The 2023 Miami Open will conclude play on Sunday, April 2, but there’s a lot more tennis left to be contested first! World-renowned players like Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Murray, and Jessica Pegula are battling it out for a shot at being named champion of their respective fields. All coverage of the 2023 Miami Open is available via the Tennis Channel, which means if you want to see the rest of the tournament you’ll need a Subscription to Sling TV (50% Off).
How to Watch 2023 Miami Open When: Continues Thursday, March 30 at 1 p.m. Et TV: Tennis Channel Stream: Watch with a Subscription to Sling TV (50% Off) Get 50% Off $40 / month sling.com About 2023 Miami Open
The dream of an international tennis tournament in Miami stretches back to the 1960s, when top tennis players such as Jack Kramer, Pancho Segura and Butch Buchholz toured the country in a car, playing matches wherever they could.
How to Watch 2023 Miami Open When: Continues Thursday, March 30 at 1 p.m. Et TV: Tennis Channel Stream: Watch with a Subscription to Sling TV (50% Off) Get 50% Off $40 / month sling.com About 2023 Miami Open
The dream of an international tennis tournament in Miami stretches back to the 1960s, when top tennis players such as Jack Kramer, Pancho Segura and Butch Buchholz toured the country in a car, playing matches wherever they could.
- 3/30/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Top Us tennis player who won five Grand Slam titles in the 1940s
Pauline Betz, who has died aged 91, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s, winning five Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1946, the first time she competed in the tournament. But she was never able to defend the title. The next year she became the victim of one of the worst examples of ruthless pomposity by amateur officials in the days when "professional" in sport was a dirty word.
Until the arrival of open tennis in 1968, anyone signing a contract with a professional promoter was immediately banned from all the world's great tournaments, such as Wimbledon and Roland Garros. But Betz was banned without even having signed a contract. In fact, it was only on the evidence of a letter written by a third party – Elwood Cooke, who was the husband of another player, Sarah Palfrey...
Pauline Betz, who has died aged 91, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s, winning five Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1946, the first time she competed in the tournament. But she was never able to defend the title. The next year she became the victim of one of the worst examples of ruthless pomposity by amateur officials in the days when "professional" in sport was a dirty word.
Until the arrival of open tennis in 1968, anyone signing a contract with a professional promoter was immediately banned from all the world's great tournaments, such as Wimbledon and Roland Garros. But Betz was banned without even having signed a contract. In fact, it was only on the evidence of a letter written by a third party – Elwood Cooke, who was the husband of another player, Sarah Palfrey...
- 6/20/2011
- by Richard Evans
- The Guardian - Film News
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