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Andy Murray goes from Centre Court to the stage for a 4-stop tour to talk about his tennis career
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Andy Murray goes from Centre Court to the stage for a 4-stop tour to talk about his tennis career

Associated Press  

LONDON — Retired tennis star Andy Murray will talk about his pro career during a four-show theater tour in Scotland and England in June 2025, his management group announced Tuesday. Murray won three Grand Slam titles — two at Wimbledon and one at the U.S. Open — along with two Olympic singles gold medals, and he finished 2016 at No. …

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US Open: Varvara Lepchenko advances in her first Grand Slam event after a doping suspension
4 months, 1 week ago

US Open: Varvara Lepchenko advances in her first Grand Slam event after a doping suspension

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For the first time in more than three years — and for the first time since she served a doping ban — former top-20 tennis player Varvara Lepchenko played in a Grand Slam tournament, making it to the second round at the U.S. Open when her opponent stopped playing because of illness on Tuesday. She hadn’t participated …

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Ball kids to start serving towels to players again on ATP Tour
6 months ago

Ball kids to start serving towels to players again on ATP Tour

The Hindu  

Players on the ATP Tour will have their towels served to them by ball kids once again after the Wimbledon championships, the men’s association confirmed on Tuesday. The sight of ball kids scurrying around handing towels to sweaty players was stopped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with players instead fetching their own towels from the back of the …

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Saudi Arabia pushes equal pay at launch of women’s tennis finals
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Saudi Arabia pushes equal pay at launch of women’s tennis finals

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it wanted to “send a strong message” about equal pay in men’s and women’s tennis when it hosts the women’s tour finals in November. Nevertheless, the Women’s Tennis Association announced in April that Riyadh would host the next three editions of the tour finals, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams. “I think …

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Indian sports news wrap, October 16
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, October 16

The Hindu  

TENNIS ITF Dharwad Men’s World Tennis Tour 2023 begins tomorrow India’s Digvijay Singh and Asian Games 2023 silver medallist Ramkumar Ramanathan are seeded third and fourth, respectively, at the ITF 25K Dharwad tournament. Results Final qualifying round 1-Vishnu Vardhan Vs. 11-Madhwin Kamath 4-4 ; 2-Luke Sorensen bt 13-Rohan Mehra 6-3, 7-5; 3-Faisal Qamar bt 12-Ha Minh Duc Vu 6-3, 7-5; …

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Some men's tennis players will get a guaranteed income under a new ATP Tour plan
1 year, 4 months ago

Some men's tennis players will get a guaranteed income under a new ATP Tour plan

Hindustan Times  

Men’s professional tennis players ranked in the Top 100 will be guaranteed an annual income of $300,000 in 2024 under a new financial program announced by the ATP Tour on Tuesday. The plan, called Baseline, starts with a three-year trial beginning next season The plan, called Baseline, starts with a three-year trial beginning next season and aims at “ensuring a …

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Hong Kong to host first men’s ATP tennis event in 20 years
1 year, 6 months ago

Hong Kong to host first men’s ATP tennis event in 20 years

The Hindu  

International men’s tennis will return to Hong Kong in January for the first time in more than 20 years, the ATP Tour said on Monday, and will act as build-up to the Australian Open. The outdoor hard-court event will be held on December 31 to January 7 and replaces the tournament in Pune, India which took place this year around …

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Back in the mix: How Rohan Bopanna scripted a career renaissance
1 year, 7 months ago

Back in the mix: How Rohan Bopanna scripted a career renaissance

Live Mint  

There were times, in 2019 and early 2020, when Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna would wake up with stinging pain in his knees and not want to step on the court. “Winning Indian Wells finally was incredible,” said Bopanna, on claiming his first Masters title since 2017. I don’t feel rushed.” For most part, Bopanna’s career has overlapped with three …

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Indian sports news wrap, March 26
1 year, 9 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, March 26

The Hindu  

TENNIS Donskoy headlines singles field at ITF Mysuru Open 2023 The city of Mysuru will witness exciting tennis action as Evgeny Donskoy will headline the singles main draw, which also includes eight Indians, at the ITF Mysuru Open 2023, scheduled at the Mysuru Tennis Club from March 27 to April 2. -Team Sportstar 25000 USD ITF Men’s Tournament: Donskoy wins …

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Tennis player Wu Yibing makes first ATP Tour event semifinals
1 year, 10 months ago

Tennis player Wu Yibing makes first ATP Tour event semifinals

China Daily  

Wu Yibing celebrates after the men's singles first round match against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia at the 2022 US Open tennis championships in New York on August 29, 2022. After 73 minutes against French veteran Adrian Mannarino, the 23-year-old Chinese Wu Yibing held his nerve and moved on to the ATP Tour Dallas Open semifinals. This marks the first time …

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Novak Djokovic, Ons Jabeur Join Other Top Players on First PTPA Executive Committee
1 year, 11 months ago

Novak Djokovic, Ons Jabeur Join Other Top Players on First PTPA Executive Committee

News 18  

Novak Djokovic, Tunisian world number two Ons Jabeur and six other top players will form the first executive committee of the Professional Tennis Players Association as it fights for a seat at the table with the sport’s governing organisations. “ I think it’s only fair and right that players have their association just as, you know, most other sports do.” …

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Let coaches coach? After Wimbledon, men’s tennis will try it
2 years, 6 months ago

