The USTA has announced that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Rochester, Minn.), former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.) are among the players competing in the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at…
Since winning the Wimbledon junior title as a 14-year-old in 2008, Laura Robson had been touted as one of the next big things in the pros—and in the second half of 2012, she came through on that promise in a big way with a string of big results, most notably a run to the second…
After a breakthrough 2010 season that saw her go as high as 29th in singles and win two Grand Slam titles in doubles, she underwent knee surgery at the start of 2011 and struggled to find her winning form again, falling as low as 259th, but Yaroslava Shvedova caught fire again in 2012, making deep…
Argentina’s Gisela Dulko, a giant-killer on the singles court and a giant on the doubles court—she made it all the way to number one in the world in the team discipline—has announced her retirement from professional tennis, wrapping up a South American legacy and embarking on new and exciting challenges in her personal life. Here she…
Rafael Nadal has returned to the practice court in his hometown of Manacor, Spain, a big step in his recovery from a knee injury that has kept him from playing since Wimbledon in late June. Nadal’s first U.S. appearance since the injury will come on Monday, March 4, 2013 when he plays Juan Martin del…
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced that Ivan Lendl, who was an integral member of the Czechoslovakian Davis Cup team before becoming an American citizen, is the recipient of the 2012 Davis Cup Award of Excellence. The award was presented in Prague, in a special…
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the 2012 Davis Cup title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the finals. Each spent about 10 grueling hours on court, playing the opening singles, teaming up for the doubles and then completing the reverse singles. After the win, Stepanek…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of defending champion Spain and the Czech Republic’s Davis Cup championship competition in Prague this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday. The countries find themselves in a rematch of the 2009 final. Spain, however, will be without former world number one Rafael Nadal, who…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has announced that he will again attempt to hit the practice courts next week, following a near six-month absence that prevented him from taking part in the 2012 U.S. Open, the ATP World Tour Finals and representing his home nation at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Nadal has not played since June…
The draw for the 100th Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final was made Thursday afternoon in Prague for the event which is set to begin Friday, Nov. 16. Radek Stepanek will open play for the host Czech Republic against World number five-ranked David Ferrer of Spain, and will be followed by sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych against 11th-ranked…