At the turn of the century Venus Williams had her big breakthrough. Having made her Grand Slam final debut at the US Open in 1997 on her debut at Flushing Meadows at just 17 the American had to wait some time for a first title. Having made back to back quarter finals at Wimbledon and... Continue Reading →
A week ago the US Open announced plans for their 2020 event to be held behind closed doors. No reasoning, consultation or even compensation was spoken about for the wheelchair athletes after cancelling their event. There was no communication in a shaming handling of the situation. Dylan Alcott called them out for discrimination and other... Continue Reading →
When on Wednesday the USTA announced there would be a full singles program, limited doubles draw, no mixed doubles, no juniors and no wheelchair tennis you expected they'd at least consult all of those involved first? The USTA spoke to players, ATP and WTA to outline their plans. It was announced compensation of €3.3 million... Continue Reading →
The US Open has been given the green light. The Grand Slam held at Flushing Meadows will welcome players in August as the begins to return to some normality. Prior to what is usually the third Grand Slam of the year will be the Western and Southern Open. Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati is... Continue Reading →
As reported by MARCA a few days ago the ATP summoned players to a zoom call. It has come out that the ATP players of 400 were in a zoom call for 3 hours and 36 minutes with a lot of topics discussed. Not much has been made public. It is understood this was just... Continue Reading →
A decision from the USTA is expected within in the next week or so regarding the US Open with a lot of fuelled rumours doing the rounds. It is understood the USTA have applied to the New York government to be able to stage the event behind closed doors. The USTA are also looking at... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I said the USTA were hanging onto hope as they look to still deliver a full US Open tournament at Flushing Meadows and that certainly still seems to be the case. The situation is still the same, part of the Billie Jean King Tennis Center was used as a small hospital... Continue Reading →
Mike Dowse who is the new CEO of the USTA has on Thursday announced that a decision will be made on whether the US Open will take place this year in June. The decision is expected in six weeks time and should co-inside with the WTA and ATP's joint decision on tennis which is currently... Continue Reading →
This is something I have wanted to begin for a while and with the Coronavirus outbreak and suspension of sport worldwide it is a good time to look back at those moments on a tennis court which meant a lot to me. The first one is of course the US Open Final from 2012. I... Continue Reading →
