Tennis
RTVE acquires rights to Spanish Tennis Federation’s new league
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the newly-created Mapfre League tennis tournament in Spain
Round-Up: EPL positive tests, Swiss A-G impeachment proceedings, Pakistan’s ‘bio-secure’ England tour, ANOC funding, and more
There have been six positive Covid-19 tests from English Premier League players or club staff after the league's first phase of testing - Sky Sports
ATP, WTA Tours extend shutdowns through end of July
Professional tennis will continue to remain on hiatus through at least the end of July amid the global Covid-19 pandemic after the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association extended…
USTA National Campus in Orlando emerges as potential site for US Open
The United States Tennis Association National Campus in Orlando, Florida, has emerged as a potential destination for the US Open
FFT open to French Open behind closed doors
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has said the 2020 French Open could be played behind closed doors, as organisers consider a further shift in the proposed dates for this year’s edition of the grand s…
Italy looks to the future with law governing Olympic Games, ATP Finals
The Italian Parliament has signed into law the decree that will govern the organisation of the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the ATP Finals men’s tennis event, with Sports Minister Vincenzo S…
WTA-ATP merger ‘makes all the sense in the world’, says Simon
Steve Simon, the chairman and chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association, says he is in favor of a merger with the Association of Tennis Professionals.
US Open could move to Indian Wells in November
The US Open could be moved from New York to Indian Wells and pushed back to November, United States Tennis Association executive director Michael Dowse has revealed.
Robotic cameras and automated production reduce Covid-19 risk at German tennis exhibition
The organisers of an exhibition tennis tournament in Germany are using robotic cameras, and semi-automated production to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus at the event, which starts today…
IMG teams with Facebook for Stay at Home Slam
The IMG agency has united eight of its top tennis clients, including the Williams sisters and Naomi Osaka, with leading names from the world of sport, entertainment and fashion to launch a new virtual…
ATP Media revenues up 15 per cent after key European broadcast deals
Revenues at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, reached $139.5m (€128.6m) in 2019 thanks, in part, to new broadcast deals in France, Spain and the UK.
Tennis Channel launches global streaming service with initial German focus
Pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel is moving outside of its US homeland for the first time with the launch of an international subscription streaming service
“Now is the time” for ATP-WTA merger, says Federer
Roger Federer has called for a merger between the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women's Tennis Association, the governing bodies that oversee the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours…
Rafa Nadal Academy proposed as hub for ATP, WTA events
The Rafa Nadal Academy, a tennis complex located in the hometown of the men’s world No.2
India’s tennis body plans domestic tour
The All India Tennis Association is creating a domestic tour to help the country's players stay match fit and to support them financially during the Covid-19 pandemic
Laver Cup called off due to French Open clash
The Laver Cup tennis tournament will not go ahead as planned in September due to a clash of dates with the French Open
USTA to make US Open scheduling decision in June
The United States Tennis Association will wait until June before deciding whether the US Open can go ahead as planned amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, the organization's chief executive Mike Dowse revealed
ITF streams archive content, long-serving rights executive Conroy leaves
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has become the latest sporting body to open up archive video content by streaming memorable moments from the Davis Cup and Fed Cup team competitions over the last…