The €450k Dilemma Facing Zverev And The French Open Ahead Of Nadal Clash
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
French Open Womens 2024 Preview – The Unseeded Players
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
French Open Men’s 2024 Preview: The Unseeded Players
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 Withdraws From French Open: Was it the Right Decision?
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
Winners on the Tennis Tour – Week Ending 19/5
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
ATP Lyon 250 Preview
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
ATP Geneva 250 Preview
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
Nicolas Jarry and Tommy Paul put on a Spectacle
Nicolas Jarry and Tommy Paul treated us with an entertaining 2nd semifinal in Rome. Both guys put on a hard-hitting show with spectacular points and a beautiful warm embrace at the end. What it always should be about. Embed from Getty Images The quality was up and down from bothContinue Reading
A Tennis Fan’s Dream: My Inaugural Wimbledon Experience
Author: Rachel Johnson As a lifelong tennis enthusiast, who has lived in England all her life, there’s always been one event that stood above the rest in my mind—the prestigious Wimbledon Championships. Every summer, I would find myself glued to the television screen, enthralled by the players as they battledContinue Reading
How Do We Improve Tennis Marketing?
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