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Tennis World Tour 2 full roster revealed

Posted on september 14, 2020 by brian ( @ne_brian ) in news , switch.

Nacon and Big Ant Studios today confirmed the full roster for Tennis World 2. Over 30 players will be included, though a couple are available with pre-orders.

Here’s the full lineup (names that are starred are for pre-orders):

Alexander Zverev Alex De Minaur Ashleigh Barty Belinda Bencic Benoit Paire Bianca Andreescu Borna Coric Caroline Garcia Casper Ruud Cori Gauff Daniil Medvedev David Goffin Denis Shapovalov Dominic Thiem Elina Svitolina Fabio Fognini Felix Auger-Aliassime Francis Tiafoe Garbine Muguruza Gaël Monfils Grigor Dimitrov Gustavo Kuerten* Jannik Sinner John Isner Karen Khachanov Kei Nishikori Kiki Bertens Kristina Mladenovic Kyle Edmund Madison Keys Marat Safin* Nick Kyrgios Petra Kvitova Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka Stefanos Tsitsipas

Tennis World Tour 2 launches for Switch on October 15.

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Tennis World Tour 2 Roster Announced, Features Federer and Nadal

Fans can take the court as some of the best players in professional tennis in Tennis World Tour 2.

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Hitting like tennis icons Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal on a real court may be close to impossible. Tennis World Tour 2 will give fans the chance to at least hit like some of their favorite pros on the virtual court. The new game from NACON and Big Ant Studios will feature 38 professional players, including a few tennis legends. 

The roster announcement came just a day after Domenic Thiem won a thrilling fifth-set tiebreak to capture his first U.S. Open title. The newly crowned Grand Slam winner is one of the playable pros in Tennis World Tour 2 . On the WTA side, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, American Madison Keys, Canadian Bianca Andreescu, and Czech Petra Kvitova are amongst the playable pros in the women’s game. You can find the full list of players in Tennis World Tour 2 below. 

The tennis sim is set to launch on September 24th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and October 15 on Nintendo Switch. The game is a sequel to the poorly reviewed Tennis World Tour , which launched despite the original game publisher, BigBen Interactive, admitting the game was only about 20 percent completed with weeks to go before release. It should be noted that the sequel is being produced by Big Ant Studios, an Australian game developer known for rugby, lacrosse, and cricket titles. There are several new features that the studio hopes will put the series back on track: 

• Highly anticipated new features: the ability to play doubles matches with up to 4 players locally and online, a competitive mode, an improved serve system and a new shot timing mechanic
• More realistic: more animations create smoother gameplay
• Multiple game modes: Career, Quick Match, Online, Tournament, Ranked Match and Tie Break Tens – there’s a format to suit every player
• Several official courts: Manolo Santana of the Mutua Madrid Open, the OWL ARENA of Halle or the 3 courts of Roland-Garros: Philippe-Chatrier, Suzanne-Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu.

Here’s the full list of players in Tennis World Tour 2 : 

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• Alex De Minaur
• Daniil Medvedev
• Grigor Dimitrov
• Marat Safin (pre-order bonus)
• Alexander Zverev
• David Goffin
• Gustavo Kuerten (pre-order bonus)
• Nick Kyrgios
• Ashleigh Barty
• Denis Shapovalov
• Jannik Sinner
• Petra Kvitova
• Belinda Bencic
• Dominic Thiem
• Rafael Nadal
• Benoit Paire
• Elina Svitolina
• Karen Khachanov
• Roberto Bautista Agut
• Bianca Andreescu
• Fabio Fognini
• Kei Nishikori
• Roger Federer
• Borna Coric
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Kiki Bertens
• Stanislas Wawrinka
• Caroline Garcia
• Francis Tiafoe
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Casper Ruud
• Gaël Monfils
• Kyle Edmund
• Garbine Muguruza
• Madison Keys

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Full Launch Roster Revealed For Tennis World Tour 2

Publisher NACON and developer Big Ant Studios have now revealed the full launch roster for Tennis World Tour 2 coming out later this year. The full launch roster will include 38 tennis players. This includes the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and a whole lot more. You can check out the full roster written down below

• Alex De Minaur
• Daniil Medvedev
• Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev
• David Goffin
• Nick Kyrgios
• Ashleigh Barty
• Denis Shapovalov
• Jannik Sinner
• Petra Kvitova
• Belinda Bencic
• Dominic Thiem
• Rafael Nadal
• Benoit Paire
• Elina Svitolina
• Karen Khachanov
• Roberto Bautista Augt
• Bianca Andreescu
• Fabio Fognini
• Kei Nishikori
• Roger Federer
• Borna Coric
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Kiki Bertens
• Stanislas Wawrinka
• Caroline Garcia
• Francis Tiafoe
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Casper Ruud
• Gael Monfils
• Kyle Edmund
• Garbine Muguruza
• Madison Keys

If you pre-order Tennis World Tour 2 , you can get retired legends such as Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten too. The official Twitter page for the game also announced that more players are to be added to the game as post launch DLC. This game will come with an Annual Pass. The game will be released on September 24th, 2020 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch version is hitting store shelves on October 15th, 2020.

