Roger Federer has signed a lifetime contract with Gerry Weber Open, the Halle, Germany grass court event. “Lifetime” obviously means the rest of his career. Roger’s feeling good about the blessed union: “I am delighted.” Federer said. “It feels a bit like I am getting married. I wanted to plan more long-term. I want to [...]

Rafael Nadal will be attempting to regain the Queen’s Club trophy this year. “I always look forward to coming to England to play at The Queen’s Club and Wimbledon but this year there is even more motivation because I could not defend my titles last year,” Nadal was quoted as saying. The Spaniard said that [...]

It has been announced by Basel sports director Peter Horwald  on Monday that the St. Jakobshalle venue will be undergoing renovations and will also have its name changed to Roger Federer Arena. This is great news for Federer who im sure is still in shock about winning his 14th Grand Slam title and equaling Pete [...]

World number one Rafael Nadal will be making his debut at the Thailand Open in September. The Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand announced on Thursday that Nadal would also be joined by reigning champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. “I am very pleased to finally be able to come and compete at the PTT Thailand Open. I look [...]

Lindsay Davenport is rumoured to be returning to Indian Wells next month but not as a player, as a reporter. Instead of headlining the competition in the desert, Davenport will take her place in the broadcast booth at the BNP Paribas Open. I didnt know but the BNP Paribas Open is the most attended tennis [...]

As every year at the end of January the tennis world focuses on Down Under, where the year’s first out of four Grand Slam is taking place. But what to expect of this year’s Australian Open? A surprise and a close battle for the title! As every year, at least one of the finalists will [...]

World Number 3 Novak Djokovic spoke very enthusiastically about how he has been able to help Serbia to possibly host its first ATP tournament. Djokovic, who has already qualified for the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai, and his family are on the point of buying out the rights to the Dutch Open tournament in Amersfoot [...]

Back home in Australia we have an airline called Virgin Blue which states they have the best looking stewardesses in the world, but at the Madrid Masters they take it one step further, by hiring models to be ball girls. Feminism, whats that? I think most females probably don’t like the idea, however it seems [...]

German qualifier and world No. 125 Philipp Petzschner completed a remarkable week’s tennis on Sunday when he beat French eighth seed Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-4 in the BA Tennis Trophy final. Petzschner, 24, put in a disciplined performance as former junior world No. 1 Monfils blew his temper and his chances of ending a four-year [...]

The new Brisbane International tennis tournament which starts on the 4th January, has announced their ground passes will only be AUD $9.90. Tournament Director Steve Ayles said today, “We are very excited to be bringing international tennis back to the people of Queensland, and giving them the opportunity to see some of the best tennis [...]