As we start looking forward to the start of the ATP this summer, you can’t help but think about the fastest rising superstar in the world of tennis. I’m talking about Stefanos Tsitsipas, who won the year end ATP Championship in 2019, finished the year ranked number...
There’s been lots of heavy hitters on the forehand side on the WTA Tour in the last 40 years. Whether it was the ability to hit through the court with accuracy or rip it down the line for winners, the following ladies have won dozens of Grand Slams by setting...
It was inevitable folks. As the Adria Tour attempted to pick up the pieces from a cautious and conservative ATP and WTA opening, a slew of players now tested positive for Covid 19, including Novak Djokovic. There was an almost grandstanding disregard for caution and...
It’s going to be an interesting week of tennis at the Credit One Bank invitational. Being held in Charleston, South Carolina, we’ll be able to see lots of stars strut their stuff during the next seven days, June 23-28. There will be prize money as well as proceeds...
It’s almost surreal to see how well the Adria Tour has done to bring some high-level names to Belgrade to compete in the Eastern European Championships. Hats off to organizers Yanko Tipseraveic and the Serbian Tennis Association. Of course, they would not have been as...
A WTA touring professional, Alison Van Uytvanck, leaked a screenshot of the proposed WTA Tour schedule for the rest of the year. And whoa, what a tightly stacked sandwich of tennis it is! In two short months, between August and September, five massive tournaments are...
Tennis is slowly coming back. Thank goodness for entrepreneurs who have been heeding the call to get some competitive tennis on television sets. Unfortunately, the lack of marketing has made it a bit difficult to understand the formats, who’s participating, and when...
As Federer tops highest paid athlete list: Retired GOAT Jordan tops them all. Federer was just named the highest paid athlete in the world by Forbes. Federer is now paid between 3 million and 30 million a year in sponsorships. Uniqlo has stated that their relationship...
It seems that as Federer (20), Nadal (19) and Djokovic (17) surpassed Pete Sampras (14) in the Grand Slam count department, he’s no longer in conversations about one of the greatest ever. Is it fair to discount him from being the same caliber of champion as Federer,...
In the late eighties and nineties Graf dominated. She had some amazing rivalries with Hall of Fame opponents such as Navratilova, Evert, Sabatini and Seles. However, there was also a 15-year-old who shot into the scene in 1995 that would take the tennis world by...
As the amazing rivalries of the 70s and early 80s came to an end, new tennis superstars emerged to continue the tradition. One of the most entertaining rivalries of the late 80s and early 90s was between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker. Edberg had an elegant and...
It is interesting that two men that only played 14 times against each other is now considered one of the most blockbuster rivalries of all time. There have been countless documentaries and movies made about Borg vs. McEnroe. Also, unlike other rivalries during the...
