Grand Slam

Federer – Only Better With Age

STARNBERG, June 28, 2018 This year the lawns of Wimbledon will be generating their usual tingles of expectation across the sporting world and wider world. 2018 is the second year when the Wimbledon Diary has been slightly different, this is […]

Aussie Tennis Moves To Nine In 2019

TA Press Release, June 26, 2018 Australian tennis will have a new home on the Nine Network in 2019 following an agreement between Tennis Australia, Nine and the Seven Network.  The one-year extension, on the landmark deal announced in March this year, gives Nine […]

US Open Changes Ballpersons On-Court Procedures

WHITE PLAINS, June 22, 2018 (Press Release) The USTA announced that beginning with the 2018 US Open, ballpersons will roll the ball from point-to-point, rather than throw between positions.  Rolling between positions has traditionally been utilized at the other Grand […]

US Open Wild Card Challenge To Begin Week Of July 9

USTA Press Release, June 21, 2018 The USTA announced on Monday that the US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the US Open, will […]

Eight British Players Awarded Wimbledon Main Draw Wild Cards

LONDON, June 20, 2018 The All England Club revealed their initial wild card picks for The Championships 2018, which starts on Monday, July 2, with eight British players selected for the two singles draws. On the men’s singles side, Liam […]

The Odyssey Is Finally Over For Simona Halep

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been a tremendous 24 hours for World No. 1 Simona Halep since she won her first Grand Slam title by defeating Sloane Stephens in the finals of the French Open at Roland Garros […]

Coco Gauff Wins All-American French Open Girls’ Singles Final

USTA Press Release, June 9, 2018 Fourteen-year old Coco Gauff, of Delray Beach, Fla., won an all-American French Open girls’ singles final Saturday morning in Paris, defeating 16-year old Caty McNally, of Cincinnati, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(1). Gauff, at 14 years, […]