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DEEPER DIVE: ESTORIL OPEN
Photograph: Getty Images With the French Open fast approaching, all-important match play and clay court repetitions are at the top of the...

Jade Culph
May 2, 2022


ALCARAZ AND RAFA - THE COMPARISON
Spain has been graced with one of the greatest athletes to ever walk this earth over the past 18 years, with Rafael Nadal dazzling the...

Val Febbo
May 1, 2022


ONE IN A HUNDRED: WHERE ARE THE AUSSIE WOMEN?
Photograph: Getty Images The sudden retirement of Ash Barty last month was a shock that Australian tennis didn’t see coming and one that...

Alex Johnstone
Apr 30, 2022


FITNESS FOR TENNIS: ARE YOU RECREATIONAL OR ELITE?
Photograph: Getty Images Discipline. Structure. Urgency. Contingency. Whether you play tennis for fun or compete at the highest level,...
brett84123
Apr 30, 2022


DEEPER DIVE: BARCELONA OPEN & SERBIA OPEN
Photograph: Getty Images Barcelona Open As the ATP Tour moved into Barcelona after an action-packed week spent in Monte Carlo there were...

Jade Culph
Apr 29, 2022


FROM THE BIG THREE TO THE DIVISIVE THREE
Photographs: Getty Images Over the last 40 years or so, tennis has been littered with some nice, some bland, but mostly loved and...

Todd Scoullar
Apr 28, 2022


WILDCARD CONUNDRUM CONTINUES: IMG & ITS VESTED INTEREST
Photograph: Getty Images While there are many trivial formulations of ‘the golden rule’, perhaps the most truthful of them all is that...

Roddy Reynolds
Apr 27, 2022


TIME FOR TENNIS TO STAND AS ONE
Photograph: Getty Images When dealing with sensitive matters, it is important for sport to take a united approach on how to handle the...

Darren Parkin
Apr 27, 2022


TENNIS GEELONG CROWNS SATURDAY COMPETITION PREMIERS
Tennis Geelong crowned its Saturday competition premiers throughout April, capping a positive return to community sport. Like so many...
brett84123
Apr 26, 2022


LTA GOES BACK ON IT’S OWN BY-LAWS
This week the tennis world has been utterly rocked by the joint Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC)...

Val Febbo
Apr 24, 2022


THE RIGHT CHOICE
When we think of the best players in recent history, and possibly of all time for that matter we always think of Roger, Rafa, Novak and...

Craig Christopher
Apr 22, 2022


ROBREDO'S ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER COMES TO A CLOSE
One of the longest and most celebrated careers in tennis has come to an end, with popular Catalonian Tommy Robredo bowing out just weeks...

Darren Parkin
Apr 21, 2022


IS BANNING RUSSIAN PLAYERS REALLY THE ANSWER?
Photograph: Getty Images Wimbledon officials have reportedly confirmed that the All England Club has banned Russian and Belarusian...

Roddy Reynolds
Apr 21, 2022


THE 2023 MARKETING CONUNDRUM
The 2022 instalment of the Australian Open certainly had its ups and downs. Yet, after what might be described (understatedly) as a rocky...

Todd Scoullar
Apr 18, 2022


AUSSIE PLAYERS CAPITALISE ON LOCAL ITF SWING, BUT AUSSIE TENNIS DOESN’T
Since the conclusion of the 2022 Australian Open, a series of ITF events have been taking place in Australia as a host of young Aussies...

Connor Joyce
Apr 7, 2022


WHY MEN'S TENNIS IS ABOUT TO LOOK LIKE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Men’s tennis is in a very intriguing period right now. It’s about to become a whole lot more similar to women’s tennis than we’ve been...

Todd Scoullar
Apr 4, 2022


PADEL STORMING ONTO THE HORIZON
As Rafael Nadal produced the defining performance of his career in January, on the grounds of Melbourne Park there was evidence of a...

Courtney Walsh
Apr 4, 2022


SO LONG TO ADVANTAGE FINAL SETS
This month the quartet of Grand Slam bodies agreed to a universal deciding set format where the Australian Open’s format of a match...

Val Febbo
Apr 1, 2022


THE ECCENTRICITY OF TENNIS RANKINGS
Photograph: Getty Images Tennis truly is the sport that never sleeps. At just about any given point in time, there is a professional...

Connor Joyce
Mar 31, 2022


IS FIVE-SET TENNIS HERE TO STAY?
Photograph: Getty Images What is the most memorable tennis match you’ve ever seen? The best ever? The classics. Chances are you answered...
brett84123
Mar 30, 2022
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