In an unfortunate accident, Andre Agassi hit his wife Steffi Graf in the face with his racquet at a fundraiser during the U.S. Clay Court Championships. While rallying with another couple, Graf and Agassi were holding hands. When Agassi swung his racquet at one point, he hit Graf in the face on the follow through. [...]

The ATP announced that select Masters Series events will earn rankings points equal to the Grand Slams beginning in 2009. The ATP call it the Masters 1000 and Hamburg and Monte Carlo are suing the ATP over being omitted from the select group. The four Grand Slam events–the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and [...]

Later this month in Miami, Sony Ericsson hosts “Night Tennis” at The Ice Palace Film Studios complete with sets by world-renowned house DJs Paul Oakenfold and Masters at Work. Yes, DJ sets, not to be confused with tennis sets. “I’m very intrigued by the whole Night Tennis concept,” Oakenfold said. “Who would have expected sport [...]

Gloria Connors, herself a former tennis pro, died Monday at the age of 82. She lived in Belleville, Illinois, and apparently died peacefully of natural causes at home. She was her son Jimmy’s only coach for much of his remarkable career as a world champion tennis player. In a statement released by the International Tennis [...]

Also fun but much more realistic are Sports Illustrated‘s Predictions 2007: Tennis. They make an interesting point in stating that while our individual American players may not be taking top honors, we have Blake and Roddick and a good chance at winning the Davis Cup in 2007. Short of Nadal becoming Swiss, of course. I [...]

ESPN’s Bonnie DeSimone reviews the year in tennis, it’s an entertaining read. If I were Andy Roddick, I’d rehearse a few postmatch comments just in case. Best use of junk food in postmatch comments “I used to, like, hit for a half hour and then go eat Cheetos the rest of the day, come out [...]

Former world #1 Marat Safin overtook Jose Acasuso in a tiebreak in the fourth set to win the Davis Cup for Russia. Safin beat Acasuso 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Earlier, David Nalbandian beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. This is Russia’s second Davis Cup and their first won at home; Argentina lost to [...]

David Nalbandian overcame Marat Safin in three sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) Friday resulting in a 1-1 tie between Argentina and Russia at the Davis Cup final. Soccer legend Diego Maradona was among the rowdy Argentinean fans crowding Moscow’s Olympic Stadium. Nikolay Davydenko gave Russia the early lead by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, [...]