Tennis news, analysis, tournament coverage, and rumors
The tournament organisers have taken the decision to delay the start of the 2021 French Open by a week. This is due to ongoing efforts to ensure that the tournament can go ahead as safely as possible. The French Tennis Federation are also hoping to allow as many fans as possible into the grounds and […] READ MORE
There’s a certain tendency in tennis to write a player off if he or she is not already a world-beater by the age of 20. There’s a new crop of younger talent emerging and players can often get cast off to the side, the expectation being that they will never make it to the main […] READ MORE
The 2021 Australian Open Men’s Singles event has produced more epics than an old-time Hollywood studio. In at least four classic five-set encounters, the best male tennis players in the world – including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios (who may not be ranked as highly as the others but […] READ MORE
Another day, another three-setter for Sara Errani. The Italian went three sets in every Australian Open qualifying match and her Gippsland Trophy warmup match. So, it was no surprise Errani found herself in another tussle during her first round match at the Australian Open against Wang Qiang. Errani went down 6-2 after the first set […] READ MORE
Maria Sakkari has fast become a fan favourite on the WTA Tour. One look at her social media feed shows you just how hard she works to improve her game and, as such, it’s little surprise that she has steadily risen up the ranks on the women’s tour over the last two or three years. […] READ MORE
A period of dominance spanning 17 years, starting with Roger Federer’s maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003 all the way to Rafael Nadal’s 13th Roland Garros crown last year, the two giants of the tennis world have sat atop of the rest for years. Each hold their own respective records setting them apart […] READ MORE
New Grand Slam winners have become something of a regular occurrence on the women’s tour. Only Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep have won multiple Grand Slams since 2017. In that time we’ve had seven first time winners. The most recent name added to that list is Iga Świątek. Her victory at Roland Garros in 2020 […] READ MORE
Elena Rybakina has made it known that she wants to break into the top ten on the WTA Tour this year. After an incredible 2020, it’s only right that she sets such lofty goals for herself. The young Kazakh won two tour titles last year and looks like one of the rising stars on the […] READ MORE
It might seem strange to include Bianca Andreescu in our 2021 WTA Tour Players to Watch series. After all, she took the tennis world by storm in 2019 culminating her first grand Slam at the US Open. However, she hasn’t been seen since pulling out of the WTA tour finals that year with a knee […] READ MORE
It finally happened. For the first time since 2016, someone not named Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer won a Grand Slam title. Granted, Djokovic had to get himself disqualified for it to happen, but it happened nonetheless. That, followed by Daniil Medvedev’s scintillating unbeaten run to victory in the ATP Finals in London […] READ MORE