Beginning with this spring’s French Open, all four major tournaments will use a 10-point tiebreak when the final set score reaches 6-6. The Grand Slam Board, which consists of members from all four tournaments, consulted with the ITF’s rules committee to adopt the new rule. “The Grand Slam Board’s decision is based on a…
The year is 1978. Laverne & Shirley is the most popular show on television, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John dazzled the big screen in Grease, and in the fall, the Yankees’ Bucky Dent will break the hearts of Red Sox fans with his infamous homerun. That same year, Australia’s Chris O’Neil won the Australian…
The United States moved through to the 2022 Davis Cup Finals with a defeat over Colombia this weekend. The Americans won all four flights to pick up the victory in Reno, Nevada and win the Qualifier. Sebastian Korda made his Davis Cup debut and recorded a 6-4,1-6, 6-4 over Nicolas Mejia, putting the United…
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez saved five championship points and came back from a set down to win the Abierto GNP Seguros title on Sunday evening. Fernandez won the title in Monterrey for a second straight season thanks to her 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over Colombia’s Camila Osorio. Fernandez, who reached the U.S. Open finals last…
The ATP, ITF and WTA, as well as the four major tournaments, released a joint statement to address the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week. The statement reads: A deep sense of distress, shock and sadness has been felt across the entire tennis community following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the past week. Our…
Tennis Channel will have live coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team’s qualifying competition with Colombia in Reno, Nevada, March 4-5. All five matches of the two-day event will appear on the network and its streaming service Tennis Channel Plus, beginning Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. ET. The winning country will advance to the Davis Cup…
American Sloane Stephens put together her best week of tennis in nearly four years as she defeated Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 to win the Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday. “It’s the beginning of the season, so there’s still a lot of tennis to be played, but I’m excited to…
Rafael Nadal has now won 15 straight matches as the Spaniard captured the title at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico on Sunday. Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win Acapulco for the fourth time in his career. “It always has been a very special place,” said Nadal. “The energy that the…
In a battle between the event’s top two seeds, Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie took on second-seeded American Reilly Opelka in the finals of the Delray Beach Open on Sunday. Norrie, a former standout at TCU, got the better of the American in both tiebreakers, edging out a 7-6(1), 7-6(4) victory to claim his third…
Sebastian Korda moved through to the Round of 16 at the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday, defeating Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1. Korda will take on Italy’s Andreas Seppi next. Below are more results from Tuesday: Singles [7] Adrian Mannarino (France) def. [Q] Liam Broady (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-3 [Q] Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) def….