Tennis News

ESPN and Tennis Australia have inked a nine-year deal that will see ESPN broadcast live coverage of the Australian Open on its channels: ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. The partnership, which will get underway from 2023 and last till 2031, will cover all the games at the 16 courts including all singles, doubles, juniors, wheelchair and...

Following are the companies and organisations that are serving as sponsors and brand partners to the 2022 edition of the French Open (Roland-Garros) and enjoying a strong branding presence across their physical and digital assets. Also Read – FRENCH OPEN 2021 SPONSORS MAIN PARTNER BNP Paribas The Paris-headquartered international banking group became an official sponsor...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has announced that she will be parting ways with IMG to launch her very own sports agency along with her agent Stuart Duguid. The to-be-launched agency will be called Evolve. Osaka and Duguid have been working on this venture since the Tokyo Olympics last year. Evolve is set to operate...

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has bagged the media rights to broadcast Roland-Garros starting from 2022 till 2024. The three-year deal will give SPN exclusive TV and digital rights of Roland-Garros, and it will broadcast the tournament across the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan. The tournament will also...

The French Tennis Federation has signed a five-year deal with French car manufacturer Renault, which will see Renault become a Premium Partner of Roland-Garros, the French Open, till 2026, starting from 2022.The partnership is reported to be worth between €5m and €7m per year. Renault will be providing the French Open with 160 vehicles, including...

There have been a lot of greats in women’s tennis over the last 50 years since the Open era started to the present day. Making a list of top players across different generations, who faced different opponents and won different titles, is never easy.In this article, I present to you my top 10 female tennis...

The announcement comes as part of Premier Padel’s new plan. Following a multi-year agreement with the French Tennis Federation (FFT), the Roland-Garros Stadium is set to host the Paris Premier Padel Major. The tournament will be held in Paris from July 11–17.The Paris Premier is set to be the first in the Major category that...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has signed a new partnership with cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX that will not only see her join as a global brand ambassador but also see her get equity stake in the company, with some of the partnership payments set to be made in the digital currency. The partnership will see FTX gain branding visibility on Osaka's playing apparel from the Miami Open 2022 along with the Japanese star featuring in various branded content and campaigns for FTX. Osaka will also use the partnership to bring awareness to various social justice causes and mental health as well. She will be focusing on bringing more women onto the FTX platform. FTX will also make charitable donations to Osaka's charitable organisation Play Academy, which she created with Nike and Laureus Sport for Good. Play Academy was launched in Tokyo in 2020 with the goal of bringing change to girls' lives through sport.

Tennis has always been one of the few individual sports that Indians have been good at. Racquet sports are something this country produces good talent in, and the women have actually surpassed a lot of their male counterparts in tennis. In this article, I present to you my top five best Indian female tennis players...

Being mostly an individual sport, tennis requires a really high amount of stamina and grit. The lengths of tennis games can vary from being 3-5 sets depending on the tournament. Some matches can be finished in three straight sets depending on the players involved. However, there have been several very long and engaging matches played...