With little else to do, the debate over the French Open’s move into the late hard court season rumbles on, with speculation that some could opt...
READ MORELondon | Federer breaks radio silence
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 21, 2020 | Off Court
Roger Federer, who is at his home in the mountains of Switzerland and setting a good example to others, has broken his radio silence after undergoing knee surgery in...
London | Wimbledon in precarious position
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 20, 2020 | AELTC, Off Court
While Wimbledon officials remain hopeful The Championships could still go ahead, the odds are narrowing on the grass court Grand Slam being forced to cancel as measures to...
London | Tennis on hold until at least 8 June
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 19, 2020 | Off Court
Demonstrating solidarity in the face of the FFT’s rogue action to postpone the French Open until September, the ITF, ATP and WTA have acted in joint collaboration to...
London | Postponed Paris puts spoke in the works
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 18, 2020 | Off Court
As the All England Club closes the Wimbledon Museum until further notice, Roland Garros faces a backlash from players and other governing bodies over its decision to...
Paris | Roland Garros postpones until September
by Barbara Wancke | Mar 17, 2020 | Off Court
Sporting events are folding like nine-pins the world over, and the latest to postpone is Roland Garros due to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, until...
Further Reading

Cancun | Swiatek shows her mettle against Sabalenka, Pegula next
Nov 6, 2023
A very focused, businesslike, Iga Swiatek swept aside Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3 6-2, to reach the finals of the GNP Seguro WTA Finals in Cancun on Sunday, and kept her hopes of regaining her World No 1 status alive, providing she can beat Jessica Pegula, the World No 5,...

Paris | Djokovic regains Paris title – for a 7th time!
Nov 6, 2023
Once his main rival In the Rolex Paris Masters’ was eliminated (Carlos Alcaraz lost in the second-round), Novak Djokovic became odds-on favourite to win the last ATP Tour 1000 event of the season being staged at the Accord Arena in the French capital.

Cancun | Pegula marches into final, leaving Sabalenka and Swiatek locked overnight
Nov 5, 2023
The weather continued to disrupt play at the GNP Seguros WTA Finals on Saturday, but Jessica Pegula made the best of her semi-final outing by routing her friend and doubles partner Coco Gauff, 6-2 6-1, in just an hour, while the highly anticipated clash between Aryna...

Paris | Djokovic beats bug and Rublev to meet Dimitrov, Tsitsipas’ conqueror
Nov 5, 2023
The two semi-finals at this years’ Rolex Paris Masters produced two excellent matches which augurs well for Sunday’s final.

London | Olympic champion Bencic is pregnant
Nov 4, 2023
Belinda Bencic posted on her official account on Instagram that she and longtime boyfriend Martin Hromkovic are expecting their first child, with the caption ‘Expecting our little miracle soon! We can’t wait to meet you’, but there was no mention of when the baby is...