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Can Shapovalov return to the top?
The flashy Canadian player is returning from injury and lingers outside the top 100. Can Shapovalov return to the top? If I was a betting man, I would first ask you to define “top”. Top ten, which he was ranked at in 2020, is not easy. I would say probably not. Top 20, yes there […]
Best Servers of 2024
If you wanted to be the best in the world at a particular shot in tennis, and you could only choose one, you would choose the ‘serve’ (formally known as ‘service’) a 100 out of 100 times*. It is one of the hardest shots in tennis, especially for a beginner, but once you master the […]
My First Wimbledon Experience
We have a guest writer in Karl-Petter from Sweden, who shares his first Wimbledon experience with us. Getting there Well, it didn’t start out that promising. When I came to Landvetter airport (Sweden, Gothenburg), I didn’t have the right passport papers. I didn’t think of England as not in the EU, so I thought I […]
Rinderknech and Fritz – a drama in two acts
The drama highlight so far in this years Wimbledon Championships surely was the Rinderknech Fritz matchup with the subsequent moment at the net. But the initial reason for this slightly complicated relationship dates back to 2023 Roland Garros. Act 1 – Fritz vs France We all know that the French crowd is a very emotional […]
The Italian Battle, Jannik Sinner vs Matteo Berrettini – Post Match Analysis
On Wednesday night, the current world number 1 from Italy – Jannik Sinner, took on his fellow countryman, the 2021 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Finalist and former Italian number 1 – Matteo Berrettini, in the 2nd round of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. The occasion marked the first time ever in the open era that two Italian […]
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – Serving up a storm at Wimbledon 2024
French tennis player Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard burst on the ATP tour by winning the Lyon Open in May of this year. The 20-year-old stands at 203cm tall and has built his game around a monstrous serve and some thundering ground strokes. He is currently sitting at a career high 58 in the world and is […]
Rafael Nadal v Andy Murray – Who is better on Grass?
As I look back on the past two decades of the Wimbledon Championships, one of the most staggering facts in the men’s game is the stranglehold of the big four on this trophy. Since 2003, no man not named Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray had lifted that trophy right until last […]
The case for a grass court Masters 1000
Believe it or not, we’re already past the halfway point of the grass court season. That’s right, it’s only been three weeks of those aesthetically pleasing green courts on our screens, and yet, it’s nearly over. Look at the overall tennis season, and one surprising feature emerges: there’s no grass court Masters. On the men’s […]
Why do some players succeed on grass while others don’t?
The red dirt of Paris is well and truly in the rear vision mirror now. As we approach the end of June, the ATP and WTA Tours are at the halfway point of the grass court season as well. Observant tennis fans may have noticed a shift in the names present at the business end […]
The rise of Carlos Alcaraz – What is his best surface?
In 2022, when Roger Federer announced his retirement and Rafael Nadal’s return to tennis was uncertain at best, we all could sense a deep void being formed in the tennis world. This generation of fans had savoured more than two decades of sporting brilliance from what we know as the big 4 of tennis. While […]
