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Twitter: A tennis fan’s oasis

November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By David Kane Tennis is unique in that it completely lacks the often fraternal team aspect so prevalent in nearly every other popular. One may have their favorite baseball or football player, yet fans of those sports ultimately support the team as a collective entity. When singles players take the court, they do so alone; [...]

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Benoit Paire: the French hurricane

May 6, 2012 By 2 Comments

Regular watchers of the sport we love are well aware of the concept that as an individual sport, tennis is often more than just about the game: It’s about the people. Team loyalties are out of the window, and aside from an affinity to watch prettiness – the Del Potro forehand, the Gasquet backhand, the [...]

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Understanding the Tennis Fan

February 17, 2012 By 2 Comments

There’s always a point of no return. For Brad, it was seeing Steffi Graf’s ponytail fly up and hit her in the face when she hit her forehand in a 1990 match against Jennifer Capriati. For Chris, it was watching a teenage Andy Murray at the 2005 Wimbledon stand up to then 14th seed Radek [...]

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Preview: Spain set to host epic Davis Cup clash with Argentina – Live Coverage

December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl Seville is set for what should be an epic Davis Cup final between two of the most likeable teams in tennis: Spain and Argentina. Take a look at pics of the teams interacting this week and you’ll see smiling faces between the players and endearing moments. It’s clear there’s mutual respect and [...]

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Berdych Defeats Ferrer to Knock Djokovic out of London – Live Coverage

November 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl By the time the final round robin match was ready to begin at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday night, the O2 crowd was truly energized. Not only were they promised an intriguing match between David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych, but the result would decide whether Berdych or world #1 Novak [...]

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Voice of a U.S. Open tennis fan

September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Romana Cvitkovic Being a tennis fan can be both exhilarating and cruel. Just ask anyone sitting in the upper deck of the world’s largest tennis venue, Arthur Ashe Stadium, at this year’s U.S. Open. From that high up, the players look more like specks playing ping pong than tennis, but the atmosphere of the [...]

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Grand Slam Gallivanting: Day 1, Part 1

January 18, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Rishe And then I went to watch the kind of tennis where they actually write down what you do on these big thingys that blast the numbers out in lights and on chalk and on iPhone applications and scoreboards across computers everywhere. The kind of tennis called Grandslam tennis. Turns out being day one, [...]

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Navratilova Edges Evert to win Australian Title – On this day in Tennis History

December 7, 2010 By 1 Comment

With tennis being in its off-season – wait, tennis has an off-season? – we thought we would give you daily content courtesy of Randy Walker’s book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, so you can have your daily tennis fix. ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), makes for an ideal companion [...]

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A Joyful Tennis Summer With Hingis And Kournikova

August 7, 2010 By 2 Comments

If you were a tennis fan in the late 90s then you surely must have heard of Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis. Those two were my favorite players back then. Anna , who is underrated by most tennis fans, never won a singles title but did  win two Grandslam Doubles titles. Martina Hingis has won [...]

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FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE CELEBRATES WIN WITH A DIVINE KISS

June 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Ritesh Gupta The way Francesca Schiavone reacted after her quarterfinal victory over Caroline Wozniacki in the French Open is something what a tennis fan longs for. A tennis pro can’t express much in the playing arena especially when there are a series of matches lined up. But the manner in which Schiavone expressed herself [...]

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