ITF Release 2012 Testing Summary

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer backs the ITFs decision for more testing. (Photo credit: Getty Images) “Last year, through the Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells swing where I won all three, I didn’t get tested once. That shouldn’t be OK.” At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Roger Federer once again shared his thoughts […]

Tsonga saves Match Point to Win in Marseille

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Marseille, France – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed a successful comeback after saving a match point against Tomas Berdych in front of a home crowd at the Open 13 final in Marseille.  He beat the top seed 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in two hours and 10 minutes. Berdych started the match as the favourite, […]

Petra Kvitova Champion in Dubai

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Dubai, UAE – Former Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova has proven once more that she has what it takes to win on a big occasion after beating Sara Errani 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 and lift the Dubai Duty Free Championships title. Welcome back Petra Kvitova.  The 22-year old silenced her critics after securing her […]

Rafael Nadal – It’s a Matter of Time

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Rafael Nadal is back. How long have his fans and supporters been waiting to hear those words? A very long 222 days. Time is a great healer, or so we are told. The Spaniard may have been back for less than two weeks, but in that time he has reached the singles […]

Juan Martín del Potro Crowned Rotterdam Champion

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Juan Martin del Potro defeats Julien Benneteau in straight sets to win the ATP World Tour 500 indoor title in Rotterdam today. Second seed Juan Martin del Potro comfortably dispatched of Julien Benneteau 7=6, 6-3 to lift the title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and has won his 14th tour-level […]

Roger Federer Will Continue to Make History

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer: 17-time Grand Slam champion, 6-time Year-End Championships winner, 21-time ATP Masters 1000 champion (he holds the record amount of titles alongside Spaniard, Rafael Nadal), Olympic silver medalist and Olympic gold medalist in the doubles with compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka. Overall, he has won 76 career singles titles in total, but why […]

Laura Robson and Genie Bouchard take on Asia, Gangnam Style!

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Not to be outdone by Novak Djokovic and his Gangnam Style dance performance in Beijing, two of the WTA’s young stars, Laura Robson and Genie Bouchard, decided to create a video of their own with the song.  It features Maria Sharapova, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Samantha Stosur and Heather Watson and the […]

Novak Djokovic wins Beijing “Gangnam Style!”

By Lisa-Marie Burrows World No.2, Novak Djokovic has not acuired the nickname ‘The Djoker” for no reason. Intiialy we had become accustomed to enjoying his impressions of his fellow players and on Sunday, after winning the title in Beijing, the Serbian No.1 celebrated defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and winning the trophy with a rapturous dance performance […]

The Top 5 ATP Titleholders of 2012

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roger Federer (6 titles) Roger Federer has enjoyed a very fruitful 2012 and has proven that like a fine wine, he has continued to get better with age. In February, the Swiss maestro collected his first title on the indoor hard courts of Rotterdam before acquiring further titles on the hard courts […]

Top 5 Things To Look Forward To On The ATP Tour

By Lisa-Marie Burrows It is always sad when the end of a fantastic tennis season is drawing to a close and despite the pleas for an improved calendar from the players on the ATP and WTA Tours, we are secretly and selfishly pleased that the calendar year is in some ways unforgiving, grueling and long […]