WASHINGTON, June 4, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In an alternate universe, one free of a global health pandemic that has shutdown pro tennis since early March and the recent civil unrest permeating many U.S cities, Rafael Nadal would be gracing […]
LUKOVICA, June 4, 2020 Everything is ready for the first all-Slovenia tennis showdown between the country’s best players, divided into an East and West team that will fight for the Pokal Mima Jausovec from Saturday, June 6 to Monday, June […]
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Add Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada to the growing list of black tennis players and tennis players of color using social media platforms to protest racial injustice. As a child of a mixed-race family growing […]
TA Press Release, June 3, 2020 The Techstars SportsTech Melbourne Accelerator program launches this week, alongside Tennis Australia’s new Facebook live series, Sports Techy Brekky. The accelerator initiative, run in collaboration with LaunchVic and Victoria University, has been created to […]
STARNBERG, June 3, 2020 The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have extended the suspension of play through to 31 July 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This means that events in Hamburg, Bastad, […]
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) At the beginning, France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recalled, it started with little nicknames. Then, little insults. In an interview with Franceinfo (francetvinfo.fr) published Tuesday, the 34-year-old Tsonga discussed how racism translated into his childhood. “Afterwards, […]
STARNBERG, June 2, 2020 According to Spanish national daily sport newspaper Marca, players have been sent e-mails from the ATP inviting them to attend a zoom meeting, which is set to be held on Wednesday, June 10 at 4 pm […]
ITF Press Release, June 2, 2020 The four Grand Slam tournaments and the ITF have come together to pledge over US$300,000 in financial support for wheelchair tennis. The fund will provide grants to help wheelchair athletes and national association event […]
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Over the weekend, people all across the sports world began to speak out against the brutal killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a Minneapolis police officer. One of them, Frances […]
PRETORIA, June 1, 2020 What follows is an open letter from the CEO of Tennis South Africa to the wider South African tennis community: So CEO what have you been doing for the last 6 weeks? I thought you were […]
