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ESPN8 The Ocho is a special program block showcasing seldom-seen obscure sports that airs on the networks of ESPN Inc.. The Ocho consists of lesser-known, unconventional and humorous sports and other competitions with some athletic or physical skill component, including Pop-A-Shot, roller derby, crossnet, bowling, Quidditch, trampoline dodgeball, air hockey, darts, cornhole, disc golf, kabaddi ...
Fast4 Tennis is a format for playing a tennis match, initiated by Tennis Australia, which leads to a shorter match, by the use of varied rules compared to the traditional rules of tennis. Whilst the majority of professional tournaments are still run using the traditional format, there have been some pilots of the format, or its variants, in ...
In men's tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters tournaments, and the year-end championships are considered the top-tier events of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [a] [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
Up until 2007, most Masters finals were contested as best-of-five-set matches, but from 2008 all events were decided in best-of-three-set matches. As part of a shake-up of the tennis circuit in 2009, the Masters Series became the ATP Tour Masters 1000, with the addition of the number 1000 referring to the number of ranking points earned by the ...
The forehand is a shot used in most racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and pickleball, where the palm of the hand precedes the back of the hand when swinging the racket. In tennis, except in the context of the phrase forehand volley , the term refers to a type of groundstroke —a stroke in which the ball has bounced before it is struck.
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ATP World Tour 250 tournaments, ATP International Series, and ATP World Series) are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments.
The 2025 ATP Finals (also known as the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals due to Nitto sponsorship) is a planned men's tennis tournament that is scheduled to run from 9 to 16 November 2025. It is set to be played on indoor hard courts at the Inalpi Arena in Turin , Italy for the fifth consecutive time, and would be the season-ending event for the highest ...
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, ATP International Series Gold, and ATP Championship Series) [1] are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Finals, and the ATP Masters 1000.