By Natalie Ho (March 4, 2013) HONG KONG - The BNP Paribas Showdown exhibition matches held at Madison Square Garden has a new sister event this year, held 13 time zones away in Hong Kong. While Hong Kong has the same amount of sky scrapers to match … [Read more...]
Azarenka is Ready for Melbourne, Looking Forward to Madison Square Garden
( January 10, 2013) MELBOURNE/NEW YORK - Prior to her participation in the Australian Open draw in Melbourne on Friday morning, No. 1 Victoria Azarenka took time out for an international conference call to promote taking part in the BNP Paribas … [Read more...]
Chef Pierrick Boyer Serving Taste of Tennis Down Under
(January 4, 2013) The Australian Open is less than two weeks away and with the anticipation of an upcoming major, Melbourne will play host many pre-tournament soirees. One of the very special events will be the Swisse Taste of Tennis – where the … [Read more...]
Third Season of “World of Tennis” to Debut on Tennis Channel December 5
(November 29, 2012) NEW YORK, N.Y. – StarGames and MSG Sports have announced that the third season of “World of Tennis Presented by BNP Paribas” will debut next week. The first of seven episodes of the bi-weekly series will premiere on Tennis Channel … [Read more...]
Martin to Replace Lendl PowerShares Sereis Event in San Jose
NEW YORK, NY (November 8, 2012) -- The PowerShares Series has announced that Todd Martin will replace an injured Ivan Lendl in the BILT Champions Showdown to be held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on Friday, November 16, 2012. Martin, a … [Read more...]
Can Ivan Lendl Lead Andy Murray to Greatness?
The New York Times Magazine: Ivan Lendl Gets Back to Tennis Can Ivan Lendl Lead Andy Murray to Greatness? By PETER de JONGE Excerpt from article courtesy of The New York Times: On New Year’s Eve, Andy Murray, a 25-year-old Scot and … [Read more...]
Federer Joins 1000 Match Club with Straight Set Win Over Del Potro to Advance to Semis
MELBOURNE PARK, Australia – Roger Federer joined the exclusive 1000 matches played club with his 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.  This will mark the ninth consecutive year that Federer has … [Read more...]
‘Oz and Ends’ – Dead Spots and Macaroni
Dead spot on Hisense http://youtu.be/o7mGrhEiBvE Lendl on ESPN http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7492195 If Ivan Lendl s not on twitter yet, someone needs to convince him. He'd be funny. Don’t call her Macaroni  Serena Williams … [Read more...]
Raw and Uncut – Sounds of the Showdown with Agassi, Sampras, Lendl and McEnroe
Monday, February 25, 2011 - Jumeirah Essex House, Grand Ballroom - Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe shared a few laughs among the serious questions during a morning news conference for the BNP Paribas Showdown. The player's … [Read more...]
Kourtin’ Karen’s Tennis Week in Review
0-15 "The Hand" that Rocked the 2003 French Open Confesses Justine Henin gave a very lengthy interview to Belgian TV in which among the many revelations  she admitted that she lied in the now infamous “hand†incident in the 2003 semifinal of … [Read more...]