thus preventing some of the best players in the world from competing. And even after that rule change, the prohibitive cost and challenges in getting halfway around the world prevented many top players from competing at the Australian Open, so the field was made up mostl...
To mark his triumphs this year at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, Federer's shirt, shorts, headband and racket have been put on display at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.In these pages after the US Open, Nick Bollettieri, Agassi's former ...
Venus suffers injury in 2nd-round loss at Australian Open (0:58)Venus Williams suffers an ankle injury in her second-round loss to Sara Errani at the Australian Open. (0:58) When asked earlier this week about her legendary journey in professional tennis that has spanned over 25...
These two guys play a similar style of baseline counter-punching. This has produced some of the greatest matches in tennis history. Their 2012, nearly 6-hour Australian Open final to me is one of the top 2-3 greatest matches ever played-surely the most physical match I’ve ever seen. Ev...
Other players to watch include Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady, 2019 Miami Open finalist Karolina Pliskova, World No. 4 and Pembroke Pines native, Sofia Kenin and American, Madison Keys. The future stars of women’s tennis will also be on display with 19-year-old Amanda Anisimova, from...
Have you ever fancied a tennis lesson from one of the world’s greatest tennis players at your local court? This dream came true for two young players, who got to train with 20-year-old superstar Emma Raducanu after she appeared as a hologram (全息图)—a photographic recording of the ima...
In 1970, Billie Jean was part of a group of nine women tennis players, later dubbed the “Original 9,” who signed a $1 contract to join the Virginia Slims Circuit to protest against the inequity in prize money awarded in the men’s and women’s game. In 1973, at the height of her...
While tennis in the '90s serves (sorry, I had to) as peak childhood nostalgia for yours truly, it's also a phenomenally entertaining porthole back into the fashion of the decade. Once I got going on my Google search for "tennis in the '90s Pete Sampras watch," I fell down a decades...
This shouldn’t matter though; Margaret Court won half of her majors in the amateur era, and 11 of her titles came at her home Australian Open at a time when many players didn’t travel Down Under. If it weren’t for circumstance, Djokovic might already have been well past his ...
In the history of table tennis, Ma Long is one of the greatest players. He has been enjoying playing table tennis 3. ___ he was a child. Ma won his first world championship at the age of 18. 4. ___ he knew it was not enough. He wanted 5. ___ (win) more championships. ...