A friend of mine joked recently that the best way to beat Simona Halep is to tell her she’s playing for the WTA number 1 spot. I remembered that joke again when I watched her match against Garbine Muguruza for the Western & Southern Open final, in Cincinnati. Muguruza won 6-1, 6-0 and the score…
US Open Tennis 2017
The 2017 US Open will take place from August 28 to September 10, in Flushing Meadows, New York. It is the last major tennis tournament of the year. Together with the Australian Open, the Roland Garros and the Wimbledon, they comprise the tennis Grand Slam. The prize money allocated for the event this year exceeds…
Nadal and Federer race to ATP World Number 1
Most of us thought we’d never live to see the day, yet tennis legends Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are about to battle again for the World Number 1. The race begins in Montreal this week, where the 2017 ATP Rogers Cup takes place. This year, the women’s Rogers Cup takes place in Toronto. Current World number…
2017 Rogers Cup Toronto: What you need to know
The Rogers Cup is part of the US Open series tennis tournaments and it’s held in Canada. The ATP and WTA tournaments alternate each year between the cities of Toronto and Montreal. The women’s Rogers Cup this year will be held in Toronto, from August 5 to August 13, 2017. Here are a few facts…
Bank of the West Classic and Citi Open (Women’s tennis)
We’re well into the hard court season en route to the US Open, which starts on August 28, and 2 of the most interesting hard court tournaments start today. The Bank of the West Classic in Stanford boasts the presence of recent Wimbledon winner, Garbine Muguruza, along with Madison Keys, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova and…
The softer side of Maria Sharapova. Is it real?
Maria Sharapova’s recent piece for The Player’s Tribune, “Into the Unknown” , has caught the tennis world by surprise. In fact, reading through it, I had to scroll back up more than once to verify that those are actually Maria’s words. The piece itself is a memoir of her journey towards embracing uncertainty and it…
Can Novak Djokovic return to the top?
Novak Djokovic’s misfortunes in 2017 don’t seem to have an end. Following a below average performance in the year so far, his recent elbow injury will eventually keep him away from the pro tour for the rest of the season. He announced the news himself in a Facebook live video today, from Belgrade, Serbia. That…