BRISBANE, November 22, 2017 (Press Release) Six Grand Slam champions will headline the 2018 Brisbane International presented by Suncorp in what’s an incredibly exciting field for the tournament’s tenth event. Grand Slam champions Rafael Nadal (ESP), Andy Murray (GBR), Garbine Muguruza (ESP), Sloane Stephens (USA), Petra Kvitova (CZE) and Sam Stosur (Qld) lead the superstar […]
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Like all of us who follow or write about tennis, we were saddened by the news of Jana Novotna’s passing at the age of 49 on Sunday. The Women’s Tennis Association announced the news “with […]
SYDNEY, November 20, 2017 (Press Release) Petra Kvitová has added her name to the impressive list of Grand Slam champions who will compete at the 2018 Sydney International. Kvitová joins seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, reigning Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko and US Open […]
STARNBERG, November 16, 2017 Angelique Kerber and her longtime coach Torben Beltz part ways. This was announced by the former World No. 1 on Thursday. Kerber struggled through a difficult season, going 29-24 and dropping out of the Top 20. […]
TA Press Release, November 15, 2017 Ashleigh Barty, Daria Gavrilova, Nick Kyrgios, John Peers and Jordan Thompson have been nominated for the 2017Newcombe Medal. Australian tennis’ highest individual accolade will be awarded on Monday 27 November at the annual awards ceremony in Melbourne. Between them, the […]
SYDNEY, November 9, 2017 (Press Release) Defending champions world No.9 Johanna Konta and Gilles Muller, US Open champion Sloane Stephens, and former world No.7 Fernando Verdasco will play the Sydney International in 2018. The four players join a star-studded lineup that already boasts seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and […]
ZHUHAI, November 5, 2017 Julia Goerges is the 2017 Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai champion after a 7-5, 6-1 win over CoCo Vandeweghe in Sunday’s final of the season-ending event. The win marked the biggest title of the 29-year-old […]
ZHUHAI, November 5, 2017 Tennis legend and Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai ambassador Stefanie Graf has backed Serena Williams to make a successful comeback following the birth of her first child. Thirty-six-year-old Williams, who won this year’s Australian Open […]
REDWOOD SHORES, November 4, 2017 (Press Release) In another sign of its continued support of US-American tennis, Oracle Corp. announced this week that it is launching four new professional tennis tournaments – two men’s events and two women’s events – […]
ZHUHAI, November 4, 2017 Germany’s Julia Goerges will take on American CoCo Vandeweghe in the final of the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai on Sunday. Goerges scored a dominant 6-3, 6-3 win over Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova before Vandeweghe ended […]
