It proved to be a frantic 24 hours for Mahesh Bhupathi and his brainchild, the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL)—a brand-new competition styled on cricket’s Indian Premier League. No sooner […]
There was something of a “will she, won’t she” buzz in Rome after Serena Williams pulled out of the Madrid Premier quarter-finals earlier this month with a thigh strain. Would […]
It’s a good thing Roger Federer has an equable temperament because, these days, he can hardly draw breath without making headlines. We have to return to last Christmas Eve for […]
It may remain one of this decade’s best-kept tennis secrets, the question of the Roger Federer racket. When did one of the most instinctive shot-makers, with one of the most […]
Yet again, the O2 in London proved to be a near perfect setting for the climax of the men’s tennis tour at the end of 2013. There is no denying […]
And so, as the ATP World Tour website pronounced a month ago, “the 2014 season begins.” Nothing new there, of course: The men’s tennis tour always starts its New Year […]
It turned into one of the most unusual post-match press conferences of the year. Novak Djokovic had just beaten Roger Federer in his round-robin match at the World Tour Masters […]
Against of growing chorus of encouragement from within its ranks—most vociferously Andy Murray and Roger Federer—tennis is set to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme from 2013. The sport’s key […]
Wimbledon may be the last of the Grand Slams to show its prize-money hand in 2013, but it was certainly worth waiting for. Hot on the heels of record offerings […]
In the grander scheme of things, perhaps 40 years is not such a long time, but in the fast-moving kaleidoscope of modern sport it is an eternity, and in tennis […]
