The Williams Sisters Debate

Serena and Venus Williams have 20 Grand Slam singles titles between them. Photo: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Perhaps a sin for a women’s tennis fan, I’ve never been the biggest supporter of the Williams sisters, and at Miami this week, two things reminded me why that’s the case. Firstly, it was hearing Venus declare the Olympics as her motivation in beating Aleksandra Wozniak when match point down. Sounds rather harsh on the surface but it immediately re-ignited the thought that the WTA Tour … [Read more...]

Who Will Step Up in the Women’s Game: Azarenka, Sharapova, Kvitova?

Maria Sharapova (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Following this year’s epic six-hour Australian Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the view that this era of men’s tennis is the greatest of all time continues to grow in strength. Djokovic’s mammoth win over 10-time Grand Slam winner Nadal brought the Serb’s own tally up to five and it looks only a matter of time before he joins his Spanish counterpart and 16-time major … [Read more...]

Tennis as a Family Affair

Williams sisters (top left), Djokovic brothers (right), Murray brothers (bottom left)

Atop the draw sheet for the recent tournament in Dubai was Novak Djokovic. If you cared to scroll down further you would have come across wild-card entrant Marko Djokovic, the younger brother to the current world number one. Sadly, twenty-year-old Marko, dressed in some very similar attire to his older brother, lost his opening match to Andrey Golubev in straight sets. In turn, this meant … [Read more...]

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