Simona Halep’s “Azarenka Approach” to Success
Simona Halep came under fire for her Beijing walkover, but she isn't the first to schedule with a greater goal in mind. [...]
Women’s tennis
Career Enders: A Comprehensive Look at The End
What do Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Nadia Petrova, and Heather Watson have in common? Read on to learn how the best careers end, and who helped to end them. [...]
The Ballad of Wuhan
It was a city of over eight million people. It was a city without a tennis tradition. It was the city of Li Na. [...]
#IHaveQuestions: What’s Up With Tournament Volunteers?
One can stroll the grounds or admire the faraway fixings of your average elite tournament and easily get the feeling that these temporary juggernauts run themselves, that a [...]
Zheng Jie: Earning Her Day in the Sun
Embed from Getty Images A lot of people are going to publish articles about Samantha Stosur in the next few hours. About how she lost early in Australia again. About how she [...]
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 