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Winning a Grand Slam title is the ultimate goal for all professional tennis players. The Australian Open has, though, eluded even some of the game’s all-time greats. The Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup is missing from the trophy haul of some of women’s tennis’ finest players. With the 2021 Australian Open set to begin, here is […] READ MORE
20 years ago, Mary Pierce ended France’s 33-year drought at Roland Garros, becoming the first woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen trophy since Francoise Dürr, by beating Conchita Martinez in the final. Since then, despite successes in doubles, no French player, male or female, has replicated Pierce’s win in singles at the French Open. I […] READ MORE
If Rafael Nadal is known as the ‘King of Clay’ then, for a period in the mid 2000s, Justine Henin was almost certainly the Queen. She won three straight titles from 2005, the only person to achieve that feat apart from Monica Seles in 1992. French Open 2005 Embed from Getty Images The Belgian star […] READ MORE
Prior to the WTA suspending all tournaments in March due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 17-year-old Leylah Annie Fernandez was playing some of the best tennis on the Tour. In late February, the Canadian teen surprised many when she reached the final in Acapulco. Though she fell just short up against Heather Watson, losing a competitive […] READ MORE
Maria Sharapova was a style icon and announced her retirement, fittingly, in Vogue and Vanity Fair. But it was her playing style that really set trends in the sport of tennis. Ditching the traditional volley like yesterday’s fad, Sharapova’s treatment of choice on short balls was a ferocious swinging volley. Copycats followed suit. Now the […] READ MORE