The 2016 tennis season is officially underway as a number of players head to tournaments to prepare for the year’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. The Brisbane International is always one that attracts a lot of top talent as is the case once again this year, and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka…
For months now, the Miami Open has been threatening to leave its home in Key Biscayne’s Crandon Park, and a Third District Court of Appeal decision on Wednesday may have pushed the tournament directors past the point of no return. The tournament and Miami-Dade County have an eight-year commitment, but the tournament says that the…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has been named the European Sportsman of the Year. The world number one earned the award that polled 22 different European news agencies, conducted by the Press Agency of Poland, receiving 199 votes. Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain finished in second while Track and Field star Dafne Schippers of…
France’s Richard Gasquet has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a back injury, tournament organizers announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Sorry to report that [Gasquet] has withdrawn from the [Australian Open] with a back injury,” the official account of the Australian Open tweeted. “We wish him a speedy recovery.” Gasquet is currently ranked ninth in…
American Serena Williams’ banner 2015 season continued over the weekend as she was named the Associated Press (AP) Female Athlete of the Year for the fourth time in her career. The award is voted on by U.S. editors and news directors at AP, and Serena received 50 first-place votes, more than 36 more than soccer…
The Davis Cup tie between the United States and Australia on March 4-6 will be held at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia, Tennis Australia announced on Thursday. The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club is the former home of the Australian Open and is known as “The Spiritual Home of Australian Tennis”. The tie…
Sweden’s Robin Soderling officially announced that he will be retiring from tennis on Wednesday in a statement to TT, a Swedish news publication. “I have realized that I will not be fit enough to play tennis at the level I demand of myself,” said Soderling, who hasn’t played a match in more than four years….
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Tuesday that American Serena Williams and Serbian Novak Djokovic are the 2015 World Champions. Both players recorded fantastic 2015 campaigns. Serena won three majors, and came within two matches of completing the Calendar Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. She finished with a 53-3 record and won five…
The OUE Singapore Slammers captured the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) Championship on Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, beating the Micromax Indian Aces 26-21 to cap off the 18-day, five-country tour in grand fashion. Carlos Moya got things started for the Slammers, as he defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4 in the Men's Singles Set. Neither…
Tennis journalist Mark “Scoop” Malinowski recently published his fourth tennis book, Facing Nadal: Symposium of a Champion. In the book, Malinowski talks to more than 50 ATP players, including greats such as Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, about what made 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal such a tough opponent and what it was like…