{"id":118874,"date":"2025-09-04T18:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118874\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:33:34","slug":"racquet-at-rock-set-for-newark-on-december-7th-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118874\/","title":{"rendered":"Racquet at Rock Set for Newark on December 7th \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, September 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK\u2014Champions will hit the Rock in December.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz, Frances Tiafoe, 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu and Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova have signed on for the inaugural \u201cRacquet at the Rock\u201d exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition event is set for Sunday, December 7th at 5:30 p.m. at Newark\u2019s Prudential Center. It will be the first tennis event in the 18-year history of the Prudential Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisexpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756482728_278_USOPEN-610X150-Slide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55316\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event is scheduled to feature two best-of-three matchups with a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of the third set. US Open semifinalist Amanda Anisimova\u00a0will play 2021 US Open Champion\u00a0Emma Raducanu\u00a0in the opening match, followed by a clash between five-time Grand Slam champion\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz facing former US Open semifinalist\u00a0Frances Tiafoe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is always a lot of fun to be on the court with Frances\u2014we love to compete against each other, and I can\u2019t wait to put on a great show for the fans in Newark,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cTo play again in the metropolitan area with all the amazing fans, it\u2019s something special. They bring such unique energy, and they love tennis so much. I\u2019m looking forward to December 7 at Prudential Center, it will be a special night of great tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presale for\u00a0\u2018A Racquet at The Rock\u2019\u00a0will begin on Monday, September 8th at noon ET and will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, September 10th at noon ET. Tickets will be available for purchase at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ticketmaster.com<\/a>, Prucenter.com, and Prudential Center\u2019s Box Office.<\/p>\n<p>Freehold, New Jersey native Anisimova said she\u2019s looking forward to a December homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a special feeling to return to the place where my tennis dreams first began,\u201d Anisimova said. \u201cI am looking forward to playing against one of the best players in the world in Emma and having the opportunity to do so in my original home state of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be an incredible celebration of tennis on December 7 at the inaugural \u2018A Racquet at The Rock.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, September 4, 2025 NEW YORK\u2014Champions will hit the Rock in December. Reigning Roland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-118874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}