News
Here you find the latest news about tennis and tennis players such as ATP Tour results, new tennis coaches, tennis player information and more.
Latest in News
Knocking on heaven’s door
Okay, it’s a dramatic headline crafted to grab your hard-earned attention for tomorrow’s top action. But what I also mean about it is all the youngsters that seem to have enough confidence to challenge the established pro’s in Australian Open. The first round witnessed Janowicz, a talented young man himself, go two sets down against […]
It’s so hot someone might die: Australian Open 2014
The major impression that you can’t get away from is…the HEAT. It’s outrageously hot. Heat that makes water bottles melt and players take huge gasps of air after a few minutes of hitting. You can’t help but being incredibly impressed by some players’ fitness, being able to play for hours in sweltering madness. That’s the […]
Nadal Bites Another Tropy – Doha
Nadal didn’t breeze through his title at Qatar Exxonmobil Open. Quite the opposite. He had to fight hard and looked rather flat at times. Still he showed his Nadal grit and managed to ride out the bumps in his game and emerge with the trophy. This should give him plenty of confidence for Australian Open […]
Hewitt Beats Federer for Brisbane title
I didn’t have the chance to catch the first set of the ATP Brisbane final. It was probably for the best. The 6-1 scoreline in Hewitt’s favour suggests heavily shankalicious play from Federer. Maybe the doubles had worn him out, maybe Hewitt played extra focused at home, I don’t know. I wouldn’t be surprised if […]
Early Impressions: First Few Days 2014
Federer played his first singles match of the year in Brisbane today and beat Nieminen comfortably 6-4 6-2. What impressed me the most is how lethal his forehand was. It really looked like the increased racquet size (from 90 to 98) helped his pace on that shot. If that’s the case we have interesting things […]
New Racquet, New Coach = Federer 2014
Exciting news! Besides being a father again in 2014, Federer has also said that he will use his childhood idol Stefan Edberg as a coach for at least ten weeks starting from Australian Open. And he will be using the larger head size racquet he was tinkering with in 2013 permanently! Two quotes from the […]
Fighting Federer
Watching the ATP Basel final yesterday I couldn’t help but feel the desperation in Roger Federer. He was more animated than I’ve seen him in a long time, talked with himself, contested the umpire, shot a ball into the roof of the stadium and seemed agitated with every shot that didn’t go his way. This […]
The New Wilson Spin Series
The racquet war between tennis manufacturers like Wilson, Babolat, and Head are ramping up around this time of year when the new lines (or in many cases, paint jobs) of racquets are released. This year is probably the biggest I’ve seen in terms of technology changes since I became a racquetaholic and gear junkie. What […]
Dimitrov, Gasquet and Haas Winners
Week 42 brought out three winners on the ATP Tour. Three players with interesting styles and an ability to hit wonderful winners from pretty much anywhere on court: Grigor Dimitrov, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Haas. It was nice to see Haas win in Vienna, a title he won in 2001 (!). Talk about making an […]
Another Display of Rafa the Fighter
He’s relentless. He’s fearless. He never gives up. These are just a few words that describes soon to be(?) world number one, Rafael Nadal. He has just beaten the talented Italian, Fabio Fognini after being down 6-2 4-2 and game point at the China Open quarter-finals. The game at 4-2 in the second set seemed […]