More than 650 people have signed a petition calling for struggling tennis players to be given financial aid after the coronavirus crisis...
READ MORELondon | What are players doing?
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 26, 2020 | Off Court
What are players doing, now that they can’t practice or play matches? Rafael Nadal is growing a beard and cooking, Novak Djokovic has been playing Captain Hook, Johanna...
Rio de Janeiro | Seyboth Wild first player to contract coronavirus
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 25, 2020 | Off Court
Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild has become the first pro tennis player to confirm that he tested positive for coronavirus and is at home recovering in self-isolation following...
Tokyo | 2020 Olympics Postponed
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 25, 2020 | Off Court, Olympic Games
The IOC has finally decided to postpone the 2020 Olympic games, bowing under the increasing pressure of competing countries struggling with the coronavirus, or COVID-19,...
London | Judy Murray tells tourists to go home
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 24, 2020 | Off Court
Judy Murray has joined calls for tourists to stay at home as people, both Scots and others, flock to remote areas of the Scottish Highlands in an apparent bid to outrun...
London | Djokovic speaks up
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 23, 2020 | Off Court
World No 1 Novak Djokovic, who is at home in Serbia, has added his voice on social media, urging people to pay attention to the threat posed by coronavirus around the world,...
Further Reading

Seville | Slovenia and Czech Republic upset Australia and Switzerland in BJK Cup Finals
Nov 8, 2023
Hot on the heels of the WTA Finals in Cancun, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals kicked off in Seville, Spain, on Tuesday, underlining the madness of the women’s schedule that saw big names such as Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula pull out of the latter because...

Cancun | Navratilova slams Simon over poor arrangements
Nov 8, 2023
Appearing in Amazon Prime’s coverage of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun last week saw pundit Martina Navratilova call for WTA chief Steve Simon’s resignation following all the difficulties faced by players in Mexico, and she also wants a woman to head up the...

Cancun | Hunter makes No 1 but Siegemund & Zvonareva land doubles title at WTA Finals
Nov 8, 2023
Australia’s Storm Hunter clinched the year-end top ranking in doubles following the completion of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals in Cancun, but it was Germany's Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva from Russia who were crowned the champions after the pair defeated...

Sofia | Draper and Harris progress into R2
Nov 8, 2023
Jack Draper took 67-minutes to reach the second round of the Sofia Open in Bulgaria, an ATP 250 level event, to join Billy Harris who followed up his successful qualifying run with an excellent two-hour, 30-minute victory over his fellow Swiss qualifier Marc-Andrea...

Cancun | Superb Swiatek snags year-end No 1 ranking with WTA Finals win
Nov 7, 2023
Iga Swiatek crushed Jessica Pegula, 6-1 6-0, in the delayed final of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday to land the season-ending championship title for the first time and regain her status at the top of the game, ending with the year-end World No 1...