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The ATP Quarterly Review

April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By James A. Crabtree   So it’s April and that means two things. The first quarter of the year is over and the European clay court season is about to begin. So what have we learned? Well, rather a lot. December 2012 The beginning of the tennis year started in December 2012. With this the [...]

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Federer v Nadal – An Old Rivalry

March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By James A. Crabtree Before, it was Laver and Rosewall, McEnroe and Borg, Agassi and Sampras. For the past year it’s been more about Djokovic and Murray. One hundred years from now the beginning of this millennium will be remembered for clashes shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The biggest headline in tennis once [...]

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Rafael Nadal in your Pocket!

February 4, 2013 By 1 Comment

This week, 11-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal, may be making his debut of the new season at Viña del Mar in Chile, but he has also made his debut in the world of mobile technology. Nadal has launched his new application, which can be downloaded on the iTunes App Store. The new Rafael Nadal [...]

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Roger Federer Will Continue to Make History

January 27, 2013 By 4 Comments

Roger Federer: 17-time Grand Slam champion, 6-time Year-End Championships winner, 21-time ATP Masters 1000 champion (he holds the record amount of titles alongside Spaniard, Rafael Nadal), Olympic silver medalist and Olympic gold medalist in the doubles with compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka. Overall, he has won 76 career singles titles in total, but why am I collating [...]

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Tsonga and an opportunity lost

January 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – As tough as Federer’s draw has been on paper this was his first real test. Jo- WilfredTsonga is a big, fast and intimidating player who [...]

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2013 Australian Open and The Usual Suspects?

January 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

by James A. Crabtree With the Australian open only a jiffy away now seems the opportune moment to make some foolhardy predictions as to who shall claim the spoils first in 2013. At a glance it doesn’t look like a new grand slam champion will emerge just yet. With the big 4 being cut down [...]

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Eugenie Bouchard eager for her next tennis transition

December 3, 2012 By 2 Comments

By Melissa Boyd Dec. 3, 2012 — Eugenie Bouchard has been on the Canadian tennis radar for almost as long as she has been swinging a racquet. Labeled early on as the potential ‘next one’ to follow in the footsteps of Carling Bassett-Seguso, Helen Kelesi, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Bouchard has begun carving her own path [...]

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The Necker Island Cup

November 22, 2012 By 1 Comment

by James A. Crabtree The definitive tennis getaway would be somewhere in the Caribbean, secluded on a beautiful island with perfect weather, gorgeous beaches and crystal blue water. You would want the prefect mixture of tennis, relaxation, spiritual growth and entertainment. So where exactly do you go? Paradise, or more accurately Necker Island for Richard [...]

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Trials and tribulations end in the ultimate triumph for Maria Sharapova

June 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd Four years ago many wondered if she would ever play again and when she did, next to no one believed she could taste the sweetest victory of her career, the one that she earned on the famed red clay courts at Roland-Garros. In the space of three days, Maria Sharapova became World [...]

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Making sense of a wide open women’s draw at Roland-Garros

June 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd While play on the women’s side during week one of Roland-Garros has not been of the highest quality, the drama that the ladies have produced over the first eight days in Paris has more than made up for it. For those just tuning in, it would appear as though a tornado has [...]

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