Nowhere to be seen to comeback player of the year, Victoria Azarenka’s resurgence was a credit to her hard work which brought smiles to faces in a difficult year

It was about this time last year just before Christmas there were rumours circulating Victoria Azarenka could be about to retire. The Belarusian was a notable name not on the original entry lists for the Australian Open but no one knew why. The camp was quiet, there wasn't anything being said. We glimpses over Vika...

Sascha’s strategy was solid for a while but it ran out of steam against Thiem when it mattered the most

I'm not Sascha Zverev's biggest fan but I can appreciate a very good performance. If we were talking about a men's Grand Slam final being best of three I'd be waxing lyrical over his performance and it was great but it feel short and that's a shame. For the first two sets which he won...

Dreadful to Delightful, Dominic Thiem turned it on at the last minute to do something no man has done in New York in the Open Era!

When I went to bed on Sunday night Dominic Thiem was 2-6 4-6 1-2 down and it was looking like being a quick evening work but in tennis you never count someone out. A few hours later, Dominic Thiem has won his first Grand Slam title! It was looking like he would head to Paris...

7 matches, 7 masks and 7 names. Naomi Osaka used her platform to continue a conversation which must never go quiet!

In any sport a champion isn’t just about what they do on the court but what they do off it. Naomi Osaka has used her platform to raise awareness of current issues and continue much needed conversations Naomi Osaka at the age of 22 is an incredible champion on the court but she stated her...

tears of Melbourne to the smiles of New York, the journey to Victoria Azarenka finding her best tennis once again!

“Time, patience and a little support” At the 2019 Australian Open the two time champion crashed out in round one and broke down in her press conference. I was in Melbourne at the time and I remember the next morning seeing the conference on 7News and it was a realisation that players are human and...

Unranked and without a match in 3 years but Tsvetana Pironkova’s run to the final eight in New York was sensational!

All the talk in the build-up to the US Open was about what players aren’t in New York when it should have been about who was travelling to Flushing Meadows. Someone we never expected to be in New York was Tsvetana Pironkova who before her first match on the opening Tuesday hadn’t played a tennis...

Naomi Osaka 1-6 6-3 6-3 Victoria Azarenka

It had been seven years and six days since Victoria Azarenka was in a Grand Slam final. Her opponent for her third final in Flushing Meadows was Naomi Osaka who had been playing phenomenal tennis throughout the restart as had Vika. I wouldn't have been surprised to see nerves at the beginning from the Belarusian...

US Open Mens Final Preview: will it be Thiem’s time or will Sascha surprise us?

For a few hours on Sunday night the friendship of Dominic Thiem and Sascha Zverev will be put to one side. Dominic Thiem more than Sascha Zverev has been knocking on the door for quite some time and now the breakthrough will happen for someone. This is Dominic Thiem's fourth Grand Slam final having been...

After a 7 year wait, Victoria Azarenka is back in a Grand Slam final!

Victoria Azarenka is back in a Grand Slam final. This is a sentence I did not think I would use a few weeks but I could not be happier to put those nine words into a sentence. Vika trailed the head to head with her good friend Serena 4-17, it has mostly been all Serena...

The Austrian 🇦🇹, Spaniard 🇪🇸, German 🇩🇪 or Russian 🇷🇺 who will win their first Grand Slam title?

On Sunday night we do know a new male Grand Slam champion will be crowned for the first time in 6 years and 5 days. It could be a Spaniard, a Russian, a German or an Austria, but who will it be? Pablo Carreno Busta vs Alex Zverev Interesting battle for a place in a...