Introduction Tennis has had a chequered history at the Olympic Games. Its path throughout the Olympics has been marked by periods of inclusion, exclusion, and reintroduction. It has also been through much discussion about whether the sport is really relevant at the Games, based on whether or not the OlympicsContinue Reading
Like: New names up in lights. Grand Slam events often allow for some lesser names to have their moment in the sun (no pun intended), and this year is no different. On the women’s side, the biggest story is New Zealand’s Lulu Sun, who started this tournament 2 weeks agoContinue Reading
During the era of the ‘big four,’ the top tier belonged to Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and to a lesser extent Andy Murray. They were simply in a class of their own. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomáš Berdych, Grigor Dimitrov, and Kei Nishikori are a handful of examples in relationContinue Reading
Iga Swiatek has just won her 5th major title, and already there’s talk of her pushing up towards becoming one of greatest female tennis players of all time. While that might indeed be prophetic, she’s currently a long way off in terms of records. For the men, we were fortunateContinue Reading
Fan behaviour and crowd atmosphere in tennis has forever been under the spotlight in what often becomes a divisive discussion. Is the customer, or in this case the fans, always right? It comes as former No.7 David Goffin claimed he was spat on by a member of the crowd duringContinue 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
As the official draw took place on Thursday night AEDT to learn the fate of 256 players across the men’s and women’s singles, there were gasps echoed amongst the room and around the world when it was announced that 14-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal’s first opponent would be worldContinue 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
Eighteen months ago, tennis fans were abuzz with anticipation upon learning of Netflix’s plan to unveil a documentary series akin to ‘Drive to Survive,’ spotlighting the ATP and WTA tours. However, the initial wave of enthusiasm soon receded, as critics emerged from the tennis community. They lamented the documentary’s shallowContinue Reading
Forget the Masters and the Slams, for the hardcore tennis fan, Challenger events is where the real fun is at. I’ve been lucky enough to attend dozens in previous years, but there are a heap that I’d love to get to one day. I wanted to compile this list ofContinue Reading
