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Mixed Doubles a no-no for Williams Sisters
Although chances were slim that Venus Williams would be picking up the mantle again in the US Olympic mixed doubles tennis team, it has been decide that Serena is also out of the running and will instead be competing in just the Women’s Doubles and Women’s Singles events. “We all [...] -
Tennis’ Top Females lead the Forbes Rich List
Maria Sharapova and her fellow top female tennis players Li Na, Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka are not just leading the WTA rankings list, they’re also at the top of the Forbes list of the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes. Although the top ten list is filled with professional tennis players, it [...] -
How Important Is An Olympics Gold Medal?
What is more treasured: a Grand Slam title or an Olympics gold medal? When tennis returned to the Olympic Games as a medal sport in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus, even posing this question was unimaginable. Cynics and critics, including the esteemed writer-broadcaster Bud Collins, then contended tennis didn’t need [...] -
Star Struck Olympians mob Sharapova
The former world number one faced a walk in the park during her opening round match against Israel’s Shahar Peer at Wimbledon on Sunday, especially when compared to the battle that was on her hands at the athletes’ cafeteria afterwards. Following her 6-2, 6-0 victory at Wimbledon the tennis star [...] -
Is Olympic Gold all that’s left for Federer?
Already well on his way to going down in history as one of world’s greatest sportsmen, Roger Federer admits to not really having any major goals on his ‘bucket list’, although he’d love to get a medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. During the traditional press conference held by [...] -
Roger Federer the Olympics Addict
Not content with playing, and no doubt medalling, in the past two separate summer games – Beijing 2008 and London 2012 – world number one Roger Federer also has his heart set on competing at the Rio 2016 Games. Delivering the news that will no doubt have his rivals up [...] -
Opening Ceremony past UK Tennis Squad’s Bedtime
The British Olympic tennis squad and a number of other home-grown athletes have been ordered by their respective team officials to miss out on the festivities in the opening ceremony so that they can get a good night’s kip before the Wimbledon Olympic tennis tournament begins on Saturday. Andy Murray, [...] -
Novak’s missing Rafa at the Olympics!
Here’s a quick story to warm your hearts! It seems that the brotherhood of the Big Four tennis players is more than just a media-friendly image as former world number 1 Novak Djokovic is missing Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Olympics. Excited to be the flag bearer for Spain and [...] -
Olympic Tennis Men’s Draw Preview and Analysis
With Roger Federer’s triumph and Andy Murray’s tears still fresh in the memory, tennis returns to the hallowed turf of Wimbledon for a second time this summer with the Olympic tournament. Holding the event at the epicentre of world tennis has added extra prestige to the already much sought after [...] -
United States tennis: Where have the elite men tennis players gone
Over the past few years, the perception is the United States has reached a low point in men’s tennis because its players no longer win, or are even competitive, at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, or Wimbledon (grand slam) championships, and are not relevant at the top of [...] -
NBA Players turn Miles Raonic into Fan-Boy at Olympics
Miles Raonic may have a top 30 ranking, an astoundingly bright tennis career and a pad in Monte Carlo, but when it comes to his favourite NBA players he gets just as star-struck as the rest of us. Although not admitting whether he’ll be following them around the Olympic village [...] -
Top 5 Greatest Female Tennis Players Of All Time
The question of who tops the list of the greatest tennis players of all time is much-contested has been debated for decades. The central issue is, with what parameters do you judge this by? The number of Grand Slam titles won? The number of tour titles they have won? The [...] -
Serena gets Social for the Olympics
Reigning Wimbledon queen and over-all tennis powerhouse Serena Williams will be giving tennis fans across the world a unique glimpse at the Olympics through her eyes having been the latest star to invest in Mobil – the Forbes top 100 highlighted video and photo sharing website. Joining movie stars like [...]
