May 12th, 2008 
Tennis Industry News Largest Annually Attended Sporting Event is Most Recent Component
in Network’s Grand Slam Multimedia Alliance with ESPN, which Also will Include Olympus US Open Series
Tennis Channel to Televise More than 60 Hours of Live US Open Matches, Including
First-Weekend Prime Time, and Daily News and Highlights Beginning in 2009
Fourth Major Completes Network Grand Slam Circle
May 12th, 2008 Nima Naderi The years last masters series on clay bring the tour to Hamburg, Germany this week. Many players will be looking to get some last minute preparation as the French Open is only 2 weeks away! Sadly this maybe the last year the tour holds a masters series in Hamburg, as the revamped 2009 calender looks [...]
May 12th, 2008 Tennis Industry News 2009 Deal Creates Unified, Summer-Long ‘Open Season’ with Over 400 Hours of
National TV Coverage on CBS, ESPN and Tennis Channel
New Partnership Includes Broadband, Mobile Streaming, Spanish Language
and Digital Platforms
Six-Year Agreement Commences in 2009
May 12th, 2008 Nima Naderi The second masters series on clay this week provided many shocking results. Upsets were clearly the order of play. Frustrated Spaniard Rafa Nadal went out in his opening match to countrymen Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Mayorcan native looked out of sorts from the onset of the match, and a severe blister that developed last week [...]
May 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Maria Sharapova reached a compromise with the WTA Tour and completed a promotional photo shoot before the Italian Open began Monday. The second-ranked Russian was opposed to the shoot because she does not like distractions before tournaments, and claimed the WTA threatened to fine her more than $300,000 if she refused.
May 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Dinara Safina pulled out of the Italian Open on Monday due to a back injury, one day after the biggest triumph of her career. The 14th-ranked Russian won the title of the German Open on Sunday, defeating Elena Dementieva in three sets. Two years ago, Safina reached the Italian Open final but lost to Martina Hingis.
May 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News The U.S. Open tennis tournament’s cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009. The six-year deal through 2014 with the U.S. Tennis Association was to be announced formally Monday. USA, which began airing the American Grand Slam event in 1984, will carry it for the last time in 2008.
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