The Championships at Wimbledon are cancelled for this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the All England Club, which hosts the grass...
READ MORELondon | World No 620 serves broadside at Thiem
by Barbara Wancke | May 12, 2020 | Off Court
Dominic Thiem, who said recently that he was unhappy about supporting lower ranked players financially during the coronavirus pandemic because they ‘don’t put the...
West Palm Beach | Return to pro tennis continues
by Barbara Wancke | May 11, 2020 | Invitational
The return of professional tennis gathered steam with the UTR Men’s Pro Match Series event in the United States at the weekend at which American Reilly Opelka won the...
Paris | No regrets in moving Roland Garros to September
by Barbara Wancke | May 10, 2020 | French Open, US Open
When French Open organisers threw their rock in the pond by shifting Roland Garros from May to September due to the coronavirus pandemic, world tennis was stunned at the...
London | Tennis Rallies Together For Player Relief Programme
by Barbara Wancke | May 8, 2020 | Off Court
The seven governing bodies of tennis have raised more than $6 million (£4.9 million/€5.6 million) for the Player Relief Programme, a fund that financially assists athletes...
São Paulo | Coronavirus strikes Rio Open TD
by Barbara Wancke | May 6, 2020 | Off Court
The impact of coronavirus on daily lives, let alone sport, has been massive all around the world and in these unprecedented times, it is slowly emerging that some involved...
Further Reading

Turin | Djokovic and Sinner meet for a second time in a week.
Nov 19, 2023
The organisers of the Nitto AP Finals couldn’t be happier when the semi-final line-up was confirmed with the top four world-ranked players, namely Novak Djokovic (1), Carlos Alcaraz (2), Daniil Medvedev (3) and Jannik Sinner (4), made the last four.

Turin | Sinner and Djokovic go through to semis
Nov 17, 2023
It was a day of reckoning for the last group matches of the Green Group with three of the four players vying for a place in the semi-finals of this year’s Nitto ATP Finals being played in Turin, Italy.

Turin | Medvedev is first to make the last four.
Nov 16, 2023
Daniil Medvedev, the 2020 champion, is the first player from this year’s field to qualify for the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin following his victory over Alexander Zverev to claim his second Red Group win.

Turin | Sinner outlasts Djokovic after Tsitsipas retires injured
Nov 15, 2023
Novak Djokovic just managed to outlast Holger Rune in his first Green Group match on the opening day of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin but required three hours and three sets to achieve that and, for the eighth time, end the year as World No.1.

St Petersburg, Fla | Controversial WTA 2024 Calendar announced
Nov 15, 2023
The WTA has been in hot water of late for a number of reasons, including its poor scheduling, which apparently does not take into account top players’ health and well-being, and it seems that its just published proposed 2024 Calendar is not going to help assuage these...