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The Tennis World Tour 2 Roster Has Been Revealed

Dust off your rackets and hike up those shorts because tennis world tour 2 is incoming..

NACON and Big Ant Studios have just revealed the full roster for upcoming title Tennis World Tour 2 , releasing next week. The game is set to release on September 24th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. A Switch release will follow on October 15th.

In the game you play as some of the greatest players from the world of tennis. Players will recognise the faces of Rafael Nada, Ashleigh Barty, Roger Federer and more.

The full roster includes:

• Alex De Minaur
• Daniil Medvedev
• Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev
• David Goffin
• Nick Kyrgios
• Ashleigh Barty
• Denis Shapovalov
• Jannik Sinner
• Petra Kvitova
• Belinda Bencic
• Dominic Thiem
• Rafael Nadal
• Benoit Paire
• Elina Svitolina
• Karen Khachanov
• Roberto Bautista Augt
• Bianca Andreescu
• Fabio Fognini
• Kei Nishikori
• Roger Federer
• Borna Coric
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Kiki Bertens
• Stanislas Wawrinka
• Caroline Garcia
• Francis Tiafoe
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Casper Ruud
• Gael Monfils
• Kyle Edmund
• Garbine Muguruza
• Madison Keys

Tennis players Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten are also available for those that pre-order the title.

Tennis World Tour 2 will include the ability for players to play double matches with up to three friends locally and online as well as a competitive mode and improved systems to make the game play and feel more realistic. There will be multiple game modes to try out across a handful of official courts.

Look out for Tennis World Tour 2 when it launches on September 24th.

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Full roster of players released for upcoming Tennis World Tour 2

There are only a few days before the release of Tennis World Tour 2 and today NACON and Big Ant Studios have revealed the 38 tennis players available in game.

The roster is impressive and looks set to allow players of Tennis World Tour 2 to take on the role of the greatest champions in the world of tennis. There are big names like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Ashleigh Barty and also included are “legends” such as Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten, both available with pre-orders for the game.

The full list is included in the graphic below:

Tennis World Tour 2 promises to be the most comprehensive tennis experience with new features such as the ability to play double matches with up to four players locally and online as well as a competitive mode and improved serve system. There will be multiple game modes to choose from with a Career mode, Quick Match, Online, Tournament, Ranked Match and Tie Break Tens. Players will also get to play across a variety of official courts from Manolo Santana of the Mutua Madrid Open to the OWL ARENA of Halle and the three courts of Roland-Garros: Phillipe-Chartrier, Suzanne Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu.

Tennis World Tour 2 will launch on 24 September on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC with the Nintendo Switch release scheduled for 15 October.

You can find out more by following the official Facebook and Twitter pages.

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• Added additional sponsors to ad boards.
• Added Sharapova exertion sounds.
• Re-implemented camera switch option.
• Improved doubles player movement and positioning.
• Improved crowd visuals and animations.
• Improved net play.
• Balanced drop shot success rate and landing zone.
• Corrected non-progression issues in career mode.
• Corrected umpire score announcements.
• Corrected ball bounce sounds.
• Corrected a case where the ball could pass through the net on ATP Court.

• Doubles added to career mode.
• 15 new unique pro player animation profile styles have been added.
• An integrated first time user experience has been added to ease the learning curve of Tennis World Tour 2
• An Esports mode has been added to the game
• Stability during online play has been improved
• General performance has been improved
• Player visuals have been updated and should feel a lot more realistic
• Stadium visuals and lighting have been improved.
• Increased polygons on the crowd and now have material maps and normal maps (better texture) for a look up to a similar level as the players.
• Additional skill cards have been added
• The ATP Cup
• 6 additional players: Andy Murray, Donna Vekic, Marin Cilic, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Diego Schwartzman
• 4 additional stadiums in London and Melbourne
• Extra official outfits and equipment

