The ATA Championships will be at the USTA National Campus in Orlando this year. AI is even hot in tennis. The ATP is quick to start talks with a Saudi wealth fund. New episodes of the Netflix series Break Point have dropped. There are also new trailers for the “Challengers” movie and an Amazon Prime dramatic series.
ATP tour in talks with Saudi wealth fund about joint investments: ATP Tour chair Andrea Gaudenzi held ‘positive’ talks with Sauri wealth fund to back sports projects and ventures. Full Story: The Financial Times
American Tennis Association Announces 105th National Championship: The American Tennis Association (ATA), the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States, has announced that the highly anticipated 105th National Championship, set to take place at the prestigious USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. The tournament will be July 25-30. Full Story: USTA Florida
5 Exciting Ways AI Can Be Used In Tennis: With athletes at the top of their game looking to gain every advantage possible, AI might be the difference maker. That’s because, with AI’s help, we can suddenly spot patterns within match play data that a human would never be able to see. Full Story: IoTForAll
Wimbledon to introduce AI-powered commentary to coverage this year: The All England Club has teamed up with tech group IBM to offer AI-generated audio commentary and captions in its online highlights videos. Full Story: The Guardian
Saber Tennis Training Tool Takes The Court In the Hands Of Top Tour Pros: Thirty-seven square inches isn’t a generous amount of string space to hit a tennis ball with. That’s exactly the point of the Saber training tool for tennis. Full Story: Forbes Editorial Note: This was on my Christmas wish list for last year. I didn’t get it.
Barnes Tennis Center Announces New Pickleball Courts: Barnes Tennis Center has stepped in to serve pickleball court needs, sparing Point Loma’s Peninsula Tennis Club. Full Story: KUSI
Stan Smith Q&A: When the tennis legend puts down his racket, it turns out he’s a pretty good golfer. Full Story: Golf
Stefanos Tsitsipas rolls back Netflix comments on ‘uneducated’ Nick Kyrgios: Stefanos Tsitsipas has said comments he made about Nick Kyrgios at last year’s Wimbledon have been “misinterpreted,” after his remarks were featured on the Netflix documentary “Break Point.”Full Story: The Guardian
Netflix mixes up Fort Worth with Dallas in Break Point: After four minutes of build-up about how important the season-culminating tournament is and how volatile Sabalenka’s season has been, we arrive at the WTA Finals with a sweeping pan of the camera over downtown … Dallas. Full Story: Fort Worth Culture Map
The Challengers Movie Trailer is out:: “Love” means zero in the game of tennis, but the word appears to carry significant weight in Challengers—an upcoming sports drama starring Zendaya, The Crown’s Josh O’Connor, and West Side Story’s Mike Faist that just released its first trailer. Full Story: Vanity Fair Trailer: YouTube Editorial Note: I hope the movie is better than the trailer.
Trailer drops for ‘Fifteen-Love,’ a new tennis drama series on Amazon Prime: “Fifteen-Love,” a British crime drama series that’s headed to Amazon Prime later this year. The trailer for the series, set in the world of top-level tennis, premiered Wednesday. Full Story: Tennis Full Trailer: Twitter Editorial Note: This looks better than the “Challenger’s” movie.
This Week in Professional Tennis
| Date | Tournament | Tour/Level | Location |
| 6/26-7/1 | Rothesay International Rothesay International | WTA 500 ATP 250 | Eastbourne, Great Britain |
| 6/25-7/1 | Bad Homburg Open | WTA 250 | Bad Homburg, Germany |
| 6/25-7/1 | Mallorca Championships | ATP 250 | Mallorca, Spain |
