Tim Henman hailed Rafael Nadal as “an icon” before stating that it was “the right time” for him to walk away from pro tennis because he probably squeezed the last juice from his body and there was nothing else left.  When the Spaniard suffered a serious hip injury and revealed in 2023 May his plans…

Tim Henman says he would like to see a bit of adversity early in the Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray partnership as the former six-time Grand Slam semifinalist admits he is interested in seeing who will deliver the first shout and what will be the response. In the last couple of years, the Serbian tennis…

Jurgen Melzer thinks Andy Murray could be exactly what Novak Djokovic needs as the former world No. 8 is tipping the Serb to be in contention in all four Grand Slam tournaments.  This year, the Serbian tennis star only triumphed at the Paris Olympics and finished the year ranked at No. 7 in the world.…

Rafael Nadal and Gael Monfils played 16 matches between 2005 and 2019, with the Spaniard scoring 14 wins. Their first duel came in Monte Carlo, and they embraced the title clash 11 years later. Gael threw everything at Rafa while chasing a notable title. However, the Frenchman experienced a 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 less in two hours…

Iga Swiatek’s coach Wim Fissette slammed Simona Halep and Nick Kyrgios as “negative people” and also suggested that some should read to the fullest what the ITIA said in their report about the case. The Romanian, who was banned for around a year and a half before winning her appeal in front of a CAS…

Who are the oldest and youngest players in the Top-100 of the ATP ranking? The end-of-year ATP tennis ranking allows you to track statistics and data and this is certainly one of the most interesting. Let’s see how the players are divided by age in the top one hundred of world men’s tennis. The oldest…

In 2024 Rafael Nadal – the strongest left-handed player in the history of tennis – ended his career in the Davis Cup at the Malaga Finals, retired. But what emerges from an analysis of the ATP ranking speaks clearly about a particular statistic: no left-handed player is currently present in the top-10 of world men’s tennis. And…

Analyzing the ATP rankings at the end of the year, one data emerges clearly: the crisis of the one-handed backhand. Of the top 100 players in the world, 92 play it with two hands and only 8 are the interpreters of the one-handed shot. The one-handed backhand is a shot that is increasingly less widespread on…

Evidently there arestill  those – like Nikolay Davydenko – who are stuck behind the times: that’s why words like those of the Russian, in 2024, create embarrassment and shame. The former winner of the 2009 ATP Finals has taken up the never-ending controversy regarding prize money in tournaments differentiated or equal between men and women.…

The General Director of the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA Oliver Niggli has released new interesting updates that closely concern the controversial Jannik Sinner’s doping issue. At the end of November, the Court of Arbitration for Sport published the list of all the hearings that will take place in the coming months and up to February 11,…