Let coaches coach? After Wimbledon, men’s tennis will try it

Associated Press  

WIMBLEDON, England — As in many sports, tennis has its share of well-known coaches. “And before you say something isn’t good, you need to see it and see how it plays out.” The ATP’s announcement that coaching is coming opened a debate in the sport. “At the same time, it’s the beauty of our sport that we have to figure …

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May 6: Indian sports news wrap of the day
2 years, 8 months ago

May 6: Indian sports news wrap of the day

The Hindu  

TENNIS RoundGlass Academy trainees to be given taste of European competition early in career Coach Aditya Sachdeva ran one of the most successful tennis academies in the country, Team Tennis in the Capital, for many years. Tvesa Malik, who was recently picked in the Indian team for the Asian Games in September, had one birdie and one double bogey in …

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Exam hall to tennis stardom: Emma Raducanu reflects on amazing year
2 years, 8 months ago

Exam hall to tennis stardom: Emma Raducanu reflects on amazing year

The Telegraph  

It was a beaming Emma Raducanu who chatted to reporters after Friday night’s win over Tereza Martincova. “I was just reflecting on that and I was like, ‘Oh my God, like 365 days ago, I was literally sat in an exam hall doing maths paper three,’ ” Raducanu said. Raducanu’s season has been a stop-start affair, featuring numerous irritating physical …

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Roger Federer: Worst is behind me
3 years, 3 months ago

Roger Federer: Worst is behind me

The Hindu  

Roger Federer said his injury comeback was not yet in sight but insisted he was over the worst as the 40-year-old tennis great targets a return to the courts. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, now ranked ninth in the world, said he sees returning to the professional tour as a "challenge". Federer added he hoped to get back to fitness …

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ATP Tour approves 'key aspects' of strategic plan including more 12-day Masters 1000 events
3 years, 3 months ago

ATP Tour approves 'key aspects' of strategic plan including more 12-day Masters 1000 events

Firstpost  

Gaudenzi, who came in as CEO in 2020, believes these changes will significantly increase the amount the ATP Tour currently gets for broadcast and data rights. The developments would include more 12-day Masters 1000 events and a new prize money-sharing arrangement, as per an internal announcement made by chairman Andrea Gaudenzi. It includes turning Rome, Madrid, Canada, Cincinnati and Shanghai …

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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan back on the pro Tour in the United States
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan back on the pro Tour in the United States

The Hindu  

After enduring hard quarantine for two weeks in Singapore, where he was negative for coronavirus all the time, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan is back on the professional Tour, competing in the Orlando Challenger in the US. Even though he was disillusioned, as he could not "even step out for fresh air", during the hard quarantine, when a fellow passenger in the flight …

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Federer, Nadal object to Djokovic proposal for player union - Tennis news - Sportstar
4 years, 4 months ago

Federer, Nadal object to Djokovic proposal for player union - Tennis news - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and other members of the ATP Player Council spoke out Saturday against a plan put forth by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil to start a men’s-only union of sorts for tennis -- bringing the sport’s politics into the spotlight just before the U.S. Open. They issued a joint statement Saturday saying- “It is a time …

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Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal Join Djokovic's New Tennis Players Association
4 years, 4 months ago

Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal Join Djokovic's New Tennis Players Association

News 18  

India?s top tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal joined the Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil-led Professional Tennis Players Association in the early hours of Sunday, as they signed the document to join the new association that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have openly objected to. Djokovic posted a photograph that had a total of 64 players on the tennis …

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Grigor Dimitrov Reveals His Condition When He Had Contracted Coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Grigor Dimitrov Reveals His Condition When He Had Contracted Coronavirus

News 18  

World No.19 Grigor Dimitrov gave an insight into how he felt during self-isolation after contracting coronavirus last month. Dimitrov was one of the four players to test positive for the deadly virus following Novak Djokovic's disastrous Adria Tour exhibition event. Apart from Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki had also tested positive for the virus following their participation in the …

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Adria Tour taught us to be cautious: French Open director
4 years, 6 months ago

Adria Tour taught us to be cautious: French Open director

The Hindu  

The organisers of the French Open are taking every precaution to ensure the Grand Slam does not meet the same fate as Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour, which was abandoned after several players tested positive for the coronavirus. RELATED| The French Open will allow up to 60 percent of the usual capacity inside the Roland Garros grounds when the rescheduled clay …

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Adria Tour fiasco: Serbian Prime Minister defends Djokovic
4 years, 6 months ago

Adria Tour fiasco: Serbian Prime Minister defends Djokovic

The Hindu  

It’s been a week since Novak Djokovic and a few other tennis players, who featured in the Adria Tour, tested positive for COVID-19. 1 has drawn flak for organising the exhibition tournament without social distancing norms in the times of a pandemic, Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabić, has defended the tennis star. READ: Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus In …

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Djokovic's brother: Coronavirus backlash is worst imaginable outcome
4 years, 6 months ago

Djokovic's brother: Coronavirus backlash is worst imaginable outcome

The Hindu  

The debacle of the Adria Tour organised by world number one Novak Djokovic was the worst imaginable outcome as several participants tested positive for COVID-19 during and after the event, his brother Djordje said on Tuesday. Djokovic, who took the coronavirus test on Monday after returning to Belgrade from the Croatia leg of the event, also tested positive on Tuesday. …

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Novak Djokovic says he has tested positive for the coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Novak Djokovic says he has tested positive for the coronavirus

The Hindu  

Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday he and his wife have COVID-19 after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organized in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Raising questions about the full-fledged return of tennis, including the U.S. Open, planned for August, Djokovic - who stands third in the history of …

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