• Added officially licensed clothing sets to equipment
• Added save data upload functionality
• Add coin rewards for all modes
• Add more randomisation to opponent uniforms in career
• Improved UI Information added to career mode based on user feedback.
• Improved audio Improvements and fixes based on user feedback, including the correct ball launcher sound and a fix for TBT BGM anomaly.
• Improved AI reactions after serve
• Improved doubles
• Corrected multiple volleys and general volley shot direction choices to improve the overall flow of doubles matches.
• Stability improvements Resolved issues that were causing game non-progression or freezing
• Sofia Kenin & Karolina Pliskova
• OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS & STADIA Pack
• Juan Martin Del Potro & Victoria Azarenka
• 6 New Players
• New Equipment
• New Players

• Added rematch option for exhibition mode matches.
• Added "No Input" feedback for shots played without input.
• Added more audio settings.
• Added monitor select
• Tuned second serve accuracy on max power serves.
• Tuned grunts on slice shots.
• Improved doubles.
• Improved underarm serve animation.
• Increased XP rewards for lower tier career matches.
• Appropriate animation chosen for drop shots.
• Corrected occasional “This Is Mine Trophy/Achievement” issue.
• Corrected camera switching in local multiplayer.
• General stability improvements.

• Player ratings have been adjusted
• Career difficulty will now be remembered when changed in career mode
• Added options to switch camera end
• Added option to disable skill cards
• Improved serve accuracy for well-timed serves
• Improved animation choice on various shots
• Improvements to court and ball audio
• Improvements to crowd visuals
• Tuned AI fault rate
• Tuned dropshot range
• Corrected optional stamina bar display
• Appropriate objectives shown
• Present skill cards in AI vs AI match
• General stability improvements

• The Roland-Garros tournament with the Philippe-Chatrier, Suzanne-Lenglen, and Simonne-Mathieu stadiums
• The main court of the Madrid Open, the Estadio Manolo Santana
• The main court of the Halle Open, the OWL ARENA
• The Tie Break Tens tournament

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Tennis World Tour 2 Update 1.11 Patch Notes

Update 1.11 has arrived for Tennis World Tour 2 , and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch.

With Roland Garros now in full swing, a new update has now been released for Tennis World Tour 2. Developer Big Ant Studios has now released a new stadium that you can play in the game. If you have the PS4 version, the update number is 1.11.

As for the patch size, I had to download 2.197 GB on my PS4 Pro. Bear in mind the patch size might be different if you own the game on PC, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch.

You can read the full patch notes for the latest update below.

• Added Allianz Cloud Stadium

If you did not know, this is a real life stadium that is located currently in Italy. It does not appear as if anymore patch notes have been released for the game at this time. We’ll be sure to update this post if Big Ant Studios releases more patch notes in the future.

The last update was 1.10 and that included ‘ general stability improvements “. Tennis World Tour 2 is out now for the PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch platforms.

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Tennis World Tour 2 Reviews

Tennis World Tour 2 is a solid all-round tennis game, and the inclusion of the wildcard system offers an additional and entertaining tactical layer to consider as you play. It's just a shame that some minor issues hold it back from being great.

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TWT2 feels unfinished, underdeveloped and somewhat soulless in some aspects. The swing mechanic might be a good idea conceptually, but it falls short of supplying that satisfaction that is transferred from simply hitting the ball in a tennis video game. Couple that with the malnourished feature set and you have one of the most disappointing tennis video games in a long while.

A good tennis simulation that, despite a few flaws and frustrating controls, has managed to achieve a much better result than the original game.

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Tennis World Tour 2 has gameplay that takes a while to master, but the healthy roster and well-designed courts offers a lot for tennis fans.

Tennis World Tour 2 on the PlayStation 5 is the definitive way to experience this realistic simulation title. While it does have quite a few flaws considering the package, there's still a lot to love for those looking for a tennis game with a learning curve.

But unfortunately, even the different modes, slick visuals and silky-smooth frame rate can’t make up for the fact that World Tennis Tour 2 Complete Edition’s core experience, playing tennis, is a huge let-down. It is extremely disappointing that Big Ant Studios has failed to adequately address the basic gameplay shortcomings that have been around since the first Tennis World Tour back in 2018. As a fan of the sport I badly wanted this game to be better, but Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition will make even the most die-hard tennis fanatic want to smash their racquet and head to the dressing room.

Tennis World Tour 2 lacks focus and due to this, the game lingers in mediocrity. With inconsistent AI, a harsh timing mechanic paired with a stat-boosting card system, the game will turn away both hardcore and casual fans. Unfortunately, this is a double fault for the Tennis World Tour franchise.

Tennis World Tour 2 captures the flow of real-world tennis well, but that comes with a steep timing-based learning curve. Overcome it, and you'll be rewarded with a deep skill-based gameplay experience, that's elevated by a strategic deck building accompaniment. There's inconsistency to the presentation, with some awkward animations, physics, and art direction decisions – but the campaign is entertaining and online play will add longevity. As it stands, it's the best tennis game currently available on the PS4, but there's still room for further improvement here.

