Watch Federer vs Nadal Live Charity – Match for Africa

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play an exhibition match for charity tomorrow, Tuesday December 21st at 19:30 GMT in Zurich and on Wednesday December 22nd at 18:00 GMT in Madrid. The event is called Match for Africa. The proceeds from the matches will go to the Roger Federer Foundation and Fundaciòn Rafa Nadal.

You can watch these matches on TennisTV.com and on ESPN2. The match in Zurich, Switzerland starts at 11:30 am Pacific Time.

Federer - Nadal in Match for Africa on TennisTV.com in Zurich 2010

Federer - Nadal in Match for Africa on TennisTV.com in Zurich 2010

How to Use Tennis Round to Find a Tennis Partner

In this brief video clip you will see how to use Tennis Round to find a local tennis partner at your skill level.

The movie also shows how to drag the map to find tennis courts in your area, how to save favorite courts by clicking the star icon, how to invite tennis players, and send or receive messages when scheduling a match. You can filter local players by skill level, gender or proximity.

Click here to watch this cool movie.

My Favorite Quote From Rafa

“I am lucky to play tennis. Is my hobby and at the same time my job. So for me is not very difficult wake up every day and practice hard. Always the motivation is important, wake up every day with the goal to improve something. The day when I wake up and I don’t feel this thing, I going to play golf or another thing.”

Source: The Times

Find a Tennis Partner on Tennis Round – Video

This brief tennis partner video tutorial demonstrates how you can find suitable tennis players in your area and invite them to play. If there’s no one in your area yet (which is likely, since it’s a brand new, 3 weeks old site), you can create your free account anyway, so the next person can find you. Tennis Round is an online match making portal for connecting similarly skilled tennis players and finding tennis courts.

When you sign up for your free profile, we will assign you the closest tennis court. This will help us display the closest tennis players for you, and ideally others who use the same court. You can keep that tennis court as your favorite, or change it to a different one, since the closest tennis court might not be the most convenient or in best condition. If you have more than one favorite court, you can add a few by clicking the star icon. To remove a favorite court, just click the star icon again.

The registration process is quick and easy. It gathers only the most relevant information that’s important for any tennis player – name, skill level, tennis court, gender, age. While age is not a huge factor in finding a compatible opponent, we need to make sure the site is not used by minors.

Visit our Tennis Round You Tube channel for more videos. They’re all High Definition and best viewed at 720p HD – you can adjust that setting in the bottom right corner of the You Tube display window from 360p to 720p.

To become findable in Tennis Round and be able to send tennis invitations to other players, sign up today at this registration link.

Epic Battle at the 2010 US Open Final between Djokovic and Nadal

Tonight Rafael Nadal became the 7th man to win a Career Grand Slam! He won confidently after extensive rallies against Novak Djokovic, to whom he had previously lost in their 3 hard court matches.

In a series of 20+ shot rallies, impossible hard court slides and stretches, both players performed quite a spectacle at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Novak dug himself out of 20 break points and drove a bunch of flat forehands in the corners and beside the lines. But that wasn’t enough to overcome Nadal’s top spins, wide serves and mean slices.

The final that many expected to be between Federer and Nadal, proved a worthy and entertaining match nonetheless. After a 5-setter the day before against Federer and a 4-setter against Nadal today, Djokovic will play in Davis Cup this Friday!

Congratulations to both players on an outstanding performance at this year’s US Open!

Final match score Djokovic – Nadal:
Rafael Nadal (1) 6 5 6 6
Novak Djokovic (3) 4 7 4 2

The US Open of Tweener Shots – Videos

I few days ago I was watching the latest Nike TV commercial, featuring Roger Federer explaining how to hit a shot between the legs, ending with a humorous word of advice from the Maestro: “Don’t try this at home. I am a professional”. Then almost right after that, I watched Federer hit that shot in live TV broadcast of his opening night match against Brian Dabu. Here’s a video of that tweener shot

John McEnroe thought that Federer’s between the legs shot against Djokovic last year was better, though the other commentator liked this years exhibit.

