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On tap today: The WTA signs a new Tennis Channel deal, Wimbledon qualifying is wrapping up, Wilson and Roger Federer drop new gear, Jenson Brooksby takes on Dan Evans, plus more in today’s tennis news.

Let’s tennis!

Three Points

🎾 New deal: The WTA and Tennis Channel have signed a new six-year deal, keeping the channel’s suite of platforms as the exclusive home for WTA coverage.

  • Yes, but: That means the WTA’s streaming app won’t be available in the U.S., and there won’t be a merger between the ATP and WTA on Tennis TV, as many tennis fans had hoped when the previous contract expired.
  • Intriguing: The press release said the deal covers all WTA 1000, 500, and 250 events except tournaments in the United States. Might that leave open the possibility of ESPN or TNT Sports to cover any of the 1000-level events. A major sticking point in the past has been that networks couldn’t obtain rights to men’s and women’s events because of deals the WTA signed

🎾 Final round: Wimbledon qualifying is coming to a close today, with some big names and hopeful upstarts doing their best to make the main draw of the most prestigious of majors.

  • On tap: Taylor Townsend, Victoria Mboko, Iva Jovic, Robin Montgomery, Adrian Mannarino, and more.
  • Notable: Men switch to the best-of-five for the final round of qualifying.
  • Keep track: You can check the order of play for the final qualifying round. And, if you have ESPN+, you can watch the mind-boggling single stream of coverage and hope the match you care about is on it.

🎾 Serious classics: Wilson Tennis and Roger Federer have teamed up to release a pair of stunning new nCode frames just in time for Wimbledon — one classic and one adapted to fit the RF 01 line. The new collection, called RF Classics, launches on Friday.

  • What he said: It’s great working with Roger on projects like this because he’s so invested, not just in the product details, but in the storytelling behind them,” Michael Schaeffer, Wilson global product director for racket sports, told Forbes. “He doesn’t just want to create something that looks good; he wants it to mean something.”

And, that’s game.

Watch This!

🔥 Jenson Brooksby vs. Dan Evans (Quarterfinals ATP 250 - Eastbourne): Watch this one for two guys who are building back and hungry to take it to the next level. Expect Evans to play classic grass court tennis while Brooksby tries to take that away from him by giving him a ton of awkward shots. This match will likely come down to how well each one of them serves.

  • The record: This will be the first meeting between Jenson Brooksby and Dan Evans.
  • On the line: Neither one has the risk of points coming off from last year’s tournament, so this one is all about building confidence going into Wimbledon for both players.

On The Radar

More tennis matches we’re monitoring today:

Bad Homburg - WTA 500 (Grass)

  • Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jasmine Paolini (Quarterfinals)
  • Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iga Swiatek (Quarterfinals)
  • Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Navarro (Quarterfinals)
  • Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova (Quarterfinals)

Eastbourne - WTA 250 (Grass)

  • Vavara Gracheva vs. Barbora Krejcikova (Quarterfinals)
  • Anna Blinkova vs. Maya Joint (Quarterfinals)
  • Dayana Yastremska vs. Alexandra Eala (Quarterfinals)
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Kamilla Rakhimova (Quarterfinals)

Eastbourne - ATP 250 (Grass)

  • Taylor Fritz vs. Joao Fonseca (2nd round - TBF)
  • Jakub Mensik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Quarterfinals)
  • Billy Harris vs. Ugo Humbert (Quarterfinals)

Mallorca - ATP 250 (Grass)

  • Gabriel Diallo vs. Tallon Griekspoor (Quarterfinals)
  • Hamad Medjedovic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Quarterfinals)
  • Learner Tien vs. Corentin Moutet (Quarterfinals)
  • Alex Michelsen vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (Quarterfinals)

📺 Learn how to watch today’s action over at Tennis Watchers.

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