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The global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global economic and sports financial crisis, with the business of sports and pro tennis in worse shape than it’s been since the Second World War engulfed the globe 80 years ago. Tennis professionals below the elite of the elites have been hit hard financially by the […] READ MORE
Wimbledon 2020 is no more, the illustrious tennis championships cancelled for the first time since 1945, with Great Britain and the rest of the world enduring the most disruptive period since World War 2 due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was not unexpected, with tennis facing perhaps the most pressure of any sport […] READ MORE
Britain’s Daily Mail is reporting that Wimbledon is set to be cancelled for 2020 on Wednesday by the AELTC due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic that is severely impacting Great Britain and the rest of the world. The 2020 Wimbledon Championships were originally scheduled for June 29-July 12th, and at one point the […] READ MORE
Professional tennis came to a halt earlier in March due to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, and it’s now official that it won’t return until at least the week of June 7th. A joint announcement by the governing bodies of pro tennis, the ATP and WTA Tour stated that all spring clay court tournaments were cancelled […] READ MORE
Having looked back at both the highlights and lowlights of the last decade, Martin Keady, our resident tennis historian, now looks ahead to the next decade – the 2020s – and identifies 10 things that we can hopefully look forward to in the future development of tennis. Here are the final five. Serena Williams Matching […] READ MORE
The Davis Cup loves to describe itself as “The World Cup of Tennis”. Indeed, it has copyrighted that very phrase and proudly proclaims it from its website, especially in the wake of Spain’s first victory in the new, week-long format that has just finished in Madrid. However, using its own business logic, the Davis Cup […] READ MORE
Earlier in May, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) had announced that it woll allocate ATP and WTA ranking points at ITF World Tennis Tour events. Players’ rankings would be updated once again, with points awarded retroactively for all tournaments dating back to August 2018. That day is finally upon us. The Issue The ITF, in […] READ MORE
It finally happened. We’ve already covered this topic a few times as a ton of professional players formed Facebook groups and wrote petitions, open letters to the International Tennis Federation. To make a long story short, the ITF decided to decrease the number of players with ATP points by creating a new series of tournaments […] READ MORE
Last year, the ITF announced major changes to its ranking system. It also made several changes to how entry lists are determined for Challengers and Futures events. Some of those changes, though, are already causing anger and a desire for change. The flaws of the new ITF reform, according to the ITF No.2’s father The […] READ MORE
A student from Poland, Damian is a connoisseur of the lower tiers of men's tennis and would probably watch the World No. 700 play a ferret if he could see it from the stands. Always pleased by a beautiful one-handed backhand or classic volleying technique.