As ever the season begins down under, in the next few days thousands of players and their teams will head to Australia to kick off their season despite the growing concerns of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Rules state that players must be vaccinated otherwise they will not be able to travel or compete in... Continue Reading →
Sinner escapes a tricky Herbert! For the first time in his career the young Italian, Jannik Sinner has won a best of five set match in tough conditions out on Court Suzanne Lenglen against Frenchman Pierre Hugues Herbert. It was a wonderful start from Sinner who was ruthless in the opening set and almost bageled... Continue Reading →
It has been a fascinating couple of weeks of tennis down at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. High profile names were missing but that did not put a damper on proceedings at one of the biggest events on the WTA and ATP tours but what happened? Title, defended. A big week for World No.1... Continue Reading →
The first of hopefully many meetings between Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu played out in Miami on Saturday afternoon with a limited crowd as the defending Miami champion took on the defending Indian Wells champion for one of the biggest prizes outside of the majors. Ash Barty certainly led Andreescu know she is here to... Continue Reading →
The world number one and world number nine will go head to head on Saturday in the Miami Open Final. The defending Miami champion is up against the defending Indian Wells champion from 2019 with the Aussie, Ash Barty looking to become just the second player since the turn of the century to win back... Continue Reading →
Serena and Venus open with a win Serena Williams beginning her 20th campaign at Melbourne Park and Venus Williams beginning her 21st have both opened up with a win on the opening day of the 2021 Australian Open. Serena faced Laura Siegemund in round one and didn't take too long to begin her domination winning... Continue Reading →
Over the last year or more soo much has happened but also, so much hasn't happened. Bianca Andreescu has not been seen on a tennis court since October 2019 when she retired with a knee injury against Karolina Pliskova at the WTA Finals. Her phenomenal break through year in 2019 which had its injury issues... Continue Reading →
Outside the four majors this is the one everyone looks to. The best men and women are set for Indian Wells which begins next week. A concern is the Coronavirus which is present in California which last week declared a state of emergency but measures and changes have been put in place to deal with... Continue Reading →
Outside of the Grand Slams one of the most popular stops on the tour is Indian Wells. Over the years we have seen the best in tennis triumph here but it is always an open field. Since the event begin in 1989 there have been nine players who have won the event twice. Three of... Continue Reading →
As full debut seasons go, Bianca Andreescu’s 2019 was quite phenomenal: 48 wins 8 defeats 8 wins v Top 10 Opponents Indian Wells champion Rogers Cup champion US Open champion No.4 in the world Despite winning 48 of her 56 matches the Canadian did miss an awful lot of tennis due to a shoulder injury... Continue Reading →
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