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 [...]
American John Isner literally fired his way through to the sec0nd round as he produced 24 aces on his way to victory against Belgian Olivier Rochus, winning 7-6 (1) 6-4. With no breaks of serve, the first set went into a tiebreak. As Isner stormed to a 5-0 lead, there [...]
6th seed and world no. 7 Tomas Berdych if out of Olympic contention following a shocking defeat at the hands of Belgian Steve Darcis. Ranked no. 75 in the world, Darcis hit 27 winners in the match to win in straight sets and create the first major upset of the [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
The draw for the Olympic Women’s Singles Tennis event was held today and it appears to have created some intriguing matchups. Unlike the men’s game, which has seen an exclusive club dominate the sport over the last few years, the women’s game has seen a revolving door of players entering [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to a rain-soaked Wednesday, Kitzbühel will play host to 9 singles matches on Thursday – 5 second-round matches and all four quarterfinals. In second-round action, first seed Philipp Kohlschreiber overcame a slow start and a rain delay and defeated qualifier Attila Balazs. On Wednesday, the German quickly fell to [...]
Fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse, Matthew Ebden, and Igor Sijsling all managed to survive the opening round of 2012 Farmers Classic tournament. Sam Querrey got a bye in the first round. 32-year old Belgian Malisse, a Wimbledon semifinalist from ten years ago, was a clear favorite against the young American Nicolas Meister. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Five first-round matches were completed at the Bet-at-Home Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria on Tuesday. The opening match featured Hungarian qualifier Attila Balazs against Austrian wildcard Martin Fischer. Both players struggled to maintain their momentum, with Balazs taking the first set 6-3, only to lose the second 1-6. The third set [...]
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 [...]
