Tennis

Mertens And Wozniacki To AO Quarterfinals

Elise Mertens Reaches AO Quarterfinals Elise Mertens has become the first Belgian to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open since Kim Clijsters managed the same feat back in 2012, after Sunday’s straight sets victory over Petra Martic.  The game was eventually won after almost two hours of racing down ….

Australian Open: Some (Don’t) Like It Hot

AO Too Hot to Handle Complaining about the weather is quite normal in the everyday swing of things.  We all do it at some point.  Some of us even use flippant conversations about the weather to stave off uncomfortable social situations. But playing a game of competitive tennis in temperatures ….

Marta Kostyuk Sets A New Record At AO

Kostyuk Surprises At Australian Open This year’s Australian Open certainly has made a comeback from the initial disappointment of a number of the big names having withdrawn from the event just days before the tournament was set to start.  In fact, it’s turned into an exciting affair marked by a ….

Nearing the 2018 Australian Open Tennis

Nadal And Federer To Resume Rivalry At Australian Open Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will resume their rivalry come January 15th when the 2018 Australian Open commences.  Nadal and Federer are tennis’ top two seeds and occupy 1st and 2nd positions on the world rankings list.  Federer currently holds the ….

Nick Kyrgios Prepares For Australian Open

Nick Kyrgios Flying Solo for Aussie Open Nick Kyrgios is either very confident, or the victim of an extended silly season.  He is currently training hard to get fit ahead of next month’s Australian Open, but has said that he sees no need to hire the services of a full-time ….

Second WTA 125K Series Comes To Hawaii

Second WTA 125K Tennis Series To Be Hosted In Hawaii Tennis’ WTA 125K Series comes to Hawaii again on 19 November and this year the doubles draw has been increased to a 16 team draw due to the growing popularity of the event in Hawaii.  The Hawaii Open was staged ….

Second Annual Hawaii Open To Commence Soon

WTA Hawaii Open The second annual Hawaii Open will be played starting November 20th and forms part of the WTA 125K Series.  The event is presented and organised by the Hawaii Tourism Authority and is played outdoors on a hard court surface.  The Hawaii Open includes a 32 player singles ….

Hua Hin Next in Busy WTA November

Hua Hin Next in November WTA Bounty November is a great month for Kiwi sports betting punters with a penchant for women’s tennis, with non-stop WTA action across Asia and into the Pacific. The WTA Elite Trophy ended on Sunday in Zhuhai, China, with Germany’s Julia Goerges holding firm against ….

Thiem Gets Fright at Paris Masters

Thiem’s Paris Masters’ Round of 32 Wobble  Austrian tennis star Dominic Thiem, a semi-finalist in the past two ATP Paris Masters men’s singles and the fifth seed in this year’s hard-court tournament running till 5 November, got a bit of a fright in his Round of 32 match on Tuesday. ….

Federer Does It All And In Record Time

Roger Federer A Man On The Move  Roger Federer doesn’t beat around the bush; that much is for sure.  He spoilt his home fans with a stellar but speedy performance on Thursday when it took him all of 57 minutes to beat Frenchman Benoit Paire en route to the quarter-finals ….