Kim targeting Monterrey, but Miami? Kim Clijsters planned comeback too tennis has been delayed. It was announced a while back that a knee injury had forced her out of the Australian Open but her first planned tournament looks set to be Monterrey in February. The former number one has received a wildcard for the event... Continue Reading →
All eyes on 👀
Round one at Flushing Meadows has some incredible line-ups but the attention will be on one meeting in-particular... Serena Williams v Maria Sharapova A rivalry continued. Since 2004 there have been 21 meetings. 22 if you count the walk-over at Roland Garros last year with Serena's withdrawal. The head to head was once led by... Continue Reading →
Wimbledon Round 1 – Novak v Philip, Naomi v Poots, Coco v Venus & many more!
Novak Djokovic v Philip Kohlschreiber I suppose opening rounds don’t get tougher than this. Novak will be looking at this one and the first thing that will be on his mind will be the defeat to Kohlschreiber at Indian Wells 6-4 6-4 earlier on this year. The good news for Novak is that since then... Continue Reading →
Lucas Pouille; Australian Open semi-finalist, 1 win in 4 months, challenger tennis, pressure in Paris & resetting his season
4 months ago Lucas Pouille produced some inspired tennis as he made it to his first ever Grand Slam semi-final. Over the years the Frenchman has improved a lot and this signalled another big improvement but what has happened since no-one would have predicted. Confidence has gone for the Frenchman who has won one match... Continue Reading →
Borna Coric left frustrated as Lucas Pouille snaps losing streak!
Borna Coric will leave Madrid thinking what could have been? Lucas Pouille came to Madrid without a main draw win on the ATP circuit since the 23rd of January in Melbourne a streak of over three months which forced him to decide to take a step down last week as he played a challenger at... Continue Reading →
Madrid; Men’s round one match-ups 😯🤩
I watched the draw in pure disbelief! What a draw we have and the opening round match-ups even without the top eight in action is stunning! Denis Shapovalov v Felix Auger-Aliassime Wow. Two Canadians who are good friends and have explosive games! Felix is big off the forehand as we know and if he can... Continue Reading →
No one surprised us in January better than these two, can they keep it going?
January and the Australian Open may have been about the achievements of Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic but also some shouting about what Milos Raonic and Lucas Pouille. Milos Raonic has had a tough time, a couple of Wimbledon finals to his name but injuries have not helped over the last couple of years but... Continue Reading →
Lucas Pouille – ‘She (Mauresmo) knows everything about tennis, it’s not about being a woman or a man’
Not too long ago we had what was called as the 'Super Coaches' on the tour as top men were coached by; Becker, Lendl, Norman etc... but the women have taken the lead in Melbourne helping their respective players progress to the latter stages of the tournaments. Rennae Stubbs (Pliskova) Conchita Martinez (Pliskova) and Amelie... Continue Reading →
Cincinnati Day 1 – Murray out 👎🏻 Novak & Stan battle 🥊 Keys & Vika fight back 💪🏻 Denis wins NextGen meeting ⭐️ and Serena cruises! 😎
Day of Cincinnati was one to remember. The best took part as they battled, cruised and fell short as preparations for New York come to a close but what were the stories? Murray out Andy Murray who decided against playing in Toronto following his marathon in Washington came to Cincinnati a week early to train... Continue Reading →
Roland Garros Preview – Lucas Pouille v Daniil Medvedev
For so long French Tennis hopes have been on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils however time moves on and they have both dropped down a little with the top French man being Lucas Pouille. I first watched Lucas a few years back when he played Nadal in Monte-Carlo and for about 5 minutes he went... Continue Reading →