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2018 could only go down as an annus horribilis of a season for Britain’s Heather Watson. 2019 mirrors the previous season in large chunks. That said, the Guernsey footwork-based point builder saved her best until last. Watson fell at the final hurdle against Rebecca Peterson in Tianjin in October, just failing to add to her […] READ MORE
Novak Djokovic is one of the greatest players ever to have picked up a racket. Yet he isn’t given the same adulation as the likes of Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. A simple reason for this is that both Federer and Nadal were dominating the sport before the Serb. Naturally, with both players winning grand […] READ MORE
When Novak Djokovic saved two championship points to deny Roger Federer a fairy tale victory, many–including myself–were not surprised. After all, he’d done this before on numerous occasions. But what was astounding to see was the calm and poise Djokovic brought to the all-important final and didn’t flinch once for almost five hours. It almost […] READ MORE
There’s a famous saying which suggests nothing great ever comes easy. And that is something that resonates with Simona Halep. After losing in her first three Grand Slam finals, there were some tennis observers who thought winning a major just wasn’t meant to be for Halep. But the newly crowned Wimbledon champion has proven her […] READ MORE
Both the men’s and women’s Wimbledon tournaments have been full of upsets, with some of the top players in the game making an early exit in the opening week against players who were either on their game on a given day, or rapidly rising in terms of ranking and performance level. The women’s final on […] READ MORE
Roger Federer’s rivalry with Rafael Nadal, which played out its 40th chapter in the Wimbledon semifinals, has been held up by many as the greatest rivalry in tennis’, even sport’s, history. But it is not. Because tellingly, Federer’s victory over Nadal did not earn him the Wimbledon title, merely a shot at it against the […] READ MORE
Roberto Bautista Agut is getting married later this year and decided to plan his bachelor party at Ibiza for the second week of Wimbledon, not really expecting he would still be in the tournament. However, the Spaniard has been nothing short of excellent this fortnight, scoring wins over Peter Gojowczyk, Steve Darcis, Karen Khachanov, Benoit […] READ MORE
Coming into her quarterfinal match against Alison Riske, Serena Williams knew she would be in for a challenge. Riske had never before reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal–in fact, her only prior trip to a fourth round was at the 2013 US Open. Riske also came into this tournament with a losing record at Wimbledon in […] READ MORE
Alison Riske of the United States has long been one of the more effective grass-courters in the women’s game. She may not have the thunderous serve or bruising power off the ground that were once the hallmarks of the great grass-courters, but the game has moved on. More valuable now is the ability to take […] READ MORE
In recent years, the grass courts of the All England Tennis Club have witnessed many astonishing matches. However, few were of the quality of last year’s semifinal between Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. To many, myself included, 2018 was considered to be Nadal’s best chance of winning a third title at SW19. The Spaniard played […] READ MORE
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