Fourth-straight year that Fernandez has won the Tennis Canada award, third-straight year for Auger-Aliassime On Tuesday, Tennis Canada announced that Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC) and Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC) are the recipients of the 2023 Tennis Canada Excellence Awards for Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year in the women’s and…
Paul Annacone, Roger Federer’s former coach, believes that Carlos Alcaraz is the most complete young player we’ve ever seen on the ATP Tour. It’s not a grandiose statement by any means because it’s been said so many times already. Alcaraz is certainly one of the most complete young stars to emerge in recent memory. Some…
Novak Djokovic has been utterly dominant this year, which shouldn’t be happening, according to Boris Becker, who used to coach the 24-time Grand Slam champion years ago. The legendary German player knows a thing or two about tennis, and he’s certainly always been familiar with Novak Djokovic’s skill set. He used to coach the Serbian…
Rafael Nadal doesn’t have sky-high expectations ahead of the 2024 Australian Open, according to Boris Becker, who previewed his chances. Nadal is coming back to tennis one full year after he last played. The last time we saw him play was at the 2023 Australian Open, and the next time is going to be in…
As the new ATP season approaches, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are ahead of the pack according to the former Roger Federer coach, Paul Annacone. The 2024 season is slowly approaching, and predictions are starting to roll in. After all, we’re about a month away from the first Grand Slam of the year and there…
The WTA has been under fire from multiple players in recent years for what they perceive as a lackluster job leading the Tour forward. The WTA is supposed to be the leading body that will protect and uplift the players working in their best interest. That’s an idealistic view, but it should be a realistic…
Simona Halep dreams of a return to tennis before the 2024 Olympics, but unfortunately, it’s out of her control. Halep is very confident that she will return to a tennis court again because she thinks she didn’t do anything wrong. Despite that, Halep is officially banned from competing in the sport due to a positive…
The World No. 1, Iga Swiatek, spoke openly when quizzed about retirement in a recent interview. Despite her incredible achievements to date, the four-time Grand Slam champion is still just 22 years old. Swiatek has much time to add many more accolades to her already illustrious career in the future. However, the interviewer for Grupa…
For Jack Draper, Christmas came a week earlier, thanks to a monstrous paycheck amounting to $546,800 for three days’ work at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in London. Billed as the Grand Final, the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS Tour) culminated with the showpiece event after the conclusion of the two global events held during the year…
Iga Swiatek is widely considered the main favorite for the 2024 Australian Open trophy, but she downplayed expectations in a recent interview. The Polish player had an interesting 2023 campaign, which some would say was worse than her 2022 campaign. It makes sense if you look purely at numbers, but there is always nuance there….
