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Tennis has a long and gruelling season with hardly any time for players to fit in some meaningful training blocks during the year. The men’s season lasts till the end of November, culminating with the Davis Cup finals and by the end of December, players are already travelling for the warm-up tournaments of the next season to start again. That’s how demanding the sport is. Nevertheless, the season climax is …

Left-handed, can It be an advantage? Being left-handed is a rarity, with only 10% of people born left-handed. Some of the best tennis players of all time are lefties, however, which begs the question: is it an advantage? We look at what has made the best left-handed tennis players of all-time stand out, and see whether their lefty-ness gives them an edge. The most iconic lefty in the sport is …

Eight days of upset-laden tennis has concluded, with the 2024 WTA Finals coming to an end this Saturday in Riyadh. The event proved to be a real success in the sense that everything went smoothly – something that can’t be said of the WTA Finals last year. In terms of the tennis, there were some stunning results, so read on for our full rundown of how the action unfolded. Results …

Tennis is a global sport and in many ways a global phenomenon. It’s popular across many countries, social classes, and among people from different backgrounds, men and women. There is something universally appealing about the sport, which is why it’s played by both genders.  Professional tennis consists of the ATP Tour, which is the male side of the sport, and the WTA Tour, which is the women’s side of the …

Just a handful of weeks remain in the tennis season this year, and the most recent one was eventful. All eyes were on the Paris Masters – the final Masters 1000 tournament of the year – where Alexander Zverev won his seventh big title, and plenty happened in the Race to Turin. Viktorija Golubic and Diana Shnaider also prevailed on the WTA Tour, while Karen Khachanov had some controversial comments …

These past weeks have been a couple of interesting ones with a break between the Asian hardcourt swing and the European indoor tournaments. The players used this break to either recover or add a bit more of playing time in different formats. This has not only sparked a debate whether it is a bit two-faced to complain about the number of tournaments and then play exhibitions, but also poses a …

The rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner has spilled over from the tennis court to the moral compass this week, as both weighed in with differing views on prize money in tennis. Comments from the pair were sparked by the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh earlier in October, where the two played in the final and Sinner won a $6 million cheque for his victory. When asked earlier this …