Tennis

As part of its drive to keep the tennis fraternity engaged, especially at the junior level, the Tennis Premier League (TPL) has started its initiative with the Gujarat State Tennis Association (GSTA) to have a series of tournaments across the State.

There will be tournaments in different cities and the winners will compete in the Masters event to be held in Ahmedabad. Boys and girls in the under-10, 12 and 14 age groups apart from men and women would stand to gain scholarships.

May 28, 2018 16:05
LONDON: British tennis superstar Andy Murray has expanded his business portfolio further by investing in a tennis mobile app Deuce, according to a Forbes report. Deuce was founded by Mat Willcocks, who had previously run UK’s largest tennis academy, Gosling Tennis Academy, for 12 years.  It is claimed that the app is to tennis what Uber is to taxis and Airbnb is for accommodation. 
May 23, 2018 16:05
PARIS: Discovery owned pan-European sportscaster Eurosport will take its coverage of Grand Slam tennis to new heights when it launches a new channel exclusively for Roland Garros with every match from the prestigious Philippe Chatrier centre court available in Ultra High Definition, for the very first time.
May 22, 2018 15:05
NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a research and advocacy organisation, has requested Indian tennis star Sania Mirza to not feature in a poultry advertisement.   CSE has welcomed the decision by Advertisement Standards Council of India (ASCI) to declare the advertisement as “misleading” by facts, exaggeration and ambiguity.
May 19, 2018 16:05
CALIFORNIA: Tennis legend Serena Williams has signed a multi-year deal with premier trading card and collectibles firm, Upper Deck. 
May 18, 2018 15:05
LONDON: International Tennis Federation (ITF) president David Haggerty on Thursday announced that the new-look Davis Cup this year will continue with the same format of home and away matches during the opening stages of the tournament.  
May 16, 2018 15:05
NEW DELHI: Sports social gaming platform Rooter has launched a new and improved version of its app, Rooter 3.0.  Featuring a flexible user interface, the latest update makes several new additions to the platform, most prominent of them being the introduction of a Sports Social Feed and the first-ever Live Fantasy Game in India for cricket.
May 16, 2018 15:05
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.: Athlete social marketing platform opendorse  has announced a service agreement with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), making it the first centralized social media exchange platform to be used in women's professional tennis.
May 14, 2018 14:05
MUMBAI:  Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal is reportedly in negotiations with the organizers of the The Erste Bank Open of Vienna to participate in the competition for a period of two years, according to tennisworldusa.org. 
May 10, 2018 19:05
LONDON: The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced that Wimbledon Broadcasting Services (WBS) will be broadcasting the Wimbledon Tennis Championships from this year onwards, Tennis World USA reports.  WBS will be directly managed by the tournament, broadcasting all the matches scheduled on the 18 courts courtesy a 4K Definition and multi-camera way.
May 03, 2018 14:05
BENGALURU: When Mary Pierce enters the Bengaluru International Airport terminal in May as the international event ambassador to the eleventh edition of the TCS World 10K, she will still hold the prestige of being the last French citizen - man or woman - to have won a singles title at the clay-court Grand Slam - the French Open.