The top-seeded Casey Dellacqua is guaranteed an 11th main draw appearance at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open Wild Card Playoff at Melbourne Park, defeating the number three seeded Arina Rodionova in the finals, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0. The tournament is held for Australian players whose rankings wouldn't automatically get them into the main draw of the 2014 Australian Open. Along the…
USA is no stranger to playing Italy in Fed Cup by BNP Paribas with the two teams having faced off three times in the last five years. In each of those match-ups, it has been the Italians who have emerged victorious, but U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez is hoping to unleash a not-so-secret weapon when the…
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced its 2015 WTA Calendar, as well as changes to its 2014 Calendar. In 2014, the WTA’s international breadth of tournaments will reach 33 countries through 54 WTA Premier and International events and six WTA 125K Series events, with the geographic spread of tournaments to include 23 in EMEA, 17 in Asia-Pacific,…
As the year 2013 winds down and the pros on the WTA begin to prep for the 2014 season, 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist and Georgia native Melanie Oudin is putting in just one hour of running per day. Her peers, on the other hand, are averaging at least six hours a day of court time and fitness work….
The USTA has announced that Victoria Duval, the 18-year old breakout star of the 2013 U.S. Open, and top 21-year old Denis Kudla, will headline the up-and-coming Americans playing for a singles wild card entry into January’s Australian Open at the 2013 USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, Dec. 20-22 at Life Time Athletic at Peachtree Corners in Norcross,…
John McEnroe captured the Statoil Masters Tennis Legends title for the third consecutive year as he defeated Mats Wilander 6-2, 6-4 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, got off to a quick start to the final, racing into a 3-0 lead over Wilander, whom he played 13 times on the ATP…
Fresh off the news that Rafael Nadal has committed to play in both the 2014 Australian Open and Sony Open, the world number one-ranked Nadal has announced that he would participate in the 2014 edition of the Copa Claro in Argentina. He last played in the event, set for Feb. 8-16, 2014 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, back in…
Rafael Nadal has announced that he will play in the 2014 Australian Open and Miami’s Sony Open. In 2013, Nadal was sidelined in January and didn’t play the Australian Open, and opted to miss Miami in March because it came so soon after his title winning triumph at Indian Wells’ BNP Paribas Open. “I was very disappointed…
World number five Juan Martin del Potro will lead a field of 25 contenders at the Apia International Sydney 2014. Del Potro leads an outstanding men’s field that boasts a main draw entry cut-off inside the top 50, with world number 13 Nicolas Almagro of Spain and Italy's Fabio Fognini among the highest-ranked players entered. Tournament officials will allocate their first wild card…
The ATP has announced the appointment of Chris Kermode as ATP executive chairman and president. Kermode begins a three-year term at the helm of the ATP beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and will be based in the ATP’s London office. Kermode has been involved in tennis for more than 30 years, first as a player, and then most…