Petra Kvitova, 20, is back in the spotlight.
Impressive at Wimbledon last year, when she reached her first Grand Slam semi-final by playing some great lefty tennis, she had been unable to follow it up.
But already this year she has won in Brisbane and reached the quarters at the Australian Open, succeeding along the way in [...]
Caroline Wozniacki proved to be one of the biggest disappointments of the Australian Open and her wait for a first Grand Slam title goes on - she hasn’t even been in the final of the last five tournaments.
Debate on her ranking is sure to return with even more ferocity, because both Kim Clijsters and Serena [...]
The Nadal and Federer era is over, according to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The world No. 18 (above right) said this week that the time when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will dominate the sport is no longer.
Speaking to reporters at the ATP Rotterdam Open, he said:
“Federer and Nadal are not alone [at the top of [...]
It is typical for hype surrounding young talent to get out of hand on the tennis grapevine, and it is hardly surprising to see people getting overly excited about Milos Raonic’s capabilities.
Raonic has all the physical attributes to become the real deal, and his emergence could not have been more welcome in the men’s game.
The [...]
The hour was past midnight when Roger Federer found himself one big serve from salvaging a sloppy victory.
He couldn’t summon the shot he needed.
“It was almost impossible to get it past the other guy with the serve,” Federer said.
Slow conditions were one problem for the world’s No. 1-ranked player Tuesday night at the Sony Ericsson Open. Erratic [...]
It will be tough for Serbia in their Fed Cup play-off against Slovakia now that Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the squad over form concerns.
I remember when the first signs of what was happening with Ana started and Sven Groeneveld, who was working with her then, kept telling her: “There’s nothing wrong with your tennis.”
I [...]
Yannick Noah, King Gustav and American Football League founder Lamar Hunt are in the Tennis Hall of Fame. Nick Bollettieri is not.
The legendary coach was on the ballot for the first time this year as a contributer to the sport, but he failed to receive 75 percent of the vote for induction. Doubles stars Todd [...]
British tennis has fallen far since the nation last won a Davis Cup in 1936, but it hit a new low this weekend with a shock loss to Lithuania in the Davis Cup. British papers are calling it the “most humiliating defeat in their history” and said “the game in Britain has fallen into unacceptable [...]
What we’re learning now, this week, is that tennis does have a heart, after all. The headlines in this game are about F-bomb laced threats at a line judge, political infighting, fake injuries.
Too often, the players come off as self-absorbed, country club-types with their strongest sense being entitlement.
And now, we get this: Roger Federer and [...]
When Serena Williams plays Justine Henin in the Australian Open final Saturday, it will be a classic between two great champions and rivals who respect each other. That’s roughly what I heard from both of them. One thing about that: Hah!
These two do not like each other one bit. Let’s go back to June 5, [...]
