Twenty-four-year-old Emily Appleton, is one of countless tennis players criss-crossing the globe, endeavoring to eke out a career, in a sport which rarely offers free rides to the top. To make it onto the courts at Wimbledon, requires years and years of dedication. Hundreds of thousands of kms of air,Continue Reading
Obviously with Roland Garros well underway, there’s no events on the main tours, but still plenty of action on the lower tours. Here are the winners on the tennis tour last week: ATP Challenger Tour: Little Rock 75: Mitchell Krueger (USA) def Yuta Shimizu (JPN) 6-3 6-4 Vincenza 75: Chun-HsinContinue Reading
Round two on the women’s draw at Roland Garros will see a battle of the number 1’s….the number one Belarussian player, in Aryna Sabalenka, taking on the number one Japanese player, Moyuka Uchijima. Aryna needs no introduction to even the most casual of tennis fans, but if you haven’t heardContinue Reading
While all eyes have been on Roland Garros, it’s important to remember there were plenty of winners around the world last week. Let’s take a look back. ATP Tour: Geneva 250: Casper Ruud (Nor) def Tomas Machas (Cze) 7-5 6-3 Lyon 250: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra) def Tomas Etcheverry (Arg)Continue Reading
Compared to the men over the last ten years, the women’s draw has been slightly more unpredictable. At least in the sense that more unseeded players tend to make it a little deeper into the tournament (I’m not so certain that will happen this year though). Here are the lastContinue Reading
The French Open draw has now been done. There’s enough previews on who the top seeds will face en-route to the finals, so it’s time for a preview to rate the chances of an unseeded player making a deep run. Over the last ten years, Roland Garros hasn’t thrown upContinue Reading
Emma Raducanu recently announced that she will sit out the French Open to focus on the upcoming grass and hard court seasons. Having been overlooked for a wildcard, Raducanu was entered in the tournament using her protected ranking of 103, but remained 3 spots out of the main draw, necessitatingContinue Reading
ATP Tour: Rome Masters: Alexander Zverev (Ger) def Nicolas Jarry (Chl) 6-4 7-5 WTA Tour: Rome Masters: Iga Swiatek (Pol) def Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 6-2 6-3 Parma 125: Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) def Maya Sherif (Egy) 7-5 2-6 6-4 Paris 125: Diana Shnaider (Rus) def Emma Navarro (USA) 6-2 3-6Continue Reading
The second of two 250 events in the lead up week to the French Open, is held about 500km down the highway. Here’s a preview of what’s happening in Lyon this week. While not as much top end star power as Geneva, the depth is relatively similar. Frenchman Ugo HumbertContinue Reading
It’s one week before Roland Garros, and you wouldn’t normally expect to see the world number 1 in action. But here we are, in Switzerland, with the world number one. Here’s a quick preview of what we can expect in Geneva this week. Novak Djokovic has taken a Wildcard toContinue Reading
