On the Baseline Tennis News

The 2009 BNP Paribas Open will be aired live on Tennis Channel and Fox Sports Net.

Coverage of the joint Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and ATP World Tour will be begin on Saturday, March 14.

The 2009 BNP Paribas Open is well under way as the top seeds begin competition today in Indian Wells.

Tell us who you think will win the women’s singles title in this week’s edition of Open Forum Friday!

It was a rough day for top players in the doubles competition on Thursday at the 2009 BNP Paribas Open. Second seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, fifth seeds Ai Sugiyama and Daniela Hantuchova, and Maria Sharapova and Elena Vesnina were defeated in the first round.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s “Looking for a Hero” marketing campaign has wrapped up its second phase of production.

With the just concluded photo shoot, a total of 57 players are now featured in the campaign.

Follow all the live action from both the ATP World Tour 1000 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, on your desktop for the first time at TennisTV.com.

Extensive coverage of the BNP Paribas Open tournament in Indian Wells begins Saturday, March 14.

Maria Sharapova will return to active competition on Thursday at Indian Wells in her first round doubles match with Elena Vesnina.

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Zvonareva taking swing at politics
Zvonareva, the No. 4 seed at the BNP Paribas Open this year, has been enrolled in the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the hopes of some day working with the United Nations.

One tennis myth started with the first instruction in this joke—“Racket back,” which has probably been shouted countless times across more tennis nets than strawberries sold throughout Wimbledon’s history.

American Jill Craybas will face Australia’s Jelena Dokic on Wednesday in the first round of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open.

Over the next ten days, join On the Baseline Tennis News for live coverage from the 2009 BNP Paribas Open.

Paula Vergara explains why Venus and Serena Williams are missing in action from Indian Wells—-and what the consequences will be for missing the mandatory tournament.

The 2009 BNP Paribas Open officially begins on Wednesday in beautiful Indian Wells, California.

One hundred twenty-eight of the world’s best players have traveled to the desert in pursuit of $4,500,000 million dollars in prize money.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour released the latest tennis rankings on Monday.

2009 Australian Open champion Serena Williams leads an unchanged Top 10 list.

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A Special Time Of Year
Not every forehand return or lob shot is a winner in tennis—but with the Special Olympics, every player is.

The 2009 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California has announced the roster of players who will receive wild card berths into this year’s event.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova will make her long expected return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour this week at Indian Wells.

The former world number one has not competed since last season after suffering from a severe right shoulder injury.