The two ATP hardcourt major champions in 2014 were Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nad——— Hey, wait a minute!

Australian Open Men’s Draw Analysis

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When a major-tournament draw is announced, the attention of the tennis world usually gravitates to the quarters and beyond: Which player seeded 5 through 8 ended up in Novak Djokovic’s quarter? Rafael Nadal’s? Roger Federer’s? Oh, and what about Stan Wawrinka? This was unavoidably going to be a point of interest, but in light of […]

Australian Open Women’s Draw Analysis

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The draws are out for the 2015 Australian Open. In both the women’s and men’s events, the first few days of the tournament offer the promise of a few main-event matches, which is not always something you get at a major. It can take time to stumble upon the kind of centerpiece which pushes other […]

The 5 Most Significant Australian Open Men’s Matches

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What is true for women’s tennis is also true for men’s tennis. Through 1987, the Australian Open was not so much a fourth major as a major in lighter clothing. Without a full 128-player draw, seeds received byes into the second round. On plenty of occasions, top pros didn’t make the trip Down Under to […]

The 5 Most Significant Australian Open Women’s Matches

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Before 1988, when the Australian Open moved to its current (and gleaming) facilities at Melbourne Park, the event simply didn’t exist on par with the other majors. Before 1988, the Australian Open lacked 128-player draws, meaning that all players in the tournament did not have to play or win the same amount of matches to […]

That Kind Of Year? Federer And Nadal Get Tested Out Of The Gate

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The 2015 tennis season is just getting started, and in the span of just two matches, tennis fans have had reason to freak out… or make the far more rational decision to accept the fact that after the offseason, rust is going to skew plenty of results in the warm-up tournaments before the main event, […]

ATP World Tour Finals Wrap-Up: Djokovic Wins, No Final Is Played, And Team Switzerland Is A Mess On The Eve Of Davis Cup

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The ATP’s season-ending championship (before the International Tennis Federation puts the capper on the tennis year with the Davis Cup Final) is called the World Tour Finals. The acronym for the event, as you can plainly see, is WTF. This year in London, “WTF” was the universal reaction to the showcase singles tournament held in […]

Hotels in Melbourne will be much cheaper than Australian Open tickets

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As we wind down the 2014 ATP Tennis Tour, it is clear that the men’s game is as strong as ever. The four majors – Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open each had their own winner with no one taking home multiple majors in 2014. Not only that, but Roger Federer and Andy […]

The Davis Cup Final, tennis’ best-selling final of 2014

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The 103rd edition of the Davis Cup is less than a month away from crowning this year’s champion and fans from all around the world are rushing to ensure that they have tickets for the Final event. The 2014 Final features France vs. Switzerland in Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, France from November 21st to […]

WTA Finals: Serena Wins, Halep Takes Her Place, And Wozniacki Steals The Show

0 comments by on 10/26/2014

The Women’s Tennis Association moved its end-of-the-year showcase event from Istanbul to Singapore this year. The time difference put a lot of matches on American television in the middle of the night. The sport is bigger than one country or continent, and Li Na — who retired before the 2014 WTA Finals began — had […]

China Open WTA Wrap-Up: Maria Sharapova And The Mysteries Of Tennis

0 comments by on 10/5/2014

The just-concluded China Open in Beijing is not quite a crown jewel on the Women’s Tennis Association’s annual calendar. Yet, it owns the distinction of being the last main-stage event before the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore, which begin on Oct. 20. You can identify this event as part of the “Asian swing” on the […]

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