Andre Agassi, one of only three man to hold a Career Grand Slam under his belt during the Open Era and Pete Sampras who was holding a record of a total of 14 Grand Slam wins at the time of his retirement had played each other a total of 34 times. Pete “The Pistol” Sampras [ Read More ]
Stefan Edberg, the childhood tennis hero of Roger Federer, is a former World #1 Swedish tennis player. Edberg came to the attention of the tennis world when he won all the grand slam junior titles in 1983. He later went on to win 6 grand slam single titles and 3 grand slam doubles titles. Lendl, who [ Read More ]
Michael Chang, born in 1972, shook the tennis world in 1989, when he rallied from 2 down to win the French Open against Lendl while suffering from cramps. Lendl was the heavyfavorite to win the match against the 15th seeded and 17-year-old Chang. From that time on, Michael Chang was a year-end top-10 player for 6 [ Read More ]
There is not much time left for the final grand slam of the year. The 2 week tournament in New York is set to begin on August 30th and end September 12th, 2010. The U.S Open this year, will be awarding each of its singles champions $1.7 million which is the highest in the tennis [ Read More ]
This year’s final at Wimbledon was a milestone in the history of the sport. For the 1st time in the past 8 years, Roger Federer, the Swiss Maestro, was not present on the court. Rafael Nadal was instead playing Thomas Berdych and Nadal won his second All-England title in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. The [ Read More ]
With the switch from clay to grass following the French Open, the rivals are getting prepared for the most famous tournament of the world, Wimbledon. So what is going on this week? At the Aegon Championship, Andy Murray directed a volley against the umpire Cedric Mourier, after he stopped Murray’s third round match against Mardy [ Read More ]
Nadal was facing Robin Soderling in today’s finals in French Open. Nadal has won the match 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 and regained the #1 spot from Federer. Soderling, the only player to have defeated Nadal in Roland Garros, won the quarter finals match last year against Nadal and opened the way for Federer to win his French [ Read More ]
Andre Agassi, one of only three man to hold a Career Grand Slam under his belt during the Open Era and Pete Sampras who was holding a record of a total of 14 Grand Slam wins at the time of his retirement had played each other a total of 34 times. Pete “The Pistol” Sampras [ Read More ]
Roger Federer, also known as the Federer Express or the Swiss maestro, was born on August 8th, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland to Swiss national Robert Federer and South Africa-born Lynette Du Rand. Robert Federer met Lynette Du Rand Federer during a business trip while they were both working for a pharmaceutical company. Federer has one sister called Diana who [ Read More ]
Robin Soderling of Sweden upset Roger Federer, the defending champion, in the quarter finals of Roland Garrros putting a halt to Federer’sstreak of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals reached. The final score was 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Last year, Robin Soderling ended the reign of 4-time champion Rafael Nadal in the 4th roundof Roland Garros, [ Read More ]
4 time French Open champion Rafael Nadal gave very few chances to former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt at the French Open on Saturday, winning the 3rd round match in straight sets. The 2 hours 28 minutes match ended with the Spaniard Nadal beating the 29th-seeded Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. The 6th-seeded Roddick suffered a 3r -round defeat to [ Read More ]
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena and Venus Williams, and Justine Henin are all on their way to the finals with no surprises as of now.
Andy Roddick is into the third round of the French Open for the second year in a row.
Stefan Edberg, the childhood tennis hero of Roger Federer, is a former World #1 Swedish tennis player. Edberg came to the attention of the tennis world when he won all the grand slam junior titles in 1983. He later went on to win 6 grand slam single titles and 3 grand slam doubles titles. Lendl, who [ Read More ]
Michael Chang, born in 1972, shook the tennis world in 1989, when he rallied from 2 down to win the French Open against Lendl while suffering from cramps. Lendl was the heavyfavorite to win the match against the 15th seeded and 17-year-old Chang. From that time on, Michael Chang was a year-end top-10 player for 6 [ Read More ]
Otherwise known as the “Fire Vs. Ice”, the Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe rivalry consists of a total of 14 matches through the careers of these two athletes. While Bjorn Borg was known for his cool and emotionless demeanour on the court, McEnroe built his reputation for his courtside tantrums. Each player won 7 games [ Read More ]
Maria Sharapova advances into the second round of Roland Garros with a 6-3 – 6-2 win over fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak earlier today. Barely bothered by a few drops of rain on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the former world number one, seeded 12th in the torunament, Sharapova was broken early in the opening set against Pervak [ Read More ]
Our Tennis Rivals website went online only a few days ago and we decided to come up with a “Head Tennis Bag and Head Cross Bow 8 OS Racquet Giveaway” to promote our site. We just placed an order with Amazon to get 3 sets of these magnificent products and we will giving these out to [ Read More ]
Murray does it again. Andy Murray survived a 5-setter against Richard Gasquet in the 1st round of Roland Garros. We had seen this happen at Wimbledon in 2008 where Murray rallied from 2 sets down to beat Richard Gasquet. The final score was 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. Gasquet missed the tournament last year [ Read More ]
Take a quick look at Roger Federer playing table tennis with a much more confident Wayne Rooney of Manchester United in the Nike Write the Future commercial. You can see in the image that FedEx is really trying hard while Rooney is standing still. Prior to this in the storyline, Rooney realizes that if he [ Read More ]
The tickets to US Open in New York are always scarce especially those that are front row are being sold for much more than their face-value by ticket brokers. If you are planning to attend US Open for years to come, it is smart to become a member of the USTA (US Tennis Association) and [ Read More ]
Roland Garros 2010 is set to run from May 23-June 6 in Paris. The tennis world is expecting a very likely epic battle between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the finals but there are other interesting players that might surprise everyone on the “red clay” or “terre battue” to contend in the men’s draw. [ Read More ]
Following his victory in Madrid against Federer, “Neither of us played a perfect match,” Nadal said about Sunday’s final. “We both made a lot of mistakes. I think we know each other so much that we are only focusing on how to make each other play worse. I go for his backhand and that makes [ Read More ]
Even the mighty Roger Federer can blow a final shot. In the finals of the Madrid Master Final on Mat 16th, Federer apparently missed an easy forehand that sealed the game for Nadal at 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory. Having called the shot easy, it should have been easy for Federer since we have only seen [ Read More ]
