}Players come out in hoards for Beijing player partyDubbed the “party of the year,” top players from the ATP and WTA tours flashed some serious style at the China Open in Beijing.
}London Style, Part I: WTA Pros at Pre-Wimbledon PartyThe stars of women's tennis were out in force at the Pre-Wimbledon Party held on June 21 at Kensington Gardens, hosted by business mogul and uber-fan Richard Branson. Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams led the pack, looking particularly smashing even in the midst of a mini-feud. WTA Live broadcasted the
}Pros grace Roland Garros orange carpetThe player party gave the stars a chance to suit/dress up. (All Photos Twitter/RolandGarros) Tennis stars don't often have a chance to swap their sweaty, dri-fit sports clothes for dresses and suits, but when they do, the results are exquisite. Thursday night was the Roland Garros players' party at the
}Stephens, Wozniacki and more have fun at Charleston partyEvery year the Volvo Car Open puts on a party that the players never want to miss. It always includes a well-stocked candy bar, which has become famously associated with the Charleston stop. "I think what differentiates us from most is when I do see player party at other places
}Virtual Holiday Party, 2008Evening! Nice reindeer scarf. Come on in, can I take your coat? Beth is here already, and probably wondering what she's doing doing dressed to the nines at a holiday party at 10 AM, PST. But she's an old TW hand, and understands that the party starts any time we
}Serena apologized to Sharapova at party on ThursdaySerena Williams says she apologized to Maria Sharapova at the Wimbledon player party on Thursday for “inadvertently” bringing her “into a situation she should have never been brought into” when the American criticized another Top 5 player in an interview with Rolling Stone. Williams had been quoted as saying that
}NewsConfessional Cart: Karolina Pliskova's dry sense of humor steals the showWATCH: Karolina Pliskova's WILD player party story on Confessional Cart
}#WhereIsPengShuaiTennis players take on Communist Party: Where is Peng Shuai?Some of the world's most famous tennis players, distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai, are challenging China's Communist Party to get answers. So far it's a standoff with little visible impact as tennis greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — joined by tennis governing bodies, human rights
}Tomic 'not a person of interest' for police after being linked to cocaine partyBernard Tomic attended a Gold Coast party in February which is being looked at by police for the alleged presence of cocaine and underage drinking, but he is not caught up in the investigation. Local night club owner Jamie Pickering was arrested a month ago on charges of supplying drugs
Party of Two: TENNIS hits the soiree circuitMaking the party rounds. That’s what the pro players, celebrities, sponsors, PR flacks, Rachel Zoe-wannabe stylistas, members of the media and New York scenesters do in the days leading up to the U.S. Open’s first round. This year, TENNIS sent us to cover as many events as we could a)
}NewsVictoria Azarenka crowdsources on social media for help planning birthday party for son LeoBeing a parent is tough. Being a single mom who is also a world-class tennis player trying to plan a five-year-old's birthday party can add untold levels of stress. Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is balancing off-seasons obligations with trying to plan a birthday party for soon-to-be five-year-old son
}Style PointsJessica Pegula pokes fun at Seoul wardrobe malfunctionJessica Pegula was serving a look at the players' party at this week's WTA 250 in Seoul, South Korea, but not the one she might've intended. In reposting a photo of herself from earlier in the week at the Hana Bank Korea Open, Pegula both called attention to and poked
}Pop CultureTommy Paul opens up about “party phase” after turning pro on Netflix’s ‘Break Point'Tommy Paul shined a light on some of the darker elements of professional sport in his debut on Netflix’s Break Point, opening up about the personal demons that plagued him in the docuseries’ third episode, “Friend or Foe.” “When I turned pro, I was kind of in my party phase,”
}Australian OpenAndre Agassi is helping Grigor Dimitrov both on and off the courtWATCH—Dimitrov, others answer questions at IMG party in Melbourne:
}Australian OpenAfter crashing another Melbourne party, Kenin ready to host her ownMELBOURNE—Once again, Sofia Kenin crashed a party. Sunday, Kenin derailed precocious Coco Gauff. Tuesday, she ended the run of Ons Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. But those two victories occurred in distant neighborhoods. What happened today was profoundly and painfully local.
}SocialHang on, Rennae Stubbs! Novak Djokovic fights for his right to party with Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd“You gotta fight, for your right, to party.” The Beastie Boys have a fan in a certain Grand Slam beast, after Novak Djokovic wanted to share their iconic lyric with 20,000 fans inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. On Tuesday, Djokovic returned to the US Open to take on Taylor Fritz in
}Redfoo-sponsored Party Rock Open shuts down due to fundingThe Party Rock Open women's Challenger tournament will no longer be held because of funding issues. The tournament had been sponsored by singer Redfoo, who is also Victoria Azarenka's boyfriend, for the past two years. It also struggled to attract crowds to the Darling Tennis Center, which also held the
}LifestyleUnited States of Tennis: NYC's biggest tennis party is word-of-mouth onlyNeed your winter tennis fix? In “United States of Tennis”, our Baseline editors Stephanie Livaudais and Liya Davidov set out to document some of the city’s most unique tennis experiences and iconic venues. First up is MetroTennis’ “Sets in the City”, a hidden gem of a tennis party hosted monthly
Kirilenko cried despite knowing engagement was comingMaria Kirilenko says that even though she and hockey star Alexander Ovechkin had picked her engagement ring and the time and date when he would officially propose, she still broke down in tears of joy when it actually happened. The two became engaged on New Year’s Eve at a party
Politically active Chakvetadze unsure of returnFormer Top 5 player Anna Chakvetadze says she is unsure when she will return to the WTA. The 24-year-old Russian was beset with illness most of the past season. She is running as a candidate for Russia's Right Cause party in the forthcoming elections for the Duma. "This year was