WASHINGTON, December 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu forced to withdraw from the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition after testing positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, it left tournament […]
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the first unvaccinated player to announce his withdrawal from next month’s Australian Open. The 30-year-old Herbert, who with Nicolas Mahut recently won the ATP Finals doubles championship in Turin, Italy and […]
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When the news broke on Thursday that Amélie Mauresmo had been named as the first woman tournament director of Roland-Garros, it was the latest chapter in her remarkable barrier-breaking career. “I am very […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, December 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, her second straight Grand Slam, saying “I am not where I need to be physically to compete.” Wednesday’s news of the 40-year-old American’s withdrawal came […]
WASHINGTON, December 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While 18 of the world’s Top-20-ranked players – all but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer – will descend upon Sydney, Australia in less than four weeks for the ATP Cup, one name of […]
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA released its schedule for the first six months of the 2022 season Monday. A quick glance of the 31 hard court, clay and grass tournaments, which begins with the Australian Summer […]
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout the Davis Cup Finals fortnight in the Spanish capital city of Madrid, the Russian Tennis Federation maintained a hungry demeanor. One could see it in each of the players’ faces. Whether it […]
WASHINGTON, December 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) There was something ruthless about the Russian Tennis Federation’s best-of-three semifinal thrashing of Germany in the Davis Cup Finals at Madrid Arena Saturday afternoon. Both Andrey Rublev, who quietly but effectively got the […]
WASHINGTON, December 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Earlier this week at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic had expressed how the Davis Cup ranked alongside the majors as one of the biggest priorities of his […]
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