Tennis News and Views

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer backs the ITFs decision for more testing. (Photo credit: Getty Images) “Last year, through the Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells swing where I won all three, I didn’t get tested once. That shouldn’t be OK.” At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Roger Federer once again shared his thoughts […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Marseille, France – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed a successful comeback after saving a match point against Tomas Berdych in front of a home crowd at the Open 13 final in Marseille.  He beat the top seed 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in two hours and 10 minutes. Berdych started the match as the favourite, […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Rafael Nadal is back. How long have his fans and supporters been waiting to hear those words? A very long 222 days. Time is a great healer, or so we are told. The Spaniard may have been back for less than two weeks, but in that time he has reached the singles […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Juan Martin del Potro defeats Julien Benneteau in straight sets to win the ATP World Tour 500 indoor title in Rotterdam today. Second seed Juan Martin del Potro comfortably dispatched of Julien Benneteau 7=6, 6-3 to lift the title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and has won his 14th tour-level […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer: 17-time Grand Slam champion, 6-time Year-End Championships winner, 21-time ATP Masters 1000 champion (he holds the record amount of titles alongside Spaniard, Rafael Nadal), Olympic silver medalist and Olympic gold medalist in the doubles with compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka. Overall, he has won 76 career singles titles in total, but why […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows World No.2, Novak Djokovic has not acuired the nickname ‘The Djoker” for no reason. Intiialy we had become accustomed to enjoying his impressions of his fellow players and on Sunday, after winning the title in Beijing, the Serbian No.1 celebrated defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and winning the trophy with a rapturous dance performance […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer (6 titles) Roger Federer has enjoyed a very fruitful 2012 and has proven that like a fine wine, he has continued to get better with age. In February, the Swiss maestro collected his first title on the indoor hard courts of Rotterdam before acquiring further titles on the hard courts […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows It is always sad when the end of a fantastic tennis season is drawing to a close and despite the pleas for an improved calendar from the players on the ATP and WTA Tours, we are secretly and selfishly pleased that the calendar year is in some ways unforgiving, grueling and long […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Rafael Nadal has revealed that he can see some improvements with the condition of his knee. It has been four months since we last saw Rafael Nadal on the competitive courts of the ATP Tour and for many, it is four months too long. Many have been concerned about his future in […]

By Lisa-Marie Burrows The Swiss tennis player is exhausted and wants to take a break to plan for the future and his priorities The last work of Roger Federer was consumed on Sunday, when he secured his nation staying in the main draw of the Davis Cup for 2013. The tennis player has won both […]