Tennis

By Alexandra Willis 15 October 2010 Ticket sales for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena have rocketed since Andy Murray became the fourth player to qualify for the elite season-ending men’s tennis event. According to new data from second-hand ticket exchange viagogo, demand for tickets to the world’s biggest indoor tennis […]

By Alexandra Willis 15 October 2010 The governing body of men’s tennis has acknowledged that it will consider a re-organisation of the men’s calendar in a “meaningful way” to avoid a flurry of injuries and withdrawals towards the end of the season. World No.1 Rafael Nadal, who has consistently affirmed that the tennis season is […]

By Alexandra Willis 12 October 2010 Rafael Nadal has poured cold water over the suggestion that he is nigh on certain of becoming the first man since Rod Laver to complete the calendar Grand Slam. Speaking at a press conference during the ATP World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000,  the world No.1 reminded members of […]

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 7 October 2010 India is leading the charge at the inaugural tennis event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi after Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman both progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s and men’s singles respectively. National pin-up Mirza, the world No.137, appeared to relish the home support at the […]

By Alexandra Willis 5 October 2010 . Tennis Australia threw down the gauntlet to the Grand Slam nations as it announced a series of attention-grabbing changes to the 2011 Australian Open, the first Major tennis tournament of the calendar year. Launched under the slogan “a whole new level,” top of the list was the offer […]

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 […]

By Alexandra Willis 17 September 2010 . Rafael Nadal may be on his way to becoming the most marketable tennis player in the world, striking a chord for Spanish tennis by completing a career Grand Slam at the US Open in New York, but it appears that all is not rosy in the Spanish game. […]

By Alexandra Willis 16 September 2010 . Rafael Nadal is set to surpass Roger Federer as the top-earning tennis player after becoming the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam since tennis turned professional in 1968. The Spaniard, who defeated Novak Djokovic in a bruising rain-delayed encounter to lift the US Open trophy for […]

By Alexandra Willis 8 September 2010 . Martina Hingis has given the clearest indication yet that she may return to professional tennis, corroborating rumours that have been circling internet forums since her career was cut short by a drugs suspension in 2007. In an exclusive interview with ACE Tennis Magazine at Wimbledon, as reported by […]