Jelena Jankovic has retired injured from the Slovenia Open yesterday. Jankovic was cruising at 6-1, 2-1 against qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova then stepped awkwardly when chasing a ball on the baseline and twisted her ankle. Jankovic continued to play after getting medical help, but lost that set 6-3 and eventually retired after losing the first game of the third.

It has been reported that Chinese clothing company Peak has signed a five year sponsorship deal with the WTA Tour. It is noted that the company is worth $6 billion and quotes their CEO as saying they’d like to “catch and surpass” the sale numbers of Nike. It will be very interesting to see what [...]

Martina Hingis is rumoured to be thinking of a comeback again to womens tennis, but this time only to play doubles. Hingis would possibly partner Lindsay Davenport on the doubles court. Martina is already booked in to play the Wimbledon veteran doubles even this year with longtime doubles partner Anna Kournikova.

This week sees the return of former WTA number1 Dinara Safina to competitive tennis. Dinara retired from her 4th round match at the Australian Open, sighting a back injury that has been plaguing her since Cincinnati. “After that match, I had an MRI and I had two stress fractures on  L5S1 and a rupture on [...]

Former world number 1 Dinara Safina will not be returning to the WTA tour any time soon. Safina has been off the competitive circuit since the 2010 Australian Open. She had severely injured her back during the 2009 summer season, but had continued to play up through the Australian Open, when she was forced to [...]

Martina Navratilova is probably the biggest ever name in womens tennis, and it has been reported that the star has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her prognosis is said to be excellent. People magazine’s website posted a story Wednesday quoting Navratilova saying “I cried” after being informed of the diagnosis following a routine mammogram. The [...]

It might come as a surprise to tennis fans that the player who may invigorate the slumping women’s tennis tour (discounting the Williams sisters) may not be a flashy, grunting teenager, but instead, a veteran 26-year-old mother. Kim Clijsters, the 2005 United States Open champion and former world No. 1, will make her return to [...]

This has to be one of the funniest videos I have seen in a while. It is a scream off between Maria Sharapova and Michelle Larcher De Brito. I simply find all this screaming very over the top and it also kind of makes me wonder what type of noises these girls make when having [...]

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 [...]

As you might know there have been arguments about the tight schedule of the tennis player between the player representatives and the ATP for many years. One of the recent years’ complaints was for instance that the season lasts longer and longer, now until  late November with the Masters Cup followed by the Davis Cup. [...]

Laura Robson, the 14 year old British players is set to make her WTA tour debut at the Luxembourg event this week. I think this is really going to be one step too much. The confident, bubbly Robson became the first home winner of the junior tournament at the All England Club since Annabel Croft [...]

The top players could boycott next year’s WTA Tour if their questions are left unanswered, third-ranked Dinara Safina said Saturday. The Russian said the players were unhappy with the planned changes to the schedule. “If they [WTA] don’t listen to what we have to say, we might even choose to boycott the new tour,” Safina [...]

Below are the key changes the WTA have outlined for the 2009 season. I’m amazingly disappointed to see that they are now going to allow on court coaching, this has to be the biggest mistake a sports organisation has ever made! Longer Off-Season – 30% increase in off-season (from 7 to 9 weeks, with season [...]

Alicia Molik has officially announced her retirement from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Molik has been a top ten player and has been leading women’s tennis in Australia for years. Molik has won five singles and seven doubles titles, including the 2005 Australian Open doubles trophy with Svetlana Kuznetsova. Molik was on tour for over [...]