A highly unsatisfying and directionless tennis game, with an abysmal character creator and career mode. Steer well clear and buy AO Tennis 2, bizarrely made by the exact same team responsible for this monstrosity.

Tennis World Tour fails to nail the basics and lacks any frills for long term investment. Tennis fans should look elsewhere for their simulation needs.

Tennis World Tour 2 improves upon its disastrous predecessor, but cannot completely make us forget its flaws because it's based on the same creaky structure. It can be fun, but you shouldn't expect perfection.

Tennis World Tour 2 is an undeniable improvement on the original release and it's also arguably a great tennis game for those who can get into it. Aesthetically, it looks good from afar, with fluid animations and speed that honestly gives the feel of a tennis match and features a wide number of game modes, giving you a lot to play through. The problem, however, is that the core game mechanics are inaccessible and unapproachable, offering no settings to reduce the reliance of awfully specific precision-based button pressing which can ruin the core career mode. A mixed bag, this will appeal for fans of tennis, but the opaque nature of the gameplay makes it too hard to recommend.

Tennis World Tour 2 is a simulation style affair that demands much from its players but doesn't reciprocate with a game that's capable of matching their efforts. Flaky AI and a lack of basic player animations leads to core gameplay here that feels rough and unsatisfying for the most part. Matches often descend into a procession of double faults, there's absolutely zero net play, and no matter how much practice you put in, things always feel like they're out of your control. There is a decent selection of modes here and the fundamental ideas behind the gameplay could have made for a good time, but a lack of finesse in how these things have been implemented mean this one is best avoided by all but the most foolhardy of tennis fans.

Tennis World Tour 2 improves many of the aspects of the first release and adds new playable features. Perhaps the best game of tennis today but it is far from being the simulator that tennis lovers want. It has a lot of work ahead of it.

Review in Spanish | Read full review

On the face of it, Tennis World Tour 2 may look like a simple update, but it is a real overhaul in depth, both quantitatively and qualitatively. This translates into more powerful sensations and a more realistic overall rendering, thanks to a more subtle management of timing as well as risk-taking, although floats remain due to still very intrusive audiences.

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Tennis World Tour 2 isn't necessarily the most robust or enticing offering when it comes to tennis games, but it's one of the only simulation games out there. If you're a die-hard tennis fan, it's worth a shot to see if it can keep your attention. But casual fans should consider looking elsewhere.

Overall, Tennis World Tour 2 is far better than the 2018's Tennis World Tour. Big Ant Studios improved on the gameplay, and the character models actually look decent here. That said, the game is still not as polished as Top Spin or Virtua Tennis. It's still worth playing though if you are a hardcore fan of the tennis sport.

The new team in charge of Tennis World Tour 2 has thankfully made enhancements to a series that badly needed a do-over. It puts it in a better position for the future by expanding the roster and making key gameplay improvements. Although animations have been doubled, characters still appear to be quite stiff at times and even slide into animations awkwardly. The courts are nicely rendered, and when playing exhibition matches, you can freely alter the surface type on non-licensed venues. I think the timing of strokes needs to be adjusted, especially when playing on an easier difficulty.

Tennis World Tour 2 is a complex sports sim that features some real nuances of playing tennis. Unfortunately, that results in convoluted controls with little instruction on how to use them. It'll keep hard-core sports gamers busy for a while, but is not a very good option for casual tennis fans.

Get ready to hit the court and climb up the competitive ladder to become one of the greatest tennis players of all time. While Tennis World Tour 2 could provide deep and rewarding gameplay, its passable controls hinder the player's enjoyment and turns a possibly great game into a frustrating experience.

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Next-Gen Tennis World Tour 2 Review: More Update Than Overhaul

Even though Tennis World Tour 2 was a definite improvement on its predecessor in a lot of ways there was still plenty of room for improvement. For some of these improvements, there’s no need to wait until Tennis World Tour 3 thanks to the game’s obligatory next-gen upgrade that is now out. Anyone who purchased the Ace Edition, or holders of the Annual Pass, will be able to access the next-gen Tennis World Tour 2 upgrade free of charge. However, if you only have the digital standard edition of the game, you only get a 50% discount when purchasing the next-gen version.

This discount might not be enough for some to take the plunge. Next-gen Tennis World Tour 2 feels more like the last-gen version with some nice new polish and additional content rather than being transformative or an all-new game. Though it may have taken a step forward with its presentation and its connection to the real world of tennis, it still seems stuck in the past due to some frustrating gameplay issues that can’t help but hamper the action on the court.

