This past Sunday, on a gorgeous afternoon in Southern California, we had the opportunity to sit down with former world No. 8, Mark Philippoussis, to discuss his take on tennis, his life now and his planned ATP comeback. TennisThis.com met Mark where he currently trains at the home of a close friend and colleague who conveniently has a tennis court. As the tanned Aussie … [Read more...]
Maria Sharapova Announces New Racquet
We just got word that Maria Sharapova, who ended her contract with Prince tennis racquets at the end of 2010, will be signing with Head tennis racquets! Next week Sharapova will be announcing which frame she will be playing with. She apparently has singed with Head for $2 million a year (length of contract not mentioned). Sharapoava will also have her own line of signature … [Read more...]
Wozniacki Switches To Yonex Racquets
Hey Tennisthis.com fans and readers! Just when we thought 2010 was coming to a close without a hitch, we have found this interesting little picture. Who is that and what is she holding? After tons and tons of rumors that Caroline Wozniacki was going to switch tennis racquets, we come across this picture providing evidence that she could very well be leaving Babolat tennis … [Read more...]
Maria Sharapova Announced Split From Prince Tennis Racquets
We just got word that former #1, Maria Sharapova, has announced that she will be splitting from Prince tennis racquets after 10 years. Sharapova's tennis racquet of choice has been the Prince EXO3 Black 100. Sharapova has been using Prince tennis racquets since the age of 9 and has won 3 major tennis championships with the Prince tennis racquet. As of yet, there has not been … [Read more...]
Who Will Retire From Tennis In 2011?
With all the comebacks in 2010, we thought we would ask our tennis community who could potentially be a candidate for retirement in 2011? We have selected 6 tennis players from the ATP Tour (men's tennis players) and have give reasons they have been considered potential retirees from the ATP tennis tour. In no particular order of potential tennis retirement: Radek … [Read more...]
Top 10 Tennis Hotties Of The WTA Tour
As we have arrived to the end of the 2010 tennis season, we wanted to look back at the tennis year and pick out 10 of the hottest female tennis players currently on tour. The selection process was extremely difficult, however we think we have narrowed it down to a good list. Let's start from the bottom: Coming in at #10 is Australia's Samantha Stosur. She is on the list … [Read more...]
Mark Philippoussis Making A Comeback In 2011
Former world #8 (April 1999), Mark Philippoussis has announced that he will be making a comeback to tennis at the 2011 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Philippoussis, who turned to professional tennis at the age of 18, made waves in the sport of tennis. Philippoussis never won a major tennis title, however; he was a finalist two times (Wimbledon 2003 and US Open 1994). He also … [Read more...]
Tennis Superstar Serena Williams Has Passed Away…
...well at least she has digitally. It is officially "World AIDS Day/Week" and tons of celebrities have banned together to raise money for AIDS research and relief in Africa and India. Now, we're all for raising money to help those in more difficult situations than that we have, however; when you put together celebrities (a.k.a millionaires) to tell us that they will not cater … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Officially Withdraws From The Australian Open
You might have read our previous post about Serena Williams' foot injury and how she has not played in a tennis tournament since her win at the Wimbledon Championships this past summer. We just got word that she has officially withdrawn from the 2011 Australian Open Tennis Championships this coming January. Apparently her foot has not healed the way her and her doctors had … [Read more...]
Playful Caroline Wozniacki Is Hot
We came across this entertaining picture of tennis superstar Caroline Wozniacki today and we thought we would share the enjoyment with you. As you can see, she's is obviously not playing for keeps, however; she seems to to be messing around on the tennis court. The only thing that has us concerned is the fact that Caroline is not playing with her usual Babolat Aeropro Drive … [Read more...]