Roger Federer is reportedly “working hard” to play the Australian Open beginning Jan. 17, while Rafael Nadal plans to compete in the first Grand Slam of 2022. Both tennis legends have 20 Grand Slam singles titles, as does world No…. Read More ›
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#Canada upsets defending champion #France at #BillieJeanKing #Tennis Cup
Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a 2-1 upset victory over defending champion France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Monday. Spain staged a comeback to beat Slovakia 2-1 for the first time… Read More ›
The Future of #French #Tennis Is About to Pass to the Next Generation
Gaël Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon have dominated the sport for France, but new players are arriving. For the last 20 years, the game in France has been ruled by four men who could easily be called… Read More ›
#Forbes: #RogerFederer Is Aiming To Return To #Tennis Court In 2022, Says #Djokovic’s Year Was ‘Truly Exceptional’
After undergoing his latest knee surgery, Roger Federer says that “the worst is behind me” and that he hopes to return to the tennis court in 2022. The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced in August he would be “out many months” following… Read More ›
#Tennis: On verge of surpassing #RogerFederer and #RafaelNadal, #NovakDjokovic still not No. 1 in fans’ hearts.
NEW YORK: Moments after Novak Djokovic reached the U.S. Open final on Friday and moved one step from clinching an elusive calendar Grand Slam, a group of fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium unfurled a banner with a photo of the smiling Serb…. Read More ›
#Tennis: Fearless teenagers and hungry qualifiers light up #USOpen2021
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – With the old names missing, new faces have taken the spotlight at the U.S. Open as fearless teenagers and hungry qualifiers leave their mark on the year’s final Grand Slam. “It’s a crazy ride,”… Read More ›
#Tennis – ‘The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of #RogerFederer’
Roger Federer is such a master of timing, it’s only apt that an expansive new biography about him arrives at an uncanny moment. Subtitled “The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer,” “The Master” unfolds with the mostly chronological… Read More ›
#Tennis: 40 Stats For #RogerFederer’s 40th Birthday
40 – The age Federer is now! The Swiss is the only 40-year-old inside the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings, the elite group he has been part of — without dropping from it — since 11 October 199939 – Combined… Read More ›
#AlexanderZverev wins #Olympics gold in the men’s singles #Tennis tournament.
Alexander Zverev just might have figured something out. Zverev, the talented German battling to break into the highest level of his sport, won the gold medal in the Olympic tennis tournament Sunday, defeating Karen Khachanov of Russia in straight sets… Read More ›