U.S. Open The Latest Property To Go To Cable Agassi Back With Nike After Eight Years Sony Open Dir Talks Renovation Venus Williams, Roddick Join WTT Ownership Tennis World Pays Tribute To Drewett 03 Wimbledon Ticket Prices Staying Put Sharapova Signs Three-Year Deal With Porsche Emirates Signs On With French Open French Open Announces Prize Money Increases
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U.S. Open Deal The Latest Example Of The Blurring Lines Between Broadcast, Cable
Published May 17, 2013...als "sounded so enamored of ESPN’s power to reach tennis fans that on a conference call with reporters Thu... ...James writes the move "should make it easier for tennis fans to find the matches on one television outlet... While tennis "attracts a well-to-do audience that advertisers... TENNIS. ...he Open era, and deserves much credit for opening tennis up to an enormous audience -- mostly through its...
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Back Home: Andre Agassi Returns To Nike After Eight Years With Adidas
Published May 14, 2013Tennis HOFer Andre Agassi, who was sponsored by Nike fro... ” Since retiring from tennis in ‘06, Agassi has “devoted much of his time to i... ...ike, which initially paired Agassi with its other tennis bad boy to continue the rock-and-roll tennis ethos. ...e two were marketed as the "yin and yang of men’s tennis" (SI.com, 5/14).
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Sony Open's Adam Barrett Talks Renovation Plans For ATP/WTA Event In Miami
Published May 14, 2013...ett said the annual ATP/WTA event at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Miami has plans to "expand the current... We’ve been very fortunate that tennis has remained strong during the recession. Does Miami have fair-weather tennis fans, too?
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Venus Williams, Andy Roddick Acquire Minority Stakes In World TeamTennis
Published May 07, 2013...will each own slightly less than 5% of World TeamTennis in a deal announced yesterday. ...oddick and Williams will own 5% each of World TeamTennis Int’l, which owns 75% of the eight-team league. ...r & CEO Ilana Kloss said she hoped to broaden the tennis player ownership model “down the road,” along wit... ...eral cities in Texas a good fit, especially since tennis has become more global, with some U.S. tournament...
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Tennis World Pays Tribute To Passing Of ATP Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett
Published May 06, 2013Tennis players NOVAK DJOKOVIC, SERENA WILLIAMS and ANDY... ...g age of 54 -- prompted global mourning among the tennis community. ...with us.” Drewett “forged a stunningly successful tennis career -- on and off the court. ...ngle-handedly unleashed the beast that is Chinese tennis. Several tennis players and industry execs took to Twitter to pay... ...nality and steadfast loyalty to the entire global tennis family was so evident.
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The Daily's Hot Reads For Friday: The Rich Get Richer
...us and Serena" documentary due to injuries to the tennis players:
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Wimbledon Won't Raise Ticket Prices Despite Increased Purse, Plans For Retractable Roof
Published April 24, 2013...ced the biggest prize-money increase ever seen in tennis and plans to build a second retractable roof," ac... ...scaping that aims to give fans the experience of 'tennis in an English garden.
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Sharapova Signs Three-Year Deal To Become Porsche's First Global Endorser
Published April 22, 2013Tennis player Maria Sharapova has signed a three-year de...
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Emirates Airline, Roland Garros Agree To Five-Year French Open Sponsorship Deal
Published April 18, 2013...nsorship of Roland Garros is the airline’s "third tennis sponsorship in Europe after the Internazionali BN... " Other major tennis competitions sponsored by Emirates "around the wo... ...ers Cup, BNP Paribas Open and the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship.
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French Open Becomes Latest Grand Slam To Increase Prize Money
Published April 15, 2013Prize money at the French Open “will rise significantly for both singles champions and players who lose in some of the early rounds,” according to Douglas Robson of USA TODAY. Roland Garros organizers today said that the “overall total for the tournament will go from" $24.6M last year to $28.7M, with winners receiving $1.96M compared to $1.64M in '12. Players eliminated in the second, third and fourth rounds “will receive 25 percent more than they did last year.” Further increases “totaling a...
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ATP Narrows Search For Drewett Successor To Two Internal Candidates
Published April 12, 2013The ATP Tour has “narrowed its search to two internal candidates in its effort to replace” Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett, according to Douglas Robson of USA TODAY. The contenders are Chief Media Officer, Chief Legal Officer & ATP Americas CEO Mark Young and Commercial Dir & ATP Europe CEO Laurent Delanney. Sources confirmed that Young and Delanney are “the only candidates being considered.” The ATP board has been “looking for a successor” to Drewett since he “disclosed in January that h...
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Murray Agency Creates Partnership To Explore Asian Tournament, Other Opportunities
Published April 05, 2013XIX Entertainment, which represents tennis player Andy Murray, on Thursday announced an “int... ...rship with Globosport, the company run by" Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, to "explore business oppo... Bhupathi “set tennis buzzing this week when it was confirmed he is cha... ...of the world's leading players to take part" in a tennis tournament across Asia similar to cricket's India...
