A Beginner’s Guide: Maria Sanchez
The much-maligned tennis rankings may not be perfect, but its 52-week system does allow for the truly talented, like American Maria Sanchez, to make up for lost time in a big [...]
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A Beginner’s Guide: Yulia Putintseva
Embed from Getty Images An easy way to write about anything is to opine about what is wrong with it, and tennis is no exception. “Women Grunt Too Loudly.” “Men Aren’t [...]
Twitter: A Tennis Fan’s Oasis
Embed from Getty Images Tennis is unique in that it completely lacks the often fraternal team aspect so prevalent in nearly every other popular. One may have their favorite [...]
Bridging the Gap at the New WTA 125K Tournaments
Embed from Getty Images For a tour that rose to its peak in the late 90s on the talented backs of young players like Martina Hingis and Venus Williams, the WTA has had a [...]
Back to the Future on the WTA Tour
Embed from Getty Images Weeks like the one the WTA Tour had at its Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria are a blatant mockery to the act of making predictions before [...]
Maria Sharapova: The Comeback of a Diva
Embed from Getty Images No matter how you use the word, few would argue that Maria Sharapova isn’t a diva. She may have a nerdy laugh and sardonic sense of humor, but never [...]
WTA Championships: The Fifth Slam
Embed from Getty Images The idea of the “Fifth Slam” gets thrown around a lot in tennis circles. Perhaps constricted by the feeling that only Grand Slam tournaments [...]
The Tennis Island 