Let’s have a look at some of the ways Tennis World Tour 2 has improved in its jump to next-gen consoles, and then go through a couple things that are still holding it back from winning any Grand Slams this time around.

Next-Gen Tennis World Tour 2 – What’s Better?

Graphics & Presentation

The player models still look like figures at a wax museum coming to life at times. That being said, all of the players do look and move a little more realistically than they did in the last-gen version of TWT2 . There’s more differentiation in the ways different pros strike the ball with ground strokes and serves — or even receive serves. This means they’re even more recognizable now.

Over the course of a match, there seems to be a few more inserts and cutscenes of players responding to how a point has played out. These elements add another level of realism and help keep you invested in the heated competition. Naturally, you want to see players get fired up after winning a point in a long rally or disappointed when they sail a shot wide. Tennis World Tour 2 delivers those kinds of reactions enough of the time.

On top of that, simple things like your player getting balls from a ball boy, or grabbing a quick towel, or checking the tension of your racket’s strings between points are appreciated. It’s this kind of minutiae that really helps give off the impression that you’re watching a real TV broadcast.

Career Mode

There are several ways Tennis World Tour 2 has improved its career mode, but none are more important than the ability to now disable the uninspired skills card bonuses system that was previously a large component of the mode. These cards that you could purchase from your career earnings would give you the unrealistic ability to either boost your own attributes or nerf your opponent’s skills for a specific period of time during a match. They really have no place in a tennis simulation, so it’s great that you can simply turn them off (you can also do the same in exhibition matches).

Alongside this, there are also new additions like the ATP Cup to further enhance career mode. The ATP Cup provides another real-life tennis tournament (and a unique international competition that’s kind of similar to the Davis Cup, to boot) to go alongside the ones that were already in the game. There are some new players here as well. You now get a chance to go head-to-head with someone like Andy Murray. Of course, this gives you the opportunity to use Murray, or a new legend like Maria Sharapova, in other modes like online play, which should provide more choices and variety.

It’s also appreciated that doubles events are a regular occurrence in your career. Now it is common for you to be eliminated from a tournament on the singles side of the bracket, but then jump right into the doubles bracket of the same event. This is not only a realistic portrayal of what life is like for a pro tennis player, but it also helps to break up some of the monotony of the mode by having you play what can sometimes feel like a whole different sport.

Next-Gen Tennis World Tour 2 – What’s Not Better

The mechanic used to hit the ball in TWT2 should be pretty familiar to anyone who has played Top Spin 4 or even Full Ace Tennis Simulato r on PC. In theory, it’s a straightforward mini-game. You tap a button at the right moment for an accurate shot, and hold that button longer to add power to your shot at the risk of sacrificing some of that accuracy if your timing is off. In practice, it’s a bit more of a crapshoot than it should be because there’s a lack of consistency in results. This is experienced most often when trying to aim your shots. Sometimes there is an open side you’re trying to hit to in order to put away a point, but your directional input isn’t registered and you just hit it right back to the middle.

Another problem is the fluidity of the animations. A lack of fluidity results in a lot instances of players warping to a ball when they’re not really in reach of it. The limitations in this department cause the game to sometimes feel as if it’s on rails. The flip side of that coin is that there are also frustrating moments where you push a button to hit a ball that seems within reach, and yet the game won’t give you an animation. In those situations, the ball then goes sailing by while your player does absolutely nothing.

As for serving, it’s safe to say it seemed better to me before I played a lot of Full Ace Tennis Simulator , which does such a good job of representing the relation between power and accuracy. Now, the mechanic in Tennis World Tour 2 kind of just seems like a simplistic mini-game with too little nuance to be very realistic.

I was hoping the move to next-gen consoles would lead to AI opponents being a little better than they were before, but it’s just not the case. The performance of CPU players can be all over the map it seems, even during the course of a single match. On one hand, they have zero problems returning every single high-speed serve you send their way and hitting impossible cross-court winners. On the other hand, they’ll let shots go by them without even moving or hit routine shots out.

Creation Suite

Along those same lines, the thought would be that a next-gen upgrade might also translate to an improvement in the game’s thin creation suite. However, nothing major has changed here. There remains no ability to sculpt and refine the features of your created player in the small ways that we’ve come to expect from sports games. Instead, you’re left with mixing and matching different eyes and mouths like you were creating some sort of tennis-playing Potato Head.

Bottom Line

This is not the kind of next-gen upgrade that completely transforms the experience and makes you seriously have to re-assess what you thought about it on last-gen consoles. But it does further refine a flawed game to the point that Tennis World Tour 2 is at least getting closer to providing a fun and rewarding experience — and an accurate representation of tennis.

