Six Takeaways from Day 1:
Women’s Withdrawals: The women’s draw was decimated before balls were even hit, with three seeds in the bottom section pulling out due to injury or illness. Ekatarina Alexandrova, Victoria Azarenka, and Aryna Sabalenka, all deciding that skipping the event was better for their health. Three lucky losers were able toContinue Reading
Wimbledon 2024 Preview – Women’s
The women’s draw for Wimbledon has thrown up plenty of interesting matches, and potential match-ups. There’s a lot to discuss, but here, we’ve tried to keep things as succinct as possible. You can get all the information you need for the 2024 Women’s Wimbledon event in this quick preview. ClickContinue Reading
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 30/6/24
The week before Wimbledon, so it’s understandably light on for events, with qualifying taking precedent. But there were still some winners on the tennis tour last week. Here are all the results you need. WTA Tour: Bad Homburg 500: Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-3 2-6 6-3 EastbourneContinue Reading
Questions Around De Minaur’s Ceiling To Be Answered At Wimbledon
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
Wimbledon Preview 2024 – Men’s
There’s always a lot to digest when a Grand Slam draw gets released. We’ve tried to keep this Wimbledon preview as simple as possible. The stands are quiet now, but they’ll soon be full of spectators cheering on their favourites. Who are the players they’ll be cheering into the secondContinue Reading
Marcus Daniell’s Charitable Final Season
New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell might not be the most well-known player on the tennis tour, but perhaps he should be, as so often, the good news stories are blanketed by the controversies and scandals in the sport. If there was ever a good news story that deserves more coverage, it’sContinue Reading
The Week Before Wimbledon: Preview
It’s Wimbledon qualifying week, and that means there’s a heap of tennis happening, in preparation for the start of the main draw. Here are a few storylines/players that might be worth keeping an eye on this week: ATP Tour: ATP Mallorca 250 Can Ben Shelton find some form on grass?Continue Reading
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 23/6/24
Plenty of action across all tours this week, as the run to Wimbledon really starts to ramp up. Here are all the winners across the ATP, WTA, and ITF tours. ATP Tour: London 500: Tommy Paul (USA) def Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 6-1 7-6 Halle 500: Jannik Sinner (ITA) def HubertContinue Reading
Ash Barty Returns to Wimbledon
Ash Barty will be returning to Wimbledon this year….in a playing capacity! Sadly the 3-time Grand Slam champion won’t be making any professional comeback, but Wimbledon has announced that the Queenslander will play an exhibition doubles event at the place of her greatest triumph in 2021. Less than a yearContinue Reading
ATP Halle 500 Preview
Two traditional 500 events on the ATP calendar this week, one in London, and the other in Halle, Germany. Roger Federer owned this tournament for a decade, taking the title 10 times. This is one of the best looking tennis stadiums on the tour (but with one of the worstContinue Reading