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By Lewis Davies I love women's tennis a copious amount but this season feels like it's been missing something. Because, while 2012 could be considered the year of the comeback, there have also been a few names going backward instead. Kim Clijsters' swansong season has been blighted by injury, Agnes Szavay has only just returned to the tour herself and Rebecca Marino has completely … [Read more...]
By James A. Crabtree What a time it has been already on the only surface that lives and grows. We can only wish there was more than six tournaments yearly on the natural green stuff as the results have been deliciously unpredictable. Where do we start? Queens Club of course, and what a busy week. Firstly the seeds fell enforce. Andy Roddick, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Janko Tipsarevic all put … [Read more...]
By Lewis Davies In May 2011, Angelique Kerber was ranked 71 in the world and getting beat in the qualifiers of Rome to Varvara Lepchenko. Twelve months on, her story couldn’t be anymore different. A semi-final appearance at this year’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia is the eighth time she’s either reached that stage or bettered it during her last 17 tournaments; a remarkable run … [Read more...]
Sometimes being a great tennis player is not enough. For a few players their lives have been worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. Together with the trophies they've won their lives have been filled with mystery, wonder and regret. Baron Gottfried Von Cramm Von Cram was a wealthy German tennis player from an aristocratic German family. Included within his trophy cabinet were two French Open … [Read more...]
Tournaments like the Fed Cup receive a lot of grief for turning an individual sport into a team event. To those who agree with the criticism, I say take a look at Petra Kvitova above. For me, it evokes passion of the highest order, sometimes more so than at a Grand Slam. Kvitova's not the only example that could have been used either. The German team is a tight-knit family, as are the British. If … [Read more...]
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