Serena Williams has cemented a sensational season by ensuring she will finish an awesome 2013 at the top of the WTA rankings for the third time in her career. The American joins Justine Henin and Martina Hingis as a three-time year-end number one, with only Steffi Graf (8), Martina Navratilova (7), Chris Evert (5), and Lindsay Davenport (4) ahead of her in the history … [Read more...]
No American men left at Wimbledon 2013
After Novak Djokovic beat the lone American, Bobby Reynolds 7-6, 6-3, 6-1, there are now no American men left at Wimbledon 2013. Unfortunately, this is the first time in the Open Era that no American men are left at Wimbledon in the third round. All American seeds have dropped out early or have withdrawn from the tournament. Of 11, no American men left at Wimbledon At the … [Read more...]
How Has Sponsorship Impacted The Game?
Tennis is considered one of the most civilized sports in the world, but it’s also a very lucrative one. For example, the prize money for winning the singles at: - US Open is £1.2 million ($1,813,320) - Australian Open - £1.7 million ($2,568,870) - Wimbledon - £1.2 million ($1,813,320) - French Open - £1 million ($1,511,100) Big money … [Read more...]
Serena Williams, greatest of all time?
By Matt Hill Back in March, the Tennis Channel revealed a list of the greatest tennis players all time on a combined male and female list. They were wrong about the women. At first I thought they had messed it up between Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova, with me thinking Navratilova was the greatest player of all time. However, after watching tennis this summer, I have … [Read more...]
2012 US Open day 2 recap
Most of the bottom half of the draws played their matches on day 2 of the 2012 US Open. Some more of the world's top players faced off and had some success. Even a couple went down in flames, but more on that a little later. Though, it was a thrilling day 2 of the Open, and if it is any indication of what is to come, then we, as spectators, are in for a real treat! 2012 US … [Read more...]
Stay classy Serena “Crip walker” Williams
Oh Serena Williams, you never cease to amaze me. It's really quite amazing that Serena has accomplished so much in her career. We all know that the caliber of her tennis game is something we may never see again, complete dominance on all surfaces. Including Olympic Gold. Yet, she continues to keep controversy in the balance of her career. We all remember the US Opens that … [Read more...]
Williams calls out Novak and Rafa as ‘weenies’
If there wasn't already enough controversy about the blue clay of the Mutua Madrid Open that just ended, Serena Williams had to get the spotlight back on her. After her victory in Madrid, Serena Williams told the press, "Women are way tougher than men. That's why we have the babies. You guys could never handle kids. We ladies don't complain, we just do our best. On the WTA … [Read more...]
Serena Williams hates tennis…
...gee thanks Captain Obvious. It's really not shocking that Serena Williams is not generally committed to tennis, she's never hidden the fact that she maintains a pretty easy schedule and only plays the bigger tournaments (mo' money). … [Read more...]
What I learned from the 2011 tennis season
It's over. The 2011 tennis season is finally over, phew! I would love to give you readers a detailed recap of the 2011 tennis season filled with video highlights, commentary, analysis; and the rest of all those pretty things that other big tennis blogs/sites have to offer. Fortunately this site is not funded by a bigger company nor do I have investors paying me to do what I do, … [Read more...]
Is Serena Williams on drugs?
When it comes to professional athletes, especially the elite, it's no surprise when they are required to submit to random drug testing. You know, to just make sure that they are, in fact, capable of performing as well as they do by their own efforts and without the help of performance enhancing drugs. Just last week, former WTA #1, Serena Williams was the victim of random … [Read more...]