapore Slammers handed the Micromax Indian Aces its second loss of the season on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, defeating the Aces 27-16 to improve the Slammers record to 6-3 in International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) play. The Slammers got a gift to start things off, as Fabrice Santoro had…
The Micromax Indian Aces improved to 8-1 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Tuesday, defeating the Phillipine Mavericks 30-17 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. The first set up was the Men’s Legends Singles contest, as Rohan Bopanna had to fill in for a sick Fabrice Santoro for the Aces. Bopanna came…
Serena Williams was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year on Monday, becoming the first woman to be honored with the magazine’s award in more than three decades. The top-ranked player in the world put together a historic 2015 season, coming within two matches of winning the Calendar Grand Slam and compiling a record of…
Top American Madison Keys has ended her coaching relationship with Lindsay Davenport, Keys’ agent confirmed to WTA Insider. Davenport, and husband Jon Leach, worked with Keys throughout the past year, beginning in the 2014 offseason. Together, they helped Keys reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open and finished the year ranked 18th…
The Legendari Japan Warriors notched its first win of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) season on Thursday, coming from behind to down the OBI UAE Royals 24-21 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The lead thanks to Royals took the earlySerb Ana Ivanovic, who downed Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 in the Women’s Singles…
Despite winning 11 tournaments over the last two years, Switzerland’s Roger Federer announced on Wednesday that he has ended the coach-player relationship between him and Swede Stefan Edberg. “After two very successful years, I would like to thank Stefan Edberg, my childhood idol, for agreeing to join my team,” Federer wrote on his Facebook page….
In a matchup between the top two teams in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), the Philippine Mavericks gave the Micromax Indian Aces its first loss of the season, winning a tight 25-24 affair Tuesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. It was the Aces who got out to the early lead…
The WTA has announced its yearly awards, voted on by a combination of media and fans, on Tuesday, and to no surprise, world number one Serena Williams took home Player of the Year honors for the fourth straight year and seventh time overall. Serena put together a remarkable 2015 season, winning the first three majors…
The Micromax Indian Aces remained alone atop the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) standings, defeating the OBI UAE Royals 30-18 on Monday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila to improve to 3-0 in the IPTL. The Aces won all five of the sets played on Monday, and it was Rohan Bopanna & Sania…
The Micromax Indian Aces improved to 2-0 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Friday, beating the OUE Singapore Slammers 27-22 at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Japan. It was the Slammers who would take the early lead in this one, as Carlos Moya defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-5 to put the Slammers ahead….