London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – The ATP World Tour announced the appointment of Chris Kermode as its new executive chairman and president. Kermode will begin a three-year term at the helm of the ATP starting January 1. The 48-year-old British native […]
London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Former top women’s British tennis player Elena Baltacha has decided to retire. The 30-year-old Ukrainian-born player, who turned pro in 1997 and never reached a WTA-level final, reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2002 and […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – It’s that time of year again, time to recap who had the best season(s) on the ATP World Tour. It probably came as no surprise that the most-recent Grand Slam stalwarts — Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic […]
San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2014 first-round Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and the host United States will be played at San Diego’s Petco Park from Jan. 31-Feb. 2. The matches will be staged on a clay court […]
Belgrade, Serbia (SportsNetwork.com) – As expected, world No. 2 Novak Djokovic and sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych will lead their respective teams into battle for next week’s best-of-five Davis Cup final between host Serbia and the reigning champion Czech Republic in Belgrade. […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2013 WTA season may have started out with Victoria Azarenka capturing a second straight Australian Open title, and the Belarusian locked in at No. 1 in the world, but that’s certainly not how it ended. […]
London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will headline the two groups for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. The exclusive field of eight will play in round-robin groups starting Monday in London. Nadal, the world’s top-ranked player, […]
Cagliari, Italy (SportsNetwork.com) – The International Tennis Federation has banned Tunisia from the Davis Cup for one year after it was found that the country’s tennis federation ordered one of its players not to compete against an Israeli opponent. According […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The player who has me the most excited in looking toward next year is … (drum roll) Juan Martin del Potro. I believe the big Argentine is officially ready to make his move into a new […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – This past summer, it came to light that Bobby Riggs may have been involved in a “fixed match” in his legendary “Battle of the Sexes” highly heralded encounter with Billie Jean King in 1973. Riggs, who […]