WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With crisis comes opportunity and on Wednesday, ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi sat for a wide-ranging – at times philosophical – 45-minute conference call with Italian journalists, in which he said the sport’s immediate […]
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) On Tuesday evening, Patrick Mouratoglou, who has coached Serena Williams since 2012 and also counts Stefanos Tsitsipas and Coco Gauff among his pro pupils, wrote an open letter to the tennis community to […]
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-eight years ago this week, Arthur Ashe, Jr., publicly announced he had contracted HIV. While Ashe initially blamed USA Today for forcing him to go public with the news, which he had kept […]
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) “Here’s a helpful solo drill,” Roger Federer took to social media on Tuesday, in another installment of what has become his #tennisathome video series. “Let’s see what you got!” For 59 seconds – and […]
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) On Monday, Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios posted a heartfelt note on his Instagram page saying he’s prepared to share food with people in need throughout Australia. The 24-year-old native from Canberra, which […]
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In retrospect, Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley’s 14-word, 80-character tweet posted on his Twitter page Thursday was one he probably wished hadn’t been necessary. Yet, it succinctly summed up his own feelings and those […]
ATP/WTA Press Release, April 1, 2020 In conjunction with the cancellation of The Championships, Wimbledon, the ATP and WTA have jointly announced the continued suspension of the ATP and WTA Tours until July 13, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […]
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Behind the Racquet creator Noah Rubin of the United States has turned to offering online tennis lessons as a means of staying engaged during a time of uncertainty. […]
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In an unprecedented week in which the Big Three of tennis, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, have stepped up to provide aid and support to their native countries during the coronavirus […]
STARNBERG, March 27, 2020 Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena have pledged €1 million to help buy ventilators and other medical equipment in his native Serbia. The World No. 1 joins a lengthy list of athletes who have started the […]
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