Tennis

Women’s Tennis has had quite the year. The top 20 is flooded with young players and we have seen some amazing storylines. Look no farther than the US Open final which saw 2 teenagers on the biggest stage. Emma Raducanu blazed through her draw and became a British Icon. She didn’t drop a set throughout…

Indian Wells is set to conclude with Nikoloz Basilashvilli taking on Cam Norrie. While it’s a bit of a shocking final it’s a bit of fresh air for men’s tennis which has seen the top ranked players dominate for so long. Cam Norrie is playing for a lot and if he wins he enters the…

The race to Turin for the ATP finals are heating up. The top 6 spots are locked up with Djokovic, Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Rublev and Berretini all qualified. The next 2 at the moment are Nadal and Casper Ruud but with Nadal out for the year Hubert Hurkacz would move into the field. This is…

If you look at the results of the 2021 U.S. Open, it’s clear that a lot of the usual suspects weren’t there. #1 ranked Novak Djokovic competed in the tournament to seek the calendar grand slam, which is winning all four majors in one calendar year. Such a feat hadn’t been done since Steffi Graff…

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia. If you are going to know 1 name in mens tennis over the next 15 years, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is the one to know. Signed at the age of 12 to IMG, people have been predicting his successful from his early junior days. At the age of 15 Juan Carlos Ferrero, former…

The first week of the US Open has been absolutely hectic. We’ve seen tons of crazy 3 and 5 set matches. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Stefanos Tsitsipas played an epic match. This has proven to be the true coming out party for Alcaraz, who is just 18 years old and the youngest man to ever…

This Tournament is all about young players emerging along side the consistent threats. Zverev, Medvedev and Djokovic have all separated from the pack a bit with Zverev and Medvedev the main threats to hunt down Djokovic. after that there’s a group of unheard of players making the best run of their career and then the…

The US Open 1st round is starting on Monday and there are many contenders to take home the title. The opening round of a major usually has multiple seeded players fall, especially on the women’s side. The women’s game is currently deeper than the mens so that should continue to hold true for the US…

With the US Open Starting Monday August 30th, and the draw already out it’s a great time to break down the draw and the fun matches for the early rounds. There are a number of compelling matches in the first round as well as very competitive potential second and third round matches. I will look…

American tennis has been very successful over the last 20 years. The women have killed it. 4 different women have won majors and Serena and Venus Williams have both won multiple slams. On top of slam wins many American women have made Semis and Finals at majors. American Men’s tennis on the other hand has…

The women’s field heading into the US Open is as loaded as we have seen since COVID. With so many contenders let’s take a look at the US Open Contenders and where they stand leading into the year’s final major. Headlined by an in form Ash Barty, who cruised through the western and southern open,…

On Wednesday, Serena Williams announced that she will be pulling out of the US Open to recover from a hamstring injury. The six time champion of the US Open will have to wait a little longer to try to tie the Grand Slam Record. Williams has been in pursuit of the most Grand Slam titles…

               With the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals wrapped up and the Milwaukee Bucks crowned NBA Champions, the team now celebrates their title-winning season with parades through Milwaukee, champagne showers in the locker room and fans reaching over barriers trying to get a fingertip on the Larry O’Brien Trophy. These sports celebrations occur on the…

Rafael Nadal, tennis star who is ranked number three in the world, withdrew from both Wimbledon and the Olympics, officially on Thursday. Nadal posted a picture on Instagram, saying “It is a decision that is never easy to make and after listening to my body and talking to my team, I understand that it is…

The Men’s and Women’s Wimbledon draws have been released and it is officially time to examine the field.  Who is best set up on the men’s side to challenge Novak Djokovic and keep him from that record-tying 20th major? On the women’s side, is Serena Williams in a position to break out of her slump and tie Margaret Court…

We are in the midst of what may just be the greatest era of men’s tennis in the history of the sport. There are three reasons for this, and those three reasons are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, also known as The Big Three in tennis. Some may argue this. Some may say that the fact that three players…

Roger Federer looked to be back in competitive form after a third-round victory over Dominik Koepfer in four sets at the French Open.  Then, set for a matchup with ninth-seeded Matteo Berrettini, the eighth-seeded Federer withdrew from the tournament altogether, shocking many. He had looked impressive in the victory over Koepfer. This was even though the 39-year-old had only returned to competition in mid-May.  https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1401555016327041029 After two knee surgeries and…

Naomi Osaka is known for defeating, then reigning champion, Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open. Since then, Osaka has been winning titles consecutively. She is the first Asian tennis player to hold a number one ranking in singles. She has won four Grand Slam championships and has held that position in the US Open…

2020 was a crazy year, mostly due to the coronavirus. As sports fans we have seen the NBA, NCAA, MLB, NHL, and NFL either limit the number of fans in attendance, or flat out ban fans from attending games altogether. This has resulted in some weird new “normal” such as artificial crowd noise and cardboard…