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The blistering bagel that Caroline Garcia served to Julia Görges in the first set of their third round clash at the Miami Open must have tasted sweeter than a bowl of cherries to France’s world #21. Though Görges attempted to mount a fightback in the second, coming close to taking the match the distance, Garcia […] READ MORE
She is a winner of 30 WTA titles, including the Australian Open crown that she won last year by defeating Simona Halep in the final to claim her maiden Gland Slam crown. Caroline Wozniacki’s career up until this point is Hall of Fame-worthy. Currently ranked outside the top 10, Wozniacki shocked the tennis world last […] READ MORE
Serena Williams is not the only Grand Slam-winning woman making a comeback this week. Marion Bartoli made her first appearance on a high-profile tennis court (if not in competition, then at least in high-class exhibition) for nearly five years, when she appeared alongside Serena at the latest Tie Break Tens tournament in New York. However, […] READ MORE
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Acapulco Open due to an injury setback. This is becoming a foregone conclusion with the Spaniard either withdrawing or retiring from six straight tournaments. Nadal’s time at the top of the tennis tree could now be over after this latest setback. Injury setbacks The 31-year-old withdrew from tournaments […] READ MORE
Taylor Fritz was once considered one of the most promising NextGen prospects on the ATP tour. After failing to make the inaugural ATP NextGen finals in 2017, the American is already off to a good start after winning the Newport Beach Challenger and defeating fellow American Bradley Klahn in the final. You can make the […] READ MORE
Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro have played 13 times in their careers, with their first encounter coming all the way back in 2007 at the Miami Masters The Spaniard leads the head to head 8-5, but the Argentine has a 5-4 advantage on hard courts. Despite Nadal winning their first four meetings without […] READ MORE
Andy Murray is going through a very difficult spell at the moment. Injuries and illness have contributed to a large part of his lull and they have also justified some of his alarming losses this season. If we go back to the opening week of 2017 those will remember seeing an introduction to a seemingly […] READ MORE
For the third year in a row, the Australian Open, Indian Wells, and Miami had the same champion, only this time it wasn’t Novak Djokovic but rather the same man who had last accomplished this feat back in 2006, when his semifinal opponent (Nick Kyrgios) hadn’t even hit puberty: Roger Federer. The Swiss man captured […] READ MORE
At the end of the 2016 tennis season, I dealt with Caroline Wozniacki’s resurgence, praising her outstanding achievements after surviving a scary first round at the Us Open against Taylor Townsend. Somehow, the Dane managed to defeat the young American girl, in an awful three-setter which was pretty much an unforced error party. And with big […] READ MORE
When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal stood at opposing baselines on the Rod Laver Arena back in January there was a sense that this was the final encore of one of tennis’ greatest rivalries. How wrong we all were. Instead of a brief encore, 2017 seems to have unveiled a whole new act for the “Fedal” narrative. Once again the veterans […] READ MORE