Today Francesca Schiavone hit another tweener shot and then went on to win that rally.

The 2010 US Open might go down in history as the tournament with the most tweener shot. At least the one with the most tweener shots that resulted in winning the rally, and then the whole match. Who knows, perhaps a shot between the legs spooks the other player ever more and forces a final surrender.

How to Find Free Public Tennis Courts on Tennis Round – Video

Tennis Round offers and easy and powerful way to find local tennis courts with just a few clicks. Visit our tennis courts page and search by city, address or zip code for tennis facilities near you.

map of tennis courts in america usa

Find tennis courts by dragging the map or search by city, or Zip

This YouTube video shows you how to find tennis courts by simply dragging the map!

To zoom in or zoom out of a certain area, click on the plus or minus buttons on the map. You can also double click on the map to zoom in, or right-click (on a PC) to zoom out. To see an areal view of the map – click the Satellite or Hybrid buttons.

 

Dolores park in San Francisco - tennis court areal and street view

Dolores park in San Francisco - tennis court areal and street view

To save your favorite tennis courts, simply click on the star icon in front of the tennis facility name. You’d have to create a free Tennis Round account to save your courts.

You can also use Tennis Round to find local tennis players at compatible skill levels (1.0 – 7.0) and schedule tennis matches.

Tennis TV Schedule for the 2010 US Open Tournament

Live TV coverage for the 2010 US Open Tennis Championship will be provided by CBS, ESPN2 and The Tennis Channel. Here is the Tennis TV Schedule

Watch the US Open Live online

This is high quality streaming video of live tennis matches from the 2010 US Open in New York: Link for US Open Live.

The tournament starts today, Aug 30, and the opening ceremony is tonight. Watch live tennis games right on your computer!

Tennis Round Is Now Live!

We are very pleased to announce that Tennis Round is finally out of development and open for beta testing. If you’d previously signed up for a test drive you’ll get an email from us asking you to try it out and share your thoughts and feedback. This is the first version that offers the most basic, yet important functions – find the nearest tennis courts and tennis players at your skill level. Send them and message and set up a tennis match.

Tennis Round offers many exciting features. You can drag the map to look for courts. The list of tennis courts will automatically update based on the location of the map. You can zoom in and out by using the plus and minus signs on the map or just double clicking on it. You can see a satellite view of the area by clicking the satellite or the hybrid button on the map.

If you recognize your home tennis court and would like to save it, simply click on the star icon in front of the name of the tennis court and it will be added to your list of favorite courts. This way you let other tennis players know where you prefer to play and also keep all of your courts in the same place. All tennis courts are arranged by proximity from the center of the map, or the zip code or street address you enter in the search field.

All tennis players will be listed in the Players tab and can be sorted by skill level and gender. Each tennis player is also listed with one of their favorite tennis courts, so you know where they normally play.

Inviting another tennis player for a tennis match is easy. Simply mouse over the tennis player and click on the Invite button. Enter the two most important parts of the tennis invitation – where and when. Where would you like to play, on which particular tennis court, on which date and at what time.

As soon as you send the invitation the other tennis player will get an email with your message. When they confirm the time and place, you can go out and play some tennis.

To save favorite tennis courts and send invitations to players you have to sign up and create a profile. Registration is free and easy. It also lets other players know what your skill level is and where you prefer to play.

We are extremely excited to finally launch Tennis Round and bring our dream to reality. We realize the site might not be perfect, especially when it’s fresh out of the oven. We’d love to hear from you with any suggestions and feedback about what you like or what you’d like to have when using Tennis Round.

Feel free to post directly to this blog, email us at beta@tennisround.com, or connect with us on Twitter and Facebook.

Good luck on the tennis courts, enjoy the game and have fun with Tennis Round. Create your free Tennis Round account today!