In particular, the career mode now provides a more enjoyable journey. Creating players and guiding them from being newbies with little to no skills to seasoned veterans who are ready to take on some of the bigger names on the tour works well here. The fact that you can disable the game’s misguided card bonuses system eliminates an annoying arcade element, and the improved next-gen presentation allows you to get even closer to feeling like you’re out there on the court as you progress through real events like the new ATP Cup.

But even though the developers have made some real strides since the frustrating release of the original Tennis World Tour , there’s still a lot of work to do yet. In subsequent patches to the game (and inevitably perhaps its sequel), the developers should focus now on making the gameplay a little more fluid, and the AI a little more consistent. It would be easier to overlook the shortcomings of a tennis game if some of its biggest issues weren’t occurring when you’re actually playing tennis.

NCAA softball 2024: Scores, WCWS schedule, how to watch

Maya Brady sends her 70th career home run way out of the ballpark to give UCLA a 1-0 lead over Georgia. (0:37)

The road to the 2024 Women's College World Series is underway as we're down to the final 16 teams.

The super regionals started off in dominant fashion. On Thursday night, No. 2 Oklahoma earned a run-rule victory over No. 15 Florida State, and No. 6 UCLA blanked No. 11 Georgia.

This year's supers feature seven teams from the SEC, four teams from the Big 12, three teams from the Pac-12 and two teams from the ACC. Notably, Arizona and Baylor are the lone unranked teams that advanced to super regionals.

We break down each super regional and provide you with schedule updates , scores and how to watch the NCAA tournament.

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Super regionals

Best-of-three series; all times ET

Thursday, May 23 through Sunday, May 26

Austin Super Regional No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Texas A&M

Game 1: Friday, 6 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, 5 p.m. Game 3: If necessary

Norman Super Regional

Game 1: No. 2 Oklahoma 11, No. 15 Florida State 3 (5 innings) Game 2: Friday, 8 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 3: If necessary

Knoxville Super Regional No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Alabama

Game 1: Friday, 4 pm. on ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, 3 p.m. Game 3: If necessary

Gainesville Super Regional No. 4 Florida vs. Baylor

Game 1: Friday, Noon on ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, 11 a.m. Game 3: If necessary

Stillwater Super Regional No. 5 Oklahoma State vs. Arizona

Game 1: Friday, 8 p.m. on ESPNU Game 2: Saturday, 7 p.m. Game 3: If necessary

Los Angeles Super Regional

Game 1: No. 6 UCLA 8, No. 11 Georgia 0 (6 innings) Game 2: Friday, 10 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 3: If necessary

Columbia Super Regional No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Duke

Game 1: Friday, 2 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, 1 p.m. Game 3: If necessary

Stanford Super Regional No. 8 Stanford vs. No. 9 LSU

Game 1: Friday, 10 p.m. on ESPNU Game 2: Saturday, 9 p.m. Game 3: If necessary

Women's College World Series

Thursday, May 30 through Friday, June 7

Regionals results

Double elimination

Austin Regional (Austin, Texas)

Friday: Game 1: Siena 0 vs. No. 1 Texas 5 Game 2: Northwestern 7, Saint Francis (Pa.) 2

Saturday: Game 3: No. 1 Texas 14, Northwestern 2 (5 innings) Game 4: Saint Francis (Pa.) 1, Siena 0 (Siena eliminated) Game 5: Northwestern 5, Saint Francis (Pa.) 1 (St. Francis eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 1 Texas 7, Northwestern 0 (Northwestern eliminated) No. 1 Texas advances to super regionals

Norman Regional (Norman, Oklahoma)

Friday: Game 1: No. 2 Oklahoma 9, Cleveland State 0 (6 innings) Game 2: Oregon 8, Boston University 0 (5 innings)

Saturday: Game 3: No. 2 Oklahoma 6, Oregon 3 Game 4: Boston University 8, Cleveland State 0 (5 innings), (Cleveland State eliminated) Game 5: Oregon 8, Boston University 2 (Boston University eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 2 Oklahoma 3, Oregon 2 (Oregon eliminated) No. 2 Oklahoma advances to super regionals

Knoxville Regional (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Friday: Game 1: No. 3 Tennessee 3, Dayton 0 Game 2: Virginia 7, Miami (OH) 0

Saturday: Game 3: No. 3 Tennessee 12, Virginia 0 (5 innings) Game 4: Miami (OH) 4, Dayton 0 (Dayton eliminated) Game 5: Virginia 6, Miami (OH) 0 (Miami eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 3 Tennessee 6, Virginia 0 (Virginia eliminated) No. 3 Tennessee advances to super regionals

