Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 4/8/24
The Olympic Games headlined tennis around the world this week, with Serbia and China taking the singles gold medals. But as always, there were other results around the globe, so here they are… Olympic Games Men: Novak Djokovic (SRB) def Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 7-6 7-6 Olympic Games Women: Qinwen ZhengContinue Reading
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 28/7/24
It’s all about the Olympics for the next fortnight, but if you’re looking to keep up with what’s happening on the tennis tours in between your Paris 2024 watching, here are all the winners around the tennis tours for this week. ATP Tour: Atlanta 250: Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def JordanContinue Reading
Tennis at the Olympic Games: A 5 Minute History Lesson
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
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week ending 21/7/2024
It’s the week after Wimbledon, and there was a stack of events around the world. It’s hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve got all the winners from last week on the tennis tour. ATP Tour: Hamburg 500: Arthur Fils (FRA) def Alexander Zverev (GER) 6-3 3-6 7-6Continue Reading
Japan Ready to Hail New Star
Japan is on the verge of saluting a new tennis star. Seventeen-year-old Sara Saito, might be one of the most exciting prospects the WTA has right now. If you haven’t heard of her (which is quite possible, given most of her matches have been on the ITF tour), you soonContinue Reading
Preview of the Tennis Week – 15/7/24
Normally the week after a Major tournament is a little flat, and fairly quiet. However, this year, with the Wimbledon grass barely settled, there’s an abundance of events taking place around the world. If you can’t keep up, we’ve got you covered with a 5-minute preview on all that’s takingContinue Reading
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 14/7/24
Wimbledon dominates the headlines at this time of year, and rightly so. But there was a lot of action around the world on the other tours. Here is a wrap of all the winners for the week on the tennis tour. Wimbledon: Men’s: Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def Novak Djokovic (SRB)Continue Reading
Wimbledon 2024 Week 1: Likes and Dislikes
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
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 7/7/2024
Wimbledon is obviously dominating the tennis headlines this week, but there were a number of Challenger and ITF events away from the grass courts. We’ve got the winners for you here: ATP Challenger Tour: Bloomfield Hills 75: Learner Tien (USA) def Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 4-6 6-3 6-4 Brasov 75: MurkelContinue Reading
7 Takeaways from Wimbledon- Day 2
Andy Murray Out of Singles Action You could almost hear the collective sigh of disappointment around the world, as news filtered through of the Scot’s decision to withdraw from the singles event. Murray just didn’t feel as though he had enough time to recover from back surgery just 10 daysContinue Reading