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Italian Open organizers are supporting tennis players who are urging a boycott unless the Grand Slam tournaments improve their prize money. Angelo Binaghi, the president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, is taking advantage of the move as part of a campaign to turn their event into a fift
The Italian Open WTA and ATP 1000-level tournament is underway in Rome, and Tennis Channel is the US broadcaster of the event. While the network puts some analysts on the ground, many stay behind in Los Angeles and work the…
Just over a fortnight before the French Open, women’s world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka made the most direct statement yet about one possible evolution in the standoff between a group of top tennis stars and its four biggest tournaments over prize money and player benefits. “At some point we will boycott,
For participants and lovers of the tennis coaching carousel, it’s been quite a month or so. At the end of March, Iga Świątek fired Wim Fissette, the coach who helped her to the Wimbledon title last year. Fissette and Świątek had evolved parts of the six-time Grand Slam champion’s game, but not to th
The courts at the French Open remain unlike any other surface in tennis, something players have warned about for years. Back in 2007, Maria Sharapova famously admitted she felt like a “cow on ice” while battling the slippery clay in Paris.
Whether it's chess, a drawing contest or table tennis, San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama hates to lose. A loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals to the Minnesota Timberwolves only magnified that loathing. Wembanyama responded by setting a suffocating tone as San Antonio han
Ahead of the French Open (Roland-Garros) in mid-May, the best pro tennis players from around the world, such as Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and others, are in Italy to compete for the Internazionali d’italia Trophy during the 83rd edition of the Italian Open — which en
May 6— The Austin boys tennis team blanked Albert Lea 7-0 in AL Wednesday. The Packers (7-7 overall) won six of the seven matches in two sets. Singles No. 1 Cole Hebrink (A) def. Jacob Luoma (AL) 6-0, 6-2 No. 2 Nathan Danielson (A) def. Kuol Dual (AL) 6-0, 6-3 No. 3 Michael Garry (A) def. Chase Schm
Patrick McEnroe is speaking out against the troubling trend of college tennis programs being dropped due to funding issues. The University of Arkansas was the first to announce its decision last week. After that, St. Louis, Illinois State, and North…