Roger Federer withdrew from the 2017 French Open Not really surprising really. Clay court tennis, while Roger Federer is a strong competitor on the surface, at this point in his career better for him to skip it. Let him focus on his true bread and butter, grass courts.The man himself posted on his website the following statement, Dear Fans,Regrettably, I've … [Read more...]
Serena Williams is Knocked Up
This just in: Serena Williams is pregnantShe just posted to her Snapchat that she's 20 weeks preggers. I'm not sure how that's going to allow her to continue to play competitively.Who's to blame?Alexis Ohanian is. You know, one of the founders of Reddit (great tennis sub-reddit too).The couple announced their engagement not long ago, January 28th, … [Read more...]
Bryan Bros Sign with Solinco
Solinco announced today that it has entered into an endorsement deal for tennis strings with 16-time Grand Slam champions and Olympic gold medalists, Bob and Mike Bryan.“We are thrilled to have the most successful doubles team of all time, as well as two of the most well-respected and liked players on the ATP Tour, join the Solinco family,” said KT Kim, Director of … [Read more...]
Genie Bouchard: The Modern Day Anna Kournikova
Genie Bouchard Continues a Downward Trend The performance woes for Genie Bouchard continue into 2017 in the desert at the BNP Paribas Open. The Canadian tennis star had yet another first round exit against Germany's Annika Beck in 3 sets. Her performances continue to appear halfhearted and lacking the "fight" that the Canadian showed in 2014. What happened to the Genie … [Read more...]
Serena Withdraws & Kerber Back to #1
Serena Williams Withdraws from Indian Wells Not all too shocking, Serena Williams withdrew from the 2017 BNP Paribas Open as well as Miami. The current #1 cited a knee injury has prevented her from having any practice and without practice, she can't compete.Williams said in a statement on March 7th, "Sadly, I have to withdraw from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and … [Read more...]
History of Tennis Video Games
Tennis video games have been around since the very dawn of video game history, with only the second video game every made being a tennis game.While the first few tennis video games were some of the most popular games at the time, there has never been a tennis title or franchise that has truly managed to capture the excitement and complexity of tennis as a sport the way … [Read more...]
Tsitsipas, Opelka, Shapovalov: secrets of a new generation
written by Fabio ValenteLeft-handed players, serve-and-volley defenders, big servers, one-handed backhands, tall and short players: we can easily use these categories to summarize some of the most common features of tennis, to compare athletes and spot their different peculiarities. Rafa Nadal and Gilles Muller as the highest-ranked left-handed players, Feliciano Lopez and … [Read more...]
Veterans on the rise: will it last?
written by Fabio ValenteAs we all had the chance to witness, tennis has constantly evolved during the last decades into a more physical, tactical, intense, strong sport, requiring not only excellent playing skills but also a great body condition and increasing ability to generate power during endless, strenuous rallies. All those considerations would lead to the obvious … [Read more...]
Review of Australian Open 2017
The Australian Open is always one of the year’s top tennis tournaments featuring stars from all over the world. The 2017 tournament was no exception with the final game of the Open being played just days ago.Nothing creates a great deal of excitement when relatively unknown underdogs come out victorious in their matches. This was the case with Novak Djokivic, the … [Read more...]
10 Things We Learned From The Aussie Open Men’s Draw
One day after Serena Williams bested her older sister to capture her 23rd Grand Slam title, the men’s tournament down under is in the books as well—and what a tournament it was. A blur of upsets, sensational performances, and five-set thrillers made for one of the most entertaining majors in several years. It also set the stage, as many commentators said after Sunday’s final, … [Read more...]