Gainesville Regional (Gainesville, Florida)

Friday: Game 1: No. 4 Florida 6, Florida Gulf Coast 0 Game 2: South Alabama 1, Florida Atlantic 0

Saturday: Game 3: No, 4 Florida 9, South Alabama, 1 (5 innings) Game 4: Florida Gulf Coast 3, Florida Atlantic 2 (Florida Atlantic eliminated) Game 5: South Alabama 5, Florida Gulf Coast 1 (Florida Gulf Coast eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 4 Florida 9, South Alabama 1 (S. Alabama eliminated) No. 4 Florida advances to super regionals

Stillwater Regional (Stillwater, Oklahoma)

Friday: Game 1: No. 5 Oklahoma State 6, Northern Colorado 0 Game 2: Kentucky 4, Michigan 3

Saturday: Game 3: No. 5 Oklahoma State 6, Kentucky 2 Game 4: Michigan 4, Northern Colorado 2 (Northern Colorado eliminated) Game 5: Michigan 4, Kentucky 2 (Kentucky eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 5 Oklahoma State 4, Michigan 1 (Michigan eliminated) No. 5 Oklahoma State advances to super regionals

Los Angeles Regional (Los Angeles, California)

Friday: Game 1: No. 6 UCLA 9, Grand Canyon 0 (5 innings) Game 2: Virginia Tech 5, San Diego State 1

Saturday: Game 3: No. 6 UCLA 7, Virginia Tech 6 Game 4: Grand Canyon 9, San Diego State 7 (San Diego State eliminated) Game 5: Grand Canyon 4, Virginia Tech 1 (Virginia Tech eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 6 UCLA 9, Grand Canyon 1 (Grand Canyon eliminated) No. 6 UCLA advances to super regionals

Columbia Regional (Columbia, Missouri)

Friday: Game 1: Omaha 3, No. 7 Missouri 1 (9 innings) Game 2: Washington 8, Indiana 7

Saturday: Game 3: Omaha 3, Washington 2 Game 4: No. 7 Missouri 5, Indiana 1 (Indiana eliminated) Game 5: No. 7 Missouri 4, Washington 1 (Washington eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 7 Missouri 5, Omaha 1 Game 7: No. 7 Missouri 1, Omaha 0 (9 innings) (Omaha eliminated) No. 7 Missouri advances to super regionals

Stanford Regional (Stanford, California)

Friday: Game 1: No. 8 Stanford 8, St. Mary's 6 Game 2: Mississippi State 1, Cal State Fullerton 0

Saturday: Game 3: No. 8 Stanford 2, Mississippi State 1 Game 4: Cal State Fullerton 6, St. Mary's 1 (Saint Mary's eliminated) Game 5: Cal State Fullerton 7, Mississippi State 0 (Mississippi State eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: Cal State Fullerton 8, No. 8 Stanford 1 Game 7: No. 8 Stanford 4, Cal State Fullerton 2 No. 8 Stanford advances to super regionals

Baton Rouge Regional (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Friday: Game 1: No. 9 LSU 5, Jackson State 0 Game 2: Southern Illinois 5, Cal 4

Saturday: Game 3: No. 9 LSU 4, Southern Illinois 1 Game 4: Cal 15, Jackson State 0 (5 innings) (Jackson State eliminated) Game 5: Southern Illinois 3, Cal 2 (Cal eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 9 LSU 9, Southern Illinois 0 (S. Illinois eliminated) No. 9 LSU advances to super regionals

Durham Regional (Durham, North Carolina)

Friday: Game 1: No. 10 Duke 6, Morgan State 1 Game 2: South Carolina 2, Utah 1

Saturday: Game 3: No. 10 Duke 8, South Carolina 0 (6 innings) Game 4: Utah 1, Morgan State 0 (Morgan State eliminated)

Sunday: Game 5: South Carolina 5, Utah 1 (Utah eliminated) Game 6: No. 10 Duke 10, South Carolina 1 (South Carolina eliminated) No. 10 Duke advances to super regionals

Athens Regional (Athens, Georgia)

Friday: Game 1: No. 11 Georgia 8, UNC Wilmington 0 (5 innings) Game 2: Liberty 6, Charlotte 3

Saturday: Game 3: Liberty 7, No. 11 Georgia 3 Game 4: Charlotte 5, UNC Wilmington 0 (UNC Wilmington eliminated) Game 5: No. 11 Georgia 5, Charlotte 0 (Charlotte eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 11 Georgia 14, Liberty 5 Game 7: No. 11 Georgia 3, Liberty 2 (Liberty eliminated) No. 11 Georgia advances to super regionals

