Stefanos Tsitsipas is ready for BOSS Open, which starts tomorrow, Saturday 4th. It’s his debut at the event. Stuttgart, 3rd June 2022. – Stefanos Tsitsipas will kick off his grass-court campaign in 2022 at the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart. The winner of eight ATP tournaments (amongst them the ATP finals 2019 in London, as well as the Masters 1000 tournaments 2021 and 2022 in Monte Carlo) has already set some records, despite his young age. The current no. 4 in the world will also head the preliminary seeding list at the Weissenhof, followed by Italy’s Matteo Berrettini (ATP 10), Poland’s Hubert …
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The excellent ATP 250 in Stuttgart gets a new title sponsor! It’s now called BOSS Open and is sponsored by HUGO BOSS. The BOSS Open takes place between June 4th to June 12th. The cooperation between organizer the e|motion group and HUGO BOSS AG will run until 2025. My friend Edwin Weindörfer is the tournament director in Stuttgart and this is what he had to say about the deal: “We are very happy, that we were able to partner with such a successful company of world-wide reputation as title sponsor for the tournament in Stuttgart. The timing could not have …
New sponsors and players have been announced for the Mallorca championships with only six weeks to go until the event. The Mallorca Championships is the only ATP event on grass in Spain. Roberto Bautista Agut is the latest player to be confirmed for the event. The event will now return to more normal capacity, with 2500 spectators by the centre court and more than 40 VIP boxes. Other players that will join the Mallorca Championships include Nick Kyrgios and Pablo Carreno Busta. More players will be announced as we near the tournament. Sponsors The countdown has started for the higlight …
The AI platform Swingvision raises 2 million dollars in funding from Wildcard Ventures to grow their business even further. I’ve been using Swingvision from time to time to cut out dead time from my sessions and analyze my game. The app is capable of much more and I guess they’re pushing even harder now that Swingvision raises 2 million dollars through new investments coming in from Wildcard Ventures, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund, Techstars, Afterwork Ventures, and Amino Capital, as well as MyFitnessPal co-founders Albert and Mike Lee, Handshake co-founder Garrett Lord, and Brex Co-CEO Benjamin Wu. The new …
The stadium bears her name. This is where Steffi Graf won her first tournament, and this on her native German soil 1986. Now she is patron of the bett1open in Berlin. She won 9 titles there so there can be no doubt that tennis legend Steffi Graf has a close relationship with the German capital and the place that is now called the Steffi Graf Stadium. “Berlin has played a special role in my career from the very beginning.” Tournament director Barbara Rittner of bett1open has been friends with Stefanie Graf since their professional years together. She is thrilled that …
Djokovic has just signed up to play the Mallorca ATP 250 doubles as his preparation for Wimbledon and a possible Grand Slam title number 20. Novak Djokovic will arrive in Mallorca this Thursday to start his preparation for Wimbledon (from 28th June 2021). Wimbledon grass courts have been specially built at the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponca. The 19-time Grand Slam champion will be accompanied by his complete staff – led by the former Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic. Novak Djokovic will take part in the doubles competition of the ATP grass-court tournament held at the Mallorca Country club. Djokovic was …
The ATP and WTA have today announced a partnership with TopCourt, the first official tennis e-learning partner of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. I am personally a fan and a subscriber to TopCourt and offer readers of Tennisnerd a 14-day free trial if they click this link. Today they released a joint press release with the ATP and WTA announcing their official partnership with the WTA and ATP for e-learning. What is TopCourt? TopCourt offers tennis fans the educational tools for learning the game from the world’s best players of the past, present, and future, as well as the …
Dominic Thiem receives the first wild card for the Mallorca Championships. Thiem will play the Spanish grass-court tournament 19-26th June. Mallorca, June 4th 2021. – With just two weeks to go until the start of the first edition of the Mallorca Championships, the tournament organisation has confirmed its first big surprise: the first wild card of the tournament goes to Dominic Thiem, current world No. 4 and defending US Open champion. The 27-year-old Thiem‘s track record is impressive. The Austrian has a total of 17 titles, including his first Grand Slam title in New York last September. It was the fourth …
The entry list of the bett1open WTA 500 tournament is led by the two current best players in the world: Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka. Berlin, 19th May 2021. – The tennis elite will meet at the bett1open in Berlin! In only 24 days the WTA 500 tournament will celebrate its premiere on the grass courts of the LTTC “Rot-Weiß” e.V. (12th-20th June 2021). The roster of players will have fans’ eyes shine. “We have eight (8) of the Top 10 players in the world coming to Berlin. Adding the German number 1, Angelique Kerber, and you get a world-class …
I’m a frequent visitor to this event, but not this year. It’s a shame, especially considering the starting field of the MercedesCup 2021. Check out the official website of the MercedesCup 2021 here. Stuttgart, 19th May 2021. – Due to the overlap of the French Open’s second week, there is the possibility of some changes to the entry list of the MercedesCup 2021 from 7th-13th June 2021, but by the deadline, on Monday evening the list of players have committed to the ATP grass-court tournament at Stuttgart’s Weissenhof boasts a multitude of great names! The main draw is led by Alexander …