Steven has been playing at a high level in tennis since the age of 14. He has played numerous world junior events as well as Futures and Satellite events on the ITF Tours. Additionally, Steven has played a lot of club tennis in France and Germany.
As well as playing at a very high level Steven has also been coaching tennis since the age of 16. Thus, bringing real hands on knowledge to The Tennis Times.
It has been announced that their will be an exhibition match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at the Bernebeu stadium. The aim of this exhibition match is to set a new attendance record for a tennis match.
“The aim of this exhibition match is to establish a new attendance record of more than 80,000 spectators for a tennis match,” Real Madrid said on their website.
According to the ATP World Tour website, the current attendance record stands at 35,681 for a match between Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams in Brussels in 2010.
This is going to be a dream for Rafael Nadal who is also a big support of Real Madrid.
Lots of American tennis players stopped by the White House on Monday for the 134th annual Easter Egg Roll, celebrating the theme “Let’s Go, “Let’s Play, Let’s Move”.
Tennis players who attended included Andy Roddick, Michel Chang, Taylor Dent, Jack Sock, along with Chris Evert, Chanda Rubin, Vania King and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, assisted with the USTA’s 10 and Under Tennis on-court activities, supporting First Lady Michelle Obama’s
“Incredible day at the white house!” tweeted Sock, the US Open Mixed Doubles champion. “Great experience and atmosphere with all the athletes! #eastereggrollisawesome”
Richard Lewis has been named as the new Chief Executive of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Lewis is the current Chairman of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Chair of Sport England.
He will start at the All England Club on 1 May 2012.
Richard Lewis said: “I am delighted to be taking up the role of Chief Executive at the All England Club. As a former tennis professional, the prospect of helping shape the future of the Club and the premier tennis tournament in the world is one to be relished. I leave the RFL after ten fulfilling years during which the sport has grown and prospered. I am extremely grateful to all the colleagues with whom I have had the privilege to work. I shall enjoy continuing my role at Sport England albeit with less time commitment.”
It seems like winning the Family Circle Cup wasnt enough for Serena to do in a days work. After winning the final Serena appeared on the Home Shopping Network to help sell her corset leggings (Over 17,000 sold).
p.s. Im really surprised Serena isnt selling some sort of workout fitness gear or some body shaping products
Here is the first picture of Amelie Mauresmo working with Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka wanted Mauresmo in her team and her coach Sam Sumyk made it happen.
We would be making a mistake if we were to deprive ourselves of her kind of experience and ability. Amelie is Vika’s choice and from the moment she expressed that wish, I have tried to make it happen.
Here’s how the former No.1 Mauresmo commented on her new cooperation:
Some news from Monaco where I started a work period of 2 weeks a couple days ago with Vika Azarenka! I’m sure it’s gonna be a great adventure and that I can help her by sharing my experience… All the team is amazing and very open with me so thanks to them!
Here are the highlights of the Davis Cup match between Australia’s Matthew Ebden and South Korea’s Suk-Young Jeong. Ebden won in straight sets 6-3 6-3 6-4.
Here are the Davis Cup highlights between Australia and South Korea. This is the doubles rubber that gave Australia the win 3-0. Chris Guccione and Marinko Matosevic defeated Suk-Young Jeong and Jae-Min Seol in four sets.
It was another great win for Serena Williams at the Family Circle Cup. Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova 6-0 6-1 in the final. This was by far the most dominant tournament I have ever seen from Serena.
I know the Clay courts in Charleston are a lot different to those in Paris, but this will hold her in good sted for a French Open 2012 push.
Janko Tipsarevic just defeated Radek Stepanek in a marathon Davis Cup match. Tipsarevic won 5-7 6-4 6-4 4-6 9-7. However, it was not without incident as Stepanek didnt shake hands at the end of the match and their were some choice words said.
Here are a couple of special pictures of Victoria Azarenka taken during the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Cant believe someone let Victoria drive a Ferrari
The Great Britain team are playing their Davis Cup match this weekend without Andy Murray. Its going to be tough, but the team looks quietly confident.
I came across this amazing photo taken at the Family Circle Cup yesterday between Safarova and Wozniack. Its a real shame when you have great players like Wozniack and Safarova playing on an outside court with no one watching!
Can someone explain to me why this top level of tennis is only available to watch for the 5 people there (or 1,000 at the whole tournament) and not available for the millions online?
It seems as though Tournaments and the WTA are still missing out on several revenue streams and are yet to properly adopt new technologies. No wonder that Tennis is still lagging behind other sports in terms of viewership numbers!
Tennis Australia was nice enough to send us the video of their Davis Cup draw against South Korea. The draw was held at Brisbane’s Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
It seems like Tennis Australia has finally worked out how social media works and they are the best tennis organisation online at the moment.