Fayetteville Regional (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Friday: Game 1: No. 12 Arkansas 3, SE Missouri 2 Game 2: Arizona 14, Villanova 3 (5 innings)

Saturday: Game 3: Arizona 2, No. 12 Arkansas 1 Game 4: Villanova 4, SE Missouri 1 (SE Missouri eliminated) Game 5: Villanova 7, No. 12 Arkansas 2 (Arkansas eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: Arizona 9, Villanova 4 (Villanova eliminated) Unseeded Arizona advances to super regionals

Lafayette Regional (Lafayette, Louisiana)

Friday: Game 1: No. 13 Louisiana 8, Princeton 0 (5 innings) Game 2: Baylor 3, Ole Miss 1

Saturday: Game 3: Baylor 8, No. 13 Louisiana 0 (5 innings) Game 4: Princeton 4, Ole Miss 2 (Ole Miss eliminated) Game 5: No. 13 Louisiana 2, Princeton 1 (8 innings) (Princeton eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 13 Louisiana 13, Baylor 0 Game 7: Baylor 4, No. 13 Louisiana 3 (Louisiana elminated) Unseeded Baylor advances to super regionals

Tuscaloosa Regional (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Friday: Game 1: No. 14 Alabama 1, SC Upstate 0 Game 2: Southeastern Louisiana 6, Clemson 2

Saturday: Game 3: No. 14 Alabama 6, Southeastern Louisiana 3 (9 innings) Game 4: Clemson 8, SC Upstate 0 (6 innings) (SC Upstate eliminated) Game 5: Southeastern Louisiana 6, Clemson 2 (Clemson eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 14 Alabama 12, Southeastern Louisiana 2 (SE Louisiana eliminated) No. 14 Alabama advances to super regionals

Tallahassee Regional (Tallahassee, Florida)

Friday: Game 1: No. 15 Florida State 3, Chattanooga 2 Game 2: UCF 11, Auburn 6

Saturday: Game 3: No. 15 Florida State 5, UCF 1 Game 4: Auburn 9, Chattanooga 0 (Chattanooga eliminated) Game 5: Auburn 2, UCF 1 (12 innings) (UCF eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 15 Florida State 10, Auburn 4 No. 15 Florida State advances to super regionals

Bryan-College Station Regional (College Station, Texas)

Friday: Game 1: No. 16 Texas A&M 6, Albany 2 Game 2: Texas State 4, Penn State 2

Saturday: Game 3: No. 16 Texas A&M 1, Texas State 0 Game 4: Penn State 9, Albany 3 (Albany eliminated) Game 5: Texas State 8, Penn State 4 (Penn State eliminated)

Sunday: Game 6: No. 16 Texas A&M 8, Texas State 0 (Texas State eliminated) No. 16 Texas A&M advances to super regionals

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• 2024 SEC baseball tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores

Here's a look at the 2024 SEC baseball tournament, which runs May 21-26 at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama. Get the bracket, schedule and scores here.

In the 2023 tournament , Vanderbilt topped Texas A&M to win the title, the Commodores' fourth. LSU has the most championships with 12, most recently winning in 2017.

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2024 SEC baseball tournament schedule, scores

All times ET

Thursday, May 23

• Game 9: No. 3 Kentucky 9,  No. 2 Arkansas 6 
• Game 10: No. 1 Tennessee 7,  No. 4 Texas A&M 4
• Game 11: No. 11 LSU 11,  No. 10 South Carolina  10
• Game 12: No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Mississippi State | 30 minutes after Game 11 | SEC Network

Friday, May 24

• Game 13: No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 10 South Carolina | 4 p.m. | SEC Network
• Game 14: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Loser Game 12 | 30 minutes after Game 13 | SEC Network

Saturday, May 25

• Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. No. 11 LSU| 12 p.m. | SEC Network
• Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12 | 30 minutes after Game 15 | SEC Network

Sunday, May 26

• Game 17 (Championship game): Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16 | 3 p.m. | ESPN2

Tuesday, May 21

• Game 1: No. 11 LSU 9 , No. 6 Georgia 1
• Game 2: No. 10 South Carolina 10 , No. 7 Alabama 5
• Game 3: No. 8 Vanderbilt 6,  No. 9 Florida 3
• Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State 2,  No. 12 Ole Miss 1

Wednesday, May 22

• Game 5: No. 11 LSU 11 , No. 3 Kentucky 0
• Game 6: No. 10 South Carolina 6 , No. 2 Arkansas 5
• Game 7: No. 8 Vanderbilt 13 , No. 1 Tennessee 4
• Game 8: No. 5 Mississippi State 5 , No. 4 Texas A&M 3

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