Ticket Tout jailed
Wimbledon ticket tout, Luke McKay has received a six-month jail sentence after being caught by undercover agents trading in black market tickets for the 2019 Championships via Facebook
Players support #BlackOutTuesday campaign
Many top players have added their voices to the protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American 46-year-old who died on 25 May in Minneapolis after being pinned beneath a white police officer’s knee for nearly nine minutes, plunging the country...
Women get their own ‘Battle of the Brits’
When the ‘Battle of the Brits’ was confirmed earlier this week, it made no provision for the women. This has now been rectified with the Progress Tour Women’s Championships to be played at the National Training Centre, Roehampton, the LTA’s headquarters, starting on...
Limited Club tennis is back
Recreational tennis is back. Club members were allowed to play just singles as from a few weeks ago but now, as of the 1st June, they can resume their doubles partnerships and continue their rivalries with fellow members, all part of the Government’s easing of...
Federer champions mental health and tops Forbes rich list
Roger Federer has proven over the years to not only be a contender for the Greatest Of All Time accolade but also as a influential and effective leader, and now he is heading the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid athletes for the first time when it was...
ATP TOUR
Four-time Grand Slam winner Ashley Cooper dies at 83
Four-time singles grand slam champion, Ashley Cooper, who was born on 15th September, 1936, died in Brisbane on 15th May after a long illness, aged 83.
Kyrgios suggest doubles to Sir Andy
Nick Kyrgios has suggested to Andy Murray that they should pair up to play doubles together when the tour resumes. While it would prove a major attraction, it is unlikely bearing in mind Murray’s condition: "Only if you promise to behave -- you said you were going...
Rankings are frozen
How tennis records are maintained during the lockdown has provided many with an excellent topic of discussion but that has now been resolved with the ATP and WTA deciding that rankings will be frozen during the weeks of inactivity.
WTA TOUR
Kvitova against closed door majors
Petra Kvitova said yesterday that she didn’t like the idea of majors being played behind closed doors which is what the Covid-19 pandemic is threatening.
Konta insists on equality
The prospect of a merger between the ATP and WTA has come to the forground again thanks to Jo Konta who insists – if it does go ahead – it must be a ‘merger’ of equals and not, as the WTA Chief Executive said a fortnight ago, that it would be a long term objective to...
Wozniacki reveals she hopes to play again, in doubles
Caroline Wozniacki, the popular former world number from Denmark who retired from the pro tour in January following the Australian Open, has revealed she would consider a return to the sport if her close friend, Serena Williams asked her to play doubles.
OFF COURT
Women get their own ‘Battle of the Brits’
When the ‘Battle of the Brits’ was confirmed earlier this week, it made no provision for the women. This has now been rectified with the Progress Tour Women’s Championships to be played at the National Training Centre, Roehampton, the LTA’s headquarters, starting on...
Ticket Tout jailed
Wimbledon ticket tout, Luke McKay has received a six-month jail sentence after being caught by undercover agents trading in black market tickets for the 2019 Championships via Facebook
Players support #BlackOutTuesday campaign
Many top players have added their voices to the protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American 46-year-old who died on 25 May in Minneapolis after being pinned beneath a white police officer’s knee for nearly nine minutes, plunging the country...
Limited Club tennis is back
Recreational tennis is back. Club members were allowed to play just singles as from a few weeks ago but now, as of the 1st June, they can resume their doubles partnerships and continue their rivalries with fellow members, all part of the Government’s easing of...
DAVIS CUP & FED CUP
Pique raises Davis Cup doubts, as does the Aussie Open
Gerard Pique is now pessimistic about the Davis Cup Finals which is due to be played out in Madrid next November.
Fed Cup postponed as Tours face suspension
The revamped Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals due to be held in Budapest from 14-19 April, as well as a series of play-off ties, have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
Las Vegas | Teen Montgomery makes her mark
The USA has yet another teenage phenom making an impact in the form of 15-year old Robin Montgomery, who has just won her first pro event, the ITF $25K event in Las Vegas,...
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GRAND SLAMS
Ticket Tout jailed
Wimbledon ticket tout, Luke McKay has received a six-month jail sentence after being caught by undercover agents trading in black market tickets for the 2019 Championships via Facebook
US Open contemplates logistics
The French Grand Slam, rescheduled for 20 September to 4 October, is expected to be further delayed to accommodate the US Open and Madrid and/or the Italian Championships in Rome, in order to allow players two weeks of clay court preparation ahead of Paris.
Will there be a US Open or Roland Garros this year?
On the day when the French Open should be getting underway, speculation as to the fate of this year’s US Open continues to grow, with all sorts of scenarios apparently under consideration, but with the coronavirus pandemic still prevalent around the world, the odds on...
LTA NEWS
Women get their own ‘Battle of the Brits’
When the ‘Battle of the Brits’ was confirmed earlier this week, it made no provision for the women. This has now been rectified with the Progress Tour Women’s Championships to be played at the National Training Centre, Roehampton, the LTA’s headquarters, starting on...
Limited Club tennis is back
Recreational tennis is back. Club members were allowed to play just singles as from a few weeks ago but now, as of the 1st June, they can resume their doubles partnerships and continue their rivalries with fellow members, all part of the Government’s easing of...
Murray and LTA get tennis back on court in UK
Tennis is starting to stir back to life as the Covid-19 pandemic grip is slowly running its course and while we all still await news of the actual tours resuming, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced that they will be staging four tournaments under the...
Tributes flood in for ‘inspirational’ Cathie Sabin OBE
The first female president of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Cathie Sabin, has died of cancer in a Shrewsbury hospice at the age of 73.
LTA produces a profit
The LTA has just published it its annual accounts and showed a profit of £8.7 million as against the previous year’s £6.3 million losses.
Research shows tennis has a positive impact on mental health
In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, the LTA has released its latest research, showing a link between playing tennis and recreational players’ mental wellbeing. Whilst the physical benefits of playing tennis have long been hailed – with the British Journal of...
Murray set to play Nationals when resurrected
The LTA is considering resurrecting the British National Tennis Championships last played in Bolton in 2002 with Alex Bogdanovic, a teenager who never fulfilled his potential, and Anne Keothavong, who did, emerging as Britain’s national champions.
London | Back on court with social distancing
Recreational players took to the courts for the first time in England on Wednesday, carefully following LTA guidelines and relishing the joy of hitting tennis balls for the first time in almost two months due to the coronavirus lockdown.