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This week LIVE WTA matches on Tennis Channel Plus!On Now -- Kiki Bertens v Oceane Dodin. buytcplus.com

What a week for tennis birthdays! Three greats celebrated: Roger Federer, Pete Sampras & Rod Laver.Read more from Joel Drucker ⬇


A week of incredible tennis birthdays concludes today. On Tuesday, August 8, Roger Federer turned 36. The next day was Rod Laver’s 79th birthday. And today, August 12, Pete Sampras turns 46.In no particular order, the three are the greatest tennis playe

"It's Time We Just Let Kyrgios Be Nick Kyrgios" by Michael Steinberger.


Last year, I wrote a profile of Nick Kyrgios for The New York Times Magazine’s annual US Open issue. Kyrgios headlined the night session on the middle Saturday of the Open, so I took my two kids to see the guy who had kept their dad preoccupied for much of

Joel Drucker on the United States Tennis Association - USTA (Official) National Boys & Girls events this weekend.Watch the USTA National Girls 18 & 16 Championship live on Tennis Channel & TENNIS.com tomorrow starting at 2:30PM ET.


Two iconic junior tennis events are underway this week. Kalamazoo, Michigan has been the site of the USTA National Boys 18 & 16 Championship since the 1940s. Every notable American male has competed in this event, from Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith, to Jimm

Watch this brand new Bag Check with Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.


Who gave Mirjana Lucic-Baroni her heart? Find out by watching her exclusive Bag Check.Watch this edition of Bag Check for more: Bag Check: Mirjana Lucic-Baroni ----About Bag Check:Bag Check is Tennis Channel’s most well known franchise

LISTEN to new Tennis Channel & Sports Illustrated podcast with Jon Wertheim and this week's guest Todd Martin from the International Tennis Hall of Fame.


On the Beyond the Baseline Podcast, Tennis Channel Commentator and Sports Illustrated Executive Editor Jon Wertheim takes fans between the lines with tennis commentary and exclusive interviews with the top players and newsmakers on the ATP and WTA tours.On

Joel Drucker: League Tennis - Troubled but Redeemable.


A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece about the poison around league tennis. Much dialogue was triggered – email notes, Facebook comments, phone calls, conversations.Many indeed agreed with my assessment. More sad stories surfaced. There was the tale of

"Putting in some work ahead of Western & Southern Open!" ? --- Nicole Gibbs for #MyTennisLife

Watch this new Bag Check episode with Federico Delbonis.


Federico Delbonis is an up and coming star … find out what he carries with him in his Bag Check.Watch this edition of Bag Check for more: Bag Check: Federico Delbonis ----About Bag Check:Bag Check is Tennis Channel’s most well known fr

Joel Drucker: Craig O’Shannessy Knows Your Game. #tennis http://tennischannel.com/reporters/joel-drucker/joel-drucker-craig-oshannessy-knows-your-game


Sports analytics was destined to be a dynamic field. Why guess when you can count? And to my mind, in recent years, no one tallies and interprets better than Craig O’Shannessy (braingametennis.com).To call O’Shannessy a tennis zealot is an understatement

Watch a NEW Bag Check Episode with Pierre-Hugues Herbert.


Pierre Herbet really carries an egg in his bag at all time. Want to know why?What’s In the Bag:RacquetsShoesCapsWristbandsWooden EggWatch this edition of Bag Check for more: Bag Check: Pierre Hugues-Herbert ----About Bag Check:Bag Chec

What is your body's secret weapon on the tennis court?Mark Macdonald of Venice Nutrition has the answer ?⬇


We have all heard, “You are what you eat”. What we should be saying is, “You are what you metabolize”.The reality is, even if your nutrition and exercise are on point, your body’s true secret weapon on the Tennis Court is your sleep.The quality of your sle

New Richard Evans Autobiography a Compelling Read by Steve Flink.


For the better part of the last six decades, no journalist has covered tennis more prolifically than the industrious, enterprising, insightful and internationally acclaimed Richard Evans. He has reported on nearly 200 Grand Slam tournaments, been on site a

"First time walking the carpet at a movie premiere!" --- at Nicole Gibbs at Annabelle ??#MyTennisLife #annabellecreation

WATCH! A Tribute to Roger Federer on his 36th birthday.via TENNIS.com & ATP World Tour.

Happy 36th birthday Roger Federer. Here's a look at 35-year-old Federer, one of the best Federers ever.


Today, August 8, is Roger Federer’s 36th birthday - Happy Birthday Roger!Usually we consider Federer’s career season by season, but we at Tennis Channel thought we’d do something different this time given it’s his birthday - we’re breaking his career down

25 years ago on this day, Jennifer Capriati won Olympic Gold. ?


BARCELONA, Spain - On August 7, 1992, exactly 25 years ago to this day, a 16-year-old Jennifer Capriati made history, conquering Steffi Graf to win the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics.She was young, but she wasn’t a longshot by any means - she was the

Here's everything Madison Keys did by winning Bank of The West Classic this weekend.


STANFORD, CA, USA - It was a difficult first half of the season for her - a pair of surgeries on her left wrist, one after the WTA Finals last year and one after the French Open this year, contributed to a string of early losses and her ranking dropping fr

2017 Citi Open Women's Champ Ekaterina Makarova thanks Washington D.C. while Steve Weissman & Paul Annacone share some final thoughts.WTA (PT2of2)