WTA Legends Cruise set sail from Florida . Fans can spend five days in the company of former world # 1s Chris Evert , Lindsay Davenport , Jennifer Capriati and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario , as well as current pros : Lucie Safarova , Bethanie Mattek-Sands and- Shelby Rogers .
FOXTENN has become the second electronic line calling system to be approved by the International Tennis Federation for use at tennis events .
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The 2016 ITF World Champions have been named as Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber , after both players ended the seasons as world # 1s for the first time . Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares and Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic were named as Doubles World Champions . The junior awards went to Miomir Kecmanovic and Anastasia Potapova , while Gordon Reid and Jiske Griffioen claimed the wheelchair tennis titles .
Next November will see the inaugural
WTA Legends Cruise set sail from Florida . Fans can spend five days in the company of former world # 1s Chris Evert , Lindsay Davenport , Jennifer Capriati and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario , as well as current pros : Lucie Safarova , Bethanie Mattek-Sands and- Shelby Rogers .
Former Top 10 player Kathy Rinaldi has taken over from Mary Joe Fernandez as US Fed Cup captain . Yannick Noah has taken over the French role from Amelie Mauresmo , while Anne Keothavong has replaced Judy Murray as the British captain . IlieNastase will take over as Romania ’ s coach for the team competition .
The Fiera Stadium in Milan will be the location of the brand new Next Gen ATP Finals from 7-11 November 2017 . The event will gather best seven 21 & Under players in the rankings , plus one wild card and willsee a roundrobin format . A total in $ 1.25 million in prize money will be offered .
FOXTENN has become the second electronic line calling system to be approved by the International Tennis Federation for use at tennis events .
2017 Coaching Changes
Karolina Mladenovic has ended her partnership with Georges Goven . Petra Kvitova has hired Jiri Vanek , former coach of compatriot Karolina Pliskova . Pliskova has begun working with Kvitova ’ s former long-term advisor , David Kotyza . Elina Svitolina has a new team consisting of Gabriel Urpi and Thierry Ascione plus hitting partner Andrew Bettles . Jo Konta will be working with Wim Fissette . Milos Raonic is rumoured to be lining up an agreement with former Wimbledo champion Richard Krajicek . Rafael Nadal has added Raonic ’ s former coach and fellow Mallorca resident Carlos Moya to his team . Moya will also contribute to Nadal ’ s Academy in Manacor . Franco Davin is the new coach of Fabio Fognini . Novak Djokovic will no longer be working with Boris Becker , though the rest of his staff remains unchanged .
Broadcasting : the BBC has retained the rights to the ATP World Finals until at least 2018 , and has extended the rights to maintain the Wimbledon Championships on free-to-air TV until 2024 . Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR will emit the new WTA event in Biel / Bienne for a four year period from the first edition next
2015 US Open champion Flavia Pennetta and partner Fabio Fognini have announced that they are expecting their first child , as are Viktor Troicki and his new wife Aleksandra Djordjevic . Former world # 1 Victoria Azarenka has given birth to her first child , while Justine Henin is also reported to be expecting her second child .