By Sportingintelligence 23 January 2012 SERENA Williams, eliminated from the Australian Open on Monday after losing her fourth-round match against Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets, has today been revealed at the most heavily fined player in women’s tennis. The 30-year-old American, who has won 13 Grand Slam singles titles (five Australian Opens, one French Open, […]

By Alexandra Willis 25 November 2010 Andy Murray and Laura Robson have moved a step closer to taking home one of the famous Hopman Cup diamonds, after the British duo were moved up to second seeds following the withdrawal of Serena Williams from the 2011 event. Murray and Robson impressed on their debut in Perth […]

By Alexandra Willis 20 October 2010 The injured Serena Williams, who yesterday announced that she has re-torn a tendon in her foot, will have to travel to the Fed Cup final in San Diego from the 6-7 November if she wants to keep alive her ambitions of competing in the 2012 Olympics at Wimbledon. According […]

By Alexandra Willis 7 October 2010 Caroline Wozniacki will become the seventh-youngest world No.1 in the history of the WTA Tour when the new rankings are calculated on Monday, replacing Serena Williams at the top of the women’s rankings after reaching the quarter-finals at the China Open in Bejing. . As revealed by sporting intelligence, […]

By Alexandra Willis 24 September 2010 . Serena Williams is in danger of surrendering the world No.1 ranking, after her long-awaited return to the game at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo was further delayed. Williams, who this week travelled to London for the Burberry show at London Fashion Week, has not competed since […]

  ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis Magazine, and alongside mag work and an affair with social media, has the dubious honour of following British players to Grand Slam qualifying from time to time as part of her professional duties. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she […]

16 June 2010 The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, are the No1 and No2 seeds for the ladies’ Wimbledon singles, meaning the Americans could meet in a third Wimbledon final in succession, and a fifth altogether. Serena won last year and Venus in 2008. Serena also won their meetings in 2002 and 2003. Venus has […]

NICK BOLLETTIERI is the world’s most famous tennis coach, and the most successful. He’s coached an unequalled 10 players to No1 in the world, from Andre Agassi and Monica Seles to Jim Courier and Maria Sharapova. He’s never been accused of being shy, and he’s certainly not retiring. Ever. Holy Mackerel! . . . . . A handful […]

By Roger Pielke Jr 20 July 2015 The fastest time in the 100m in 2015 so far belongs to Justin Gatlin, the American sprinter twice sanctioned for doping violations. That Gatlin has come back from suspension during 2006 to 2010 to become the top sprinter in the world today makes for a remarkable story. The […]

* ALEXANDRA WILLIS is a multimedia tennis journalist who flits between Wimbledon, SportingIntelligence, the TennisSpace and a few other outlets, while tweeting copiously and trying to improve her backhand in her spare time. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went to Oxford (and not just shopping). . . By Alexandra Willis […]