Tennis

The first round of the Davis Cup has come and gone quickly, with very little media attention. In fact, if it were not for 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov of Canada hitting a ball in frustration straight at the umpire, the round of fixtures may have slipped by, completely unnoticed, overshadowed...

Earlier this year men’s world number two Andy Murray lost yet another Grand Slam final in the French Open to his chief nemesis Novak Djokovic – this was becoming a familiar feeling for him. Of course there is no shame in losing to a great champion like Djokovic or...

About a month ago, it looked a formality that world number one Novak Djokovic would clinch his first French Open title at Roland Garros this year, and in doing so join an elite group of all-time greats in achieving the Career Grand Slam. However, as a result of the...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) Tennis Team thrashed the Nottingham Trent University (NTU) Tennis Team by 14 points to 6, giving UoN their 5th Super Wednesday point and an unassailable 5-0 lead. In an exciting, fast-paced format, games would be played to the best of three sets, with the...

It was news that nobody could have seen coming. Many journalists arrived at Maria Sharapova’s pre-arranged press conference in Los Angeles on Monday night expecting news that she would be taking a break from tennis to heal her persistent injuries, or perhaps announcing her retirement from the sport. What came...

What was predictable was that Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic would be walking out onto Rod Laver Arena for their respective finals of the 2016 Australian Open. What was less so was that only one of them would leave Australia with the first slam of the year. Djokovic’s obscene...

While Great Britain were gearing up for their first Davis Cup final since 1978, culminating in their first victory since the 1930s, the build-up was somewhat focused on Andy Murray’s decision to play the ATP World Tour Finals the week before. The British number one, who qualified as the...