To say players from HEAD Penn simply “doubled” up on the competition at the 2012 USA Racquetball National Doubles Championships would be an extreme understatement. Just a week after battling it out in the final of the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event in Salt Lake City, Ben Croft and Rocky Carson teamed up to win their first United States National Doubles Championship as a duo. For Croft, the win in the desert capped a whirlwind span of eight days that brought him his first IRT Tier One tournament victory and his first National Doubles Championship.
Mas información…HEAD racquet rebel Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic continued his great start into the 2012 season swinging his YouTek IG Instinct MP on the way to victories in singles and doubles which put his nation into the Davis Cup quarter-finals 4-1 over Italy.
Mas información…HEAD Tennis starts into 2012 with a fresh focus on social media to bring together its highly talented group of around 4,000 sponsored youth players between the age of 8 and 21 around the world, and does so with a new name - Team HEAD!
Mas información…The winners of the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards have been unveiled at a globally televised Awards Ceremony in London and Novak Djokovic was crowned Laureus World Sportsman of the Year after his remarkable 2011 season.
Mas información…HEAD racquet rebels Tomas Berdych and Mikhail Youzhny earned ATP title success indoors with trophies at Montpellier and Zagreb. World No. 7 Berdych from the Czech Republic defeated Gael Monfils of France 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in their final, while Youzhny swung his YouTek IG Extreme Pro for the win over Slovak Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-3. Carlos Berlocq reached the final of Vina del Mar.
Mas información…HEAD is proud to present the new Tennis shoe collection for the 2012 season, including brand new models for men, women and juniors. In an effort to optimize tennis players’ performance on the court, HEAD is launching its latest FOOTWEAR innovation, the HEAD TRINERGY technology. HEAD TRINERGY has been developed to offer a synergy of HEAD’s most proven footwear technologies, uniting three innovations to give players a triple benefit.
Mas información…HEAD racquet rebel Novak Djokovic claimed his hat-trick of titles at the Australian Open as he beat Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5 to win his fifth career Grand Slam trophy. The Serb, playing with his YouTek IG Speed MP, won the longest final in Grand Slam history lasting five hours, 53 minutes. The 24 year-old HEAD Ace has now beaten Nadal in seven consecutive finals and continues to stand on top of the world rankings in men’s tennis. Djokovic's victory was his fourth in the last five Grand Slams.
Mas información…For 25 years, one racquet has constantly redefined maximum control and feel on the court and became a legend in itself: the HEAD Prestige. To celebrate a quarter of a century of Prestige racquet excellence, HEAD is launching the revitalised YouTek™ IG Prestige series for 2012 and adding the innovative S-model to the range.
Mas información…Always unpredictable, multi-talented, with a game as versatile as it is unexpected - this is Radical Creativity on the court. In 2012, HEAD equips creative players with the brand-new YouTek™ IG Radical tour racquet collection. Andy Murray's YouTek™ IG Radical Pro leads the line-up for the popular Radical series.
Mas información…Andy Murray started the 2012 season with a title at the Brisbane International with his brand new YouTek IG Radical Pro, defeating Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-3. Meanwhile Tomas Berdych beat Richard Gasquet 7-6, 6-4 in a battle of HEAD racquet rebels as he led the Czech Republic to the Hopman Cup title in Perth over France.
Mas información…HEAD has announced the extension of their partnership with Tennis Europe, the largest regional association of the sport's governing body, the International Tennis Federation (ITF), until the end of 2013. HEAD will continue to be recognized as the Official Racquet, Tennis Ball and Tennis Bag partner of the European Tennis Federation and will once again place a strong focus on junior activities.
Mas información…Raquel Escudero Serrano from Almansa, Spain expanded her tennis experience after winning a trip to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London in November as the winner in the Golden HEAD Ball competition 2011.
Mas información…The HEAD ATP ball has again proved itself as ball of choice in this year’s Davis Cup competition. The ball was used in 7 out of 15 World Group ties contested this season in the prestigious international team competition and is being used in the 2011 final between Spain and Argentina starting today in Seville.
Mas información…Three HEAD racquet rebels will be competing for end-of-season honours when the final tennis highlight of 2011 begins on Sunday at the O2 arena in London. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, third-ranked Andy Murray and seventh-ranked Tomas Berdych are among the best of the best in the prestigious eight-man field at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. All matches will be played with the HEAD ATP ball, which is continuously trusted as the official tennis ball of the ATP World Tour.
Mas información…HEAD, Official Ball supplier to the ATP World Tour and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, also provides its HEAD ATP flagship ball to the BNP Paribas ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris.
Mas información…Victoria Azarenka will return to her career-best World No. 3 in the WTA ranking after coming up as runner up at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships final in Istanbul on Sunday. In St. Petersburg, racquet rebel Marin Cilic claimed his first trophy since February 2010 as he beat Janko Tipsarevic.
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