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
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
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
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. This seemed exactly what tennis marketing needed. However, the initial wave of enthusiasm soon receded, as critics emerged from theContinue Reading
Well, here we are, ready to kick off another two week Masters event. I’m definitely not in love with this format, but let’s do a preview of the WTA Rome Masters event, as there will still be some quality tennis played if Madrid is anything to go by. Poland’s IgaContinue Reading
ATP Tour: Madrid 1000: Andrew Rublev (Rus) def Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 4-6 7-5 7-5 WTA Tour: Embed from Getty Images Madrid 1000: Iga Swiatek (Pol) def Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 7-5 4-6 7-6 Saint Malo 125: Lois Boisson (Fra) def Chloe Paquet (Fra) 4-6 7-6 6-3 Lleida 125: Katerina Siniakova (Cze)Continue Reading
Aryna Sabalenka produced a stunning comeback, in what was one of the best matches of the season, to keep her back-to-back title dream alive at the Mutua Madrid Open. The world number 2 defeated the world No.4, Elena Rybakina 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) in the semi-finals. Rybakina was on a 16Continue Reading
Madison Keys has stormed her way into the Madrid Masters semi-finals, with a roller coaster display against Ons Jabeur in quarterfinals. The 0-6, 7-5, 6-1 scoreline pretty much sums up the match. Keys dropped the first eight games but managed to wrestle back the momentum in the second set, beforeContinue Reading
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