With over 1 billion fans, Tennis is one of the most popular sports worldwide. Many tennis arenas are significantly different in surface, size, and style. Some arenas are mainly used to host prestigious, more intimate tournaments while others are home to some of the...
Though today’s tennis players have reached levels of power and fitness that would have been unthinkable a generation ago, there’s no denying that there may never have been a player gifted with the almost supernatural touch of John McEnroe. Almost a...
Tennis is an all encompassing game – at least when it comes to the muscle groups you utilize to effectively play the sport! Starting at your feet and ending with your hands, you use your entire body with every move in Tennis. In fact, something called the...
The tennis pro Rafael Nadal has had enough and he is calling for action! Sick and tired of constantly defending himself and the sport, Nadal has written a letter to the president of the International Tennis Federation and requested that he make Nadal’s drug and...
The following facts have been sourced from a TennisTours blog by Nicholas Spiller. 1. Longest Tennis Match: In 2010, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played each other in the first round of Wimbledon. The match lasted for 11 hurs and 5 minutes and spanned 3 days. Back and...
Starting next week is the 2016 Australian Open and tennis pro Andy Murray has stated that he may need Novak Djokovic’s form to falter to have a change of winning. In the past, three of Murray’s four losses in the finals in Melbourne were to Djokovic....
For the sixth time, Serena Williams has been named the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Women’s World Champion of 2015. Williams won this honor before in 2002, 2009, 2012, 2013, and in 2014. She has been the third Women’s Tennis Association...
The holiday season is swiftly approaching and what better time than now to buy the tennis player in your life a brand new racquet. The list below is sure to accommodate any skill level from amateur to pro. Prince Thunder Scream ($79.99) One of the biggest things to...
A new system for rating tennis players of all ages, sexes, and skill levels has begun to roll out in the form of the Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) system. Eventually, all tennis players will have a UTR score, similar to golfer handicaps and chess player rankings. For...
Last night marked the US Open quarterfinal on ESPN. Of course, the eagerly anticipated face-off between Serena Williams and her sister Venus ranked as the second best ESPN tennis rating ever. Programming peaked at a 5.6 rating between 10 and 10:15PM ET. The entire...
