Monte Carlo Masters 2021 starts today! Will Rafa repeat his many successes in the kingdom or will we see a new winner? The clay-court season is in full swing and the first Masters of the year on the red dirt starts today. Let’s have a look at the Monte Carlo Masters 2021 draw. Keen to hear your thoughts about this tournament. Another Rafa title or can we expect the world …
The Real Club de Tenis Barcelona is Spain’s oldest and most historic tennis club. It’s home to the ATP 500 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain’s most important clay court tennis tournament and a hugely important date in the Catalan social planner. It’s a matter of days until the ATP circus winds its way back to the east coast of Spain, with a €1.56m prize purse up for grabs. The Catalan …
The ongoing battle between Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal over the last 15 years has without a doubt been the most enthralling time in any tennis era. Chances are we won’t see anything like it again but instead of feeling depressed at the thought of the sun setting on the competition between the duo, we should drink in the last act as best we can, starting with the French Open …
Tennis is one of the most popular spectator sports in the world. An estimated one billion people are fans of watching tennis, which places the sport in fourth position in terms of global popularity, behind only soccer, cricket and field hockey. In the US, the most popular sports are football, baseball and basketball, yet there are also around 17.9 million who enjoy playing tennis. With such a huge fan base, …
Tennis is a sport that requires regular practice and rigorous training. If you are passionate about tennis and want to inspire more and more students towards it, you need some effective strategies. Students today are burdened with homework and assignments and get barely any time to invest in a sport. To draw their attention to a sport that requires hard work and over-the-time skill development, you need to find ways …
Whether you’re striving to build muscle or lose weight (or a bit of both), it’s easy to focus on more energy-intensive workouts such as strength training or cardiovascular exercises to feel the burn. But while flexibility might not be seen as the goal in every case, overlooking stretching and flexibility exercises can have detrimental effects on the body. Not only does a quality flexibility workout help improve your general flexibility, …
Serena Williams’ future appears to be uncertain on the back of her loss to Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open this week. The pro tennis veteran took a moment to welcome in the applause before leaving the court, waving before placing her hand over her heart. She took a second pause, waving another time before making her way off after the disheartening defeat. Williams’ participation at this year’s Open in …
It has been great to witness a professional sports tournament with fans in 2021 and the Australia Open has been a fantastic event. As we reach the latter stages of the competition, it is time to consider The Australian Open men’s singles final. At the time of writing, we know four of the players who have an opportunity of reaching the final, including the number one seed, Novak Djokovic. Not …
Tennis has been played at colleges across the country since before the National Collegiate Athletics Association was formed. Even by 1906, when the NCAA was formed, tennis was still seen as an elite sport and, at this point, still reserved for the upper classes. This all changed in the early 1920s when tennis became recognized by the NCAA. This opened the sport up to less regarded colleges that would begin …
There are a huge number of different brands available across sport as a whole and in Tennis, Yonex has quickly risen to become one of the more popular options. Currently the fourth most used racquet at the professional level of tennis, with 8% of ATP players using one in 2019, they’re certainly looking to be a great choice for players at all levels. Whilst they have typically leant more towards the …
