Category: Tennis

  • Division I Men’s Collegiate Tennis Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

    Division I Men’s Collegiate Tennis Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

    The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (“ITA”) has released today the Division I Men’s Top 25 Coaches Poll sponsored by Tennis-Point for January 24, 2024. The ITA Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the ITA National Ranking Committee. The National Ranking Committee is made up of the 13 ITA Region Chairs, with each chair casting an…

  • Division I Women’s Collegiate Tennis Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

    Division I Women’s Collegiate Tennis Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

    The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (“ITA”) has released today the Division I Women’s Top 25 Coaches Poll sponsored by Tennis-Point for January 24, 2024. The ITA Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the ITA National Ranking Committee. The National Ranking Committee is made up of the 13 ITA Region Chairs, with each chair casting an…

  • What racket does Coco Gauff use?

    What racket does Coco Gauff use?

    <!– –> Coco Gauff has used the same racket maker throughout her career, although she has changed frame a few times. Gauff has always used HEAD rackets and currently uses a pro stock racket designated PT339.2. She has used both the 16×19 and 18×20 string patterns available in her particular frame. Her racket setup equates…

  • Takeaways from Alexander Zverev’s upset of Carlos Alcaraz

    Takeaways from Alexander Zverev’s upset of Carlos Alcaraz

    Matt Walsh, Assistant EditorJan 24, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Matt Walsh is a Melbourne-based sports journalist who willingly travels far and wide to watch any sport. Not only has he seen NFL in Dallas, football in London, baseball in Arlington and hockey in Boston, he’s covered F1, AFL, Wimbledon and the Australian Open for…

  • Tennis Opens Home Slate with Back-to-Back Matches

    Tennis Opens Home Slate with Back-to-Back Matches

    Story Links CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women’s tennis opens its home schedule this week with a pair of scheduled matches at the Catamount Athletics Complex. On Thursday afternoon, the Catamounts welcome in Tusculum with the first serve set for 2 p.m., followed by a Friday afternoon match against Emmanuel also with a 2 p.m. start time.  The Catamounts look to rebound from a season-opening defeat at Clemson last…

  • Rohan Bopanna, world no. 1 at 43, inspires beyond tennis

    Zenia D’Cunha Jan 25, 2024, 02:30 AM Open Extended Reactions “Indian tennis needed this,” Rohan Bopanna said soon after it was confirmed that he’d be men’s doubles world No. 1 (for the first time, at the age of 43) when the new rankings are released on Monday. “Watching sports, you always have idols while growing…

  • Season preview: TFS girls tennis

    For the first time in school history, the Lady Indians’ tennis team advanced to the state quarterfinals. It was a sensational Spring of 2023, as TFS went 16-1, winning the Region Championship for the first time since 2000 and losing only in the Elite 8. Records fell in the process, as the #8-ranked Lady Indians…

  • Men’s Tennis Drops Match to UTSA

    Men’s Tennis Drops Match to UTSA

    Story Links RIO GRANDE VALLEY –The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s tennis team dropped a non-conference match, 7-0, to the UTSA Roadrunners Wednesday at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.  UTRGV’s No. 1 doubles duo of senior Emilien Burnel and junior Sam Whitehead got the first win of the day, using a fast start to get in the driver’s…

  • Tennis star Nick Kyrgios considering retirement after injury-plagued 2023: ‘My time in the sport may be over’

    Getty Images Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he’s contemplating retirement, writing his “time in the sport may be over” in a column for The Sydney Morning Herald. Kyrgios added that he recently spoke with his agent about the possibility of his playing career coming to an end. “The reality is, there is a part…

  • Men’s Tennis Aims To Conquer CAA Mountaintop With Key Returners And Exciting Newcomers

    Men’s Tennis Aims To Conquer CAA Mountaintop With Key Returners And Exciting Newcomers

    Story Links ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s tennis team has begun its 2024 campaign, led by seven-time conference coach of the year and school legend Michael Leonard. In his 20th season, Leonard pilots an ambitious Phoenix squad stocked with exciting young talent and loaded with experience that understands what it takes to make…