Category: Tennis

  • Men’s Tennis Back in Action at ITA Carolina Regionals

    Men’s Tennis Back in Action at ITA Carolina Regionals

    Story Links CARY, N.C. — After a near three-week layoff, the Charlotte men’s tennis team returns to the courts at Cary, N.C. for the ITA Carolina Regionals this weekend (Oct. 20-Oct. 24). All eight Niners will be available and in action for the fourth event of the Charlotte fall season. 137 total players are registered for…

  • Men’s Tennis Sends Six to ITA Super Regionals

    Men’s Tennis Sends Six to ITA Super Regionals

    Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  – After qualifying three for the ITA Super Regionals two weekends ago, Harvard men’s tennis will send six total Crimson to Princeton, N.J. this weekend.  The Crimson will be represented by Daniel Milavsky, Cooper Williams, Valdemar Pape, David Lins, and Marc Ktiri in singles along with Milavksy and Williams and Pape…

  • Billie Jean King calls for unified tennis World Cup

    Tennis legend Billie Jean King is open to seeing the eponymous women’s cup competition be combined with the men’s Davis Cup into one World Cup of tennis.  Confirmed: “I think it’s really important to have a World Cup for tennis,” said King “The whole world understands a World Cup. They know it’s country versus country,”…

  • How Cincinnati prevailed over Charlotte in a tennis battle of the Queen Cities

    How Cincinnati prevailed over Charlotte in a tennis battle of the Queen Cities

    The Business of Tennis Everyone needed to come together for the longstanding tournament to remain where it’s been for over a century. And everyone in the Midwest should celebrate. ByPeter Bodo Published Oct 19, 2023 When news broke last May that tennis-mad Ben Navarro, founder of Beemok Capital and the new owner of the Western…

  • Women’s Tennis Opens Play at ITA Regionals

    Women’s Tennis Opens Play at ITA Regionals

    Story Links LYNCHBURG, Va. – Members of the Saint Joseph’s women’s tennis team opened play at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships on Thursday. Fabiana Tort-Umpierre won the first set of her match against Georgetown’s Morgan Coburn in the qualifying singles draw before ultimately falling in a supertiebreaker. Ireland Amato fell to an opponent from George Washington, while…

  • I’m former tennis star who gave up the sport to pursue career as an artist

    I’m former tennis star who gave up the sport to pursue career as an artist

    GABRIELLA Taylor has gone from tennis strokes to brush strokes. The former British tennis sensation has given up her promising athletic career to become an artist. 4 Gabriella Taylor was a rising British tennis player before she quit the sport in 2020Credit: Getty Images 4 Taylor turned her attentions to art during the pandemicCredit: Instagram…

  • Why Tennis Champ Naomi Osaka and Boyfriend Cordae Are Sparking Breakup Rumors Months After Welcoming Baby

    Why Tennis Champ Naomi Osaka and Boyfriend Cordae Are Sparking Breakup Rumors Months After Welcoming Baby

    After a four-year courtship, Naomi Osaka and Cordae may no longer be a match. Three months after welcoming their first baby, the tennis star and the “Gifted” rapper—who began dating in 2019—are sparking speculation that the two have called it quits. Naomi shared a cryptic post to X, formerly known as Twitter, writing on Oct. 17, “I…

  • Men’s Tennis Sends Group To ITA Northeast Super Regionals

    Men’s Tennis Sends Group To ITA Northeast Super Regionals

    Story Links ITA Northeast Super Regionals Draw PRINCETON, N.J. – The Columbia men’s tennis team will be represented well at the ITA Northeast Super Regional Championships this weekend as the Lions will send three doubles teams and six individuals to compete. Representing the Lions in doubles play will be the teams of Michael Zheng/Theo Winegar, Ishaan…

  • How have tennis tournaments been marketed and promoted over the years?

    How have tennis tournaments been marketed and promoted over the years?

    Business people such as Mark McCormack understood that sports like golf and tennis had the potential to be the source of considerable financial capital, and the athletes competing in these sports could gain opportunities that would leave them financially stable long after their playing days were over. McCormack is routinely considered the founder of sports…

  • Boris Becker will coach Holger Rune for the rest of the season

    Boris Becker will coach Holger Rune for the rest of the season

    Boris Becker is returning to coaching for the first time since the six-time Grand Slam tennis winner’s release from a British prison last year ByAssociated Press Published Oct 19, 2023