The ATP announced on Friday the continued aggregation and centralisation of broadcast rights on the ATP World Tour, with 12 tournaments across the ATP World Tour 250 category being pooled and sold together in partnership with ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour. Following the success of the centralisation of rights across the Nitto ATP Finals, the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000s, and the 13 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, which has seen viewership more than double over the past 10 years, the ATP is pursuing a similar strategy with continued aggregation and centralisation at the 250-level. “Media rights is one of the biggest growth areas in our sport, and we’ve seen tremendous results both commercially...
The All England Lawn Tennis Club committee has announced the 32 singles seeds and 16 doubles seeds for The Championships at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, 3 July. Two-time champion Andy Murray, three-time former titlist Novak Djokovic and seven-time winner Roger Federer are among the top singles seeds. [ALSO LIKE] Since 2002, The Championships has employed a unique seeding system, where they take into account previous results over a two-year period on grass courts. • Take the Emirates ATP Ranking points on 20 June 2016 • Add 100 per cent of the points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months • Add 75 per cent of the points earned for the best grass court tournament in...
Top seed Dominic Thiem and Turkish player Marsel Ilhan take in the history of Antalya as they visit the Aspendos amphitheatre on Monday. Photo: Gokhan Taner
Roger Federer learns the perfect serve from Benoit Gouez, the Moët & Chandon cellar master Moët Ice + a large glass + 3 ice cubes is the perfect summer #MoetMoment! Photo & Video courtesy of Moët & Chandon