Unfortunate world number 3 player Rafael Nadal hasn’t given up his dream of being Spain’s flag-bearer at the Olympic Games. Despite having to withdraw from the London Games his sights are now set on Rio 2016. Announcing just last week that due to an unspecified injury he would be withdrawing [...]
World number one tennis player Roger Federer will not be the flag bearer of Switzerland’s contingent at the opening ceremony of London Olympics as the honour has been given to his fellow tennis player and close friend Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer was offered to carry his country’s flag after he won [...]
Rafael Nadal’s coach and uncle Toni Nadal has acknowledged that his nephew is extremely disappointed on being unable to take part in the London Olympics. Toni shared that this is the toughest time of Nadal’s career, as he had to lead his country’s contingent and carry Spain’s national flag during [...]
World number three Rafael Nadal received a severe blow as he was forced to withdraw from the Olympic Games due to knee tendinitis. The Spaniard has said that he does not find himself fit to participate and its one of the saddest days of his career as he would miss [...]
The surprise darling of Wimbledon after putting Rafael Nadal to the sword, Lukas Rosol provided another upset today, this time on the clay at Hamburg. Today’s scalp was that of eighth seeded Viktor Troicki who took the first set against Rosol 7-5 but felt the wrath of the 26-year-old in [...]
Following his latest success at the All England club and his seventh Wimbledon title, which equalled the record of Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, Swiss ace Roger Federer returned to the number one spot in the ATP world rankings for the first time since winning the French Open in 2010. [...]
Winning a career slam by taking the singles titles at the four global Grand Slam tournaments – Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and the French Open – is often considered to be the very pinnacle of a professional tennis player’s achievements. With many of today’s top tennis stars holding multiple [...]
After the drama of Wimbledon, we usually have to wait twelve long months to see the leading players gracing the grass of SW19 again. Players head off for European clay court tournaments and the North American hard court swing, leaving the green grass of London behind. However, this is no [...]
Just three weeks after the end of this year’s Wimbledon, the All England Club will open its doors again for the Olympic tennis events. The big guns will be out in force for the men’s singles event, with newly installed world number one Roger Federer looking to continue his momentous form [...]
Tennis Canada announced yesterday that three players will be inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame during the 2012 tournament – Jim Courier, Martina Hingis and Lorne Main. The three tennis legends have been chosen this year for their outstanding contribution to the tournament, which is Canada’s most famous [...]
Following in the footsteps of the organisers of the Wimbledon Championships and the French Open, the US Tennis Association has recently announced that it will be increasing the prize money for this year’s US Open tournament, due to start on 27th August. A planned increase of 11% is expected to [...]
At the start of the Championships, Roger Federer was third favourite to win the title behind the defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Analysis of the draw indicated that Federer perhaps had the easiest path of the top 4 seeds, but Frenchman Julien Benneteau had other ideas and was [...]
As expected, there are quite a few movements up and down the women’s and men’s official rankings following the Wimbledon Championships this month with a surprise re-claimant of the women’s number 1 spot. Despite squealing her way out of her semi-final clash against Serena Williams, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka has returned [...]
Roger Federer equaled Pete Sampras’ record seventh Wimbledon title yesterday by beating Britain’s Andy Murray in four sets. In doing so, he also bought himself the enviable haul of a 17th Grand Slam title, regained the world number one spot from Novak Djokovic, and will now surpass the 286 week [...]
