On the Baseline Tennis News

With the Williams sisters back in the Wimbledon mix, this year’s championships is sure to be filled with excitement, and of course, a bit of drama.

Tournament Dates: June 13-18

For the future of its coverage at Wimbledon, ESPN is digging into tennis’ past: Hall-of-famer Chris Evert will join Brad Gilbert and others in the broadcast booth. Her last stint was with NBC in 2003. It’s the first time she’ll call matches for ESPN.

Tournament Dates: June 13-18

The All England Club today announced the seedings for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, with specific guidelines used to calculate them.

Leading and emerging British designers including Burberry, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson, Hussein Chalayan and David Koma create customised dresses for stars of women’s tennis. The dresses are to be auctioned off for benefit of WTA charities and BFC Princess of Wales Charitable Trust

Network will Air More Than 80 Hours of Nightly Series from the
All-England Lawn Tennis Club

The WTA caught up with the reigning Wimbledon champion, Serena Williams, to discuss her road back to fitness and her expectations for the next few weeks.

The long-awaited return of Serena Williams in Eastbourne finally became a reality on Tuesday as she took to the court against last years Wimbledon semi-finalist Tsvetana Pironkova.

On Sunday, rain seemingly took over the whole world of sport. Both the ATP Queens and Birmingham finals were rained off, as was day two of Eastbourne, and even the Canadian Grand Prix across the pond was engulfed by masses of rain.

Tournament Dates: June 13-18

They are two of the defining players of their generation, and they are both returning to action at this week’s AEGON International in Eastbourne. Yes, Venus and Serena Williams are back! The WTA followed them on to the practice courts as they began preparations for their first round matches on the Eastbourne grass.

The return of the Williams sisters is one of the most anticipated events of the tennis year so far. The WTA caught up with Venus at the AEGON International in Eastbourne to find out how preparations for her first tournament since the Australian Open are going, and what it’s like to have Serena back.

After many rumours and much anticipation, its finally true, the Williams have come back to the WTA.

The WTA’s fifth major sponsorship deal in 12 months highlights continued commercial success.