It's been an interesting two seasons for Thanasi Kokkinakis. In 2020, the Australian did not play a single match due to a right shoulder injury. Last season, the 25-year-old competed in only five ATP events and the four Grand Slams, opting to focus on Challenger tournaments. Now, with the 2022

If anyone in tennis knows a thing or two about a rising stock right now, it’s Emma Raducanu. For one, the 18-year-old was raised by two parents working in the finance sector. That inspired her “keen interest” in the field. As for personal experience? Raducanu has vaulted 315 spots in

Good morning. As usual, please use this space for discussing today's tennis. I have to admit that it's been difficult to work up much interest in this week's events, but some TV coverage returns today, and I plan to watch the semifinals from Newport later, to get the year's final

Bernard Tomic, who has repeatedly been accused of tanking matches, says that appearing not to be interested is sometimes part of his strategy. Tomic came from a set down to defeat Fernando Verdasco at Queen's Club on Thursday, and then defended himself against renewed criticism of his commitment to the

It’s Doubles Take time, your weekly recap of what’s happening among the best teams on the ATP and WTA tours. It was an interesting week for best buds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C., this week. In the second round of singles, “Team

Mornin', folks, this will be your match-calling and All Things US Open post for today. I pretty much said it all about today in my last post, Cred Capital, but as interested as I am in the Roger Federer - John Isner match, I'm almost as eager to see Donald

(Ed. note - sorry for my continuing inability to drop into the Comments section to answer questions or add to discussion; it's a server issue that's still being worked on. Fortunately, I can read all the comments, and I'm mighty proud of your unfailingly interesting contributions, Special thanks for the

by Pete Bodo Mornin'. Just got off the Twitter #TennisChat with the USA's rookie Davis Cup captain, Jim Courier, and the man he replaced, Patrick McEnroe. It was an interesting drill, if a little hectic, but for those of you who missed it, the major takeaway is that the team

My pal Richard Hinds, of The Age (check out his witty ruminations on Roger Federer here), made an interesting point when we were chatting about the Big Story of the 2006 Australian Open, Marcos Baghdatis. He's in the semis now, having prevailed over Ivan Ljubicic in a five-set war. Hinds

My post the other day, A Night of Historical Importance, generated a fair amount of interest. After posting, I battened down the hatches for the storm to come, but I was truly surprised by the number of TennisWorld readers who shared my sentiments, if not always for the same reasons,

• Picby Pete Bodo* It appears that when the Big Four speak, tournaments—even mack-daddy Grand Slam events—tend to listen. And that's especially true when Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray are not lobbying purely out of their self-interest as the top players. As a result, Wimbledon has

All lines from DraftKings Sportsbook and are of course subject to change. The only predictable thing about competition in Palermo this week has been the unpredictability. The players are fresh off a five-month hiatus. That, along with extremely windy conditions, has yielded some interesting results. Two of the top three

It's always interesting to circumvent that faulty truism, "Out with the old, in with the new." Why not just merge the two? The tennis gods have long watched the pro game's titans do battle with upstarts, and veterans continue to win some of the sport's biggest prizes. A brand like

Well, well, well, thing suddenly got mighty interesting thanks to Novak Djokovic's win in Cincinnati over Rafael Nadal. Clearly, Federer is not the only player having to look over his shoulder, and the implications for the Olympic Games and the US Open are obvious. Djokovic has been the third wheel

The Italian Roberta Vinci, who will after the Italian Open in May, says she isn’t sure what she will do after she waves goodbye to the pro tour. The 2015 US Open finalist doesn't plan on becoming a commentator, but she does have some interest in coaching. “Rome will be

A few weeks ago I played a match against an opponent who had some of the prettiest strokes I’ve faced in a long time. His backhand down the line was downright lethal. Interesting thing was, when we got to the business end of the first set (4-4) his shots went

After a photo shoot seemingly directed by Wes Anderson, none other than Roger Federer lands on the cover of Town & Country's October issue, ​​and he has words. Interesting ones, at that, given how much has been written about the man to date. Here are a couple choice quotes: On

Mornin' everyone! I want to get this post up quickly so you can all analyze the draw - but please remember to enter the Suicide Pool (see TW Suicide Watch post below) over at TAT and represent TW. I will have a very interesting take on the Roland Garros seedings

Mornin', and apologies to for failing to post a CC yesterday. It was my annual visit to the President's Box, which is the one day of the year when my wife Lisa actually gets interested in watching tennis. It may have something to do with exceptional lunch served in the

Nick Kyrgios says he has no plans to hire a coach at the moment, and is not interested in jumping on the recent bandwagon. With Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl renewing their partnership, Milos Raonic bringing on John McEnroe for the grass-court season and Stan Wawrinka teaming with Richard Krajicek,