Here’s a look at five nerve-wracking storylines that will have journalists on the edge of their seats, fans praying for their favorites, players in denial about their hopes and fears, and Twitter teetering on the brink of explosion as the French Open draw ceremony approaches. […]
During first-round action at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this week, Bernard Tomic tanked the last point of his match against Fabio Fognini by “attempting” to return serve with the handle of his racket. Not surprisingly, it resulted in a clinching ace for Fognini. […]
In a two-month span, this is the longest stretch of tennis without a Masters 1000 event on the schedule—all of two weeks! This upcoming week offers the relative calm before the final buildup to the French Open, which still includes huge tournaments in Madrid and Rome. […]
Although there is no Masters 1000 series action for just the second time in a span of seven weeks, the clay-court swing will continue with plenty of interest in Barcelona and Bucharest. Rafael Nadal captured his first Monte-Carlo title since 2012 on Sunday and he now heads to an event that he has won on eight occasions. […]
The Grandstand’s fictitious Facebook chats return with the tennis world reacting to Maria Sharapova’s announcement that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open. It features Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic, and many more. […]
Even by John Isner’s standards, Sunday at the Kooyong Club in Melbourne witnessed a historic serving performance. The result was a Davis Cup quarterfinal berth for the United States and an early exit for Australia in Lleyton Hewitt’s first tie as captain.
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Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt came out of retirement–at least temporarily–to play Saturday’s doubles rubber against the United States at the Kooyong Club in Melbourne. Hewitt did not disappoint, but he also did not have quite enough to beat one of the best doubles teams in history. […]
The host Australians must win each of the reverse singles rubber on Sunday if they want to advance past the United States and reach the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Bernard Tomic is facing John Isner before either Sam Groth or Lleyton Hewitt could meet Jack Sock. […]
Each of the two opening-day rubbers went according to ranking, leaving the first-round Davis Cup tie between the United States and Australia locked at 1-1 heading into Saturday’s doubles match. John Isner beat Sam Groth before the host Aussies got back on track with Bernard Tomic’s defeat of Jack Sock. […]
If it feels like Great Britain just won the Davis Cup, well…it did. Andy Murray and company lifted the trophy in late November and will be back in action this weekend—in early March—as the battle begins in the 2016 World Group. Among the countries also contesting opening-round ties are Japan, the United States, and Australia. […]
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