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Is Nick Kyrgios good or bad for tennis?

Over the years, Nick Kyrgios has often divided opinions over his unorthodox style on the tennis court. Many pundits have also oft dismissed Kyrgios’s ant...
Myre Aberdan|Dec 17, 2022

Can Holger Rune Emulate Alcaraz In 2023

Carlos Alcaraz set the tennis world on fire in 2022. After cementing himself with a slew of titles, Carlos capped off his dream 2022 season with the US Ope...
Deke Lloyd|Dec 17, 2022

Iga Swiatek boosts her marketability, joins IMG

Current world number 1 Iga Swiatek had bolstered her chances at superstardom, signing today with IMG Tennis. The global talent management IMG oversees the ...
Myre Aberdan|Dec 16, 2022

Which player was more lethal at their prime: Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic?

An often asked question in professional sport is which athlete was the best at their "prime". In basketball, the discussion often centres around ...
Myre Aberdan|Dec 15, 2022

Sidelined by injuries since 2021, can Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori return to the top 20 in the world?

Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic were two freaks of nature. Between 2012- 2020, Kei Nishikori did not start a season outside 20 in the world. The same can be...
Myre Aberdan|Dec 14, 2022

With world number 1 Iga Swiatek virtually unknown to the general public- is tennis the most poorly marketed sport in the world?

In a world where race car drivers are far-and-away more popular than almost any tennis player- is it finally time to ask what is tennis doing? Iga Swiatek ...
Myre Aberdan|Dec 6, 2022

Does Stefanos Tsitsipas have bad sportsmanship for a top 10 player?

Stefanos Tsitsipas is developing something of a bad habit. Against Andy Murray at Flushing Meadows last year, Tsitsipas took such a long toilet break, that...
Myre Aberdan|Nov 19, 2022

What are the chances of Djokovic winning the Nitto ATP Finals?

Djokovic hasn't won the ATP Finals since 2015. Is this the year he finally breaks his title drought at the year end finals?
Myre Aberdan|Nov 12, 2022

Is it correct to put Alcaraz the favourite for AO?

  Every year, another big expectation is heaped on a new grand slam champion. Last year, it was Medvedev who pundits were speculating about.  Hav...
Myre Aberdan|Nov 6, 2022

No slams or titles= failure?

In tennis-128  players compete four times a year for a grand prize of 3 million dollars. Not every player will win grand slams. The same way in any profes...
Myre Aberdan|Nov 1, 2022

We will ever see Nadal lift the season-ending championship ATP Finals trophy?

The ATP Finals are almost the pinnacle of the tennis. Besides winning majors, it is the best athlete defeating the best athletes that year. The trophy is o...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 30, 2022

Daniil Medvedev’s Nine-Month Nosedive

Man, oh man do fortunes change quickly in this world. Nine months ago today, Daniil Medvedev woke up in his hotel room in Melbourne having just the night b...
BobJohn Barker|Oct 28, 2022

Would prime David Ferrer be ranked number 1 in the world if he had to play against next gen?

David Ferrer was a prodigious talent beyond measure. Ferrer was one of those faces you would always see in the later stages of grand slams such as the Aust...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 26, 2022

Does Naomi Osaka have what it takes to dethrone Iga in 2023?

Naomi Osaka, at her prime, was probably already a candidate for the tennis hall of fame. Winning her 4th grand slam in January last year, by 23 Osaka was a...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 25, 2022

Does the protected ranking system distort the true rankings of players in the world?

The concept of a tennis ranking is quite a simple formula. One can expect that the 40th ranked player would be the 40th best player on the planet. However,...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 23, 2022

After winning only 2 matches by mid-April, where does Novak Djokovic’s qualification for the ATP finals rank amongst the most unlikely of finishes to a season ?

Novak Djokovic's 2022 will be remembered in history as one of the most entertaining individual seasons in recent memory. After flying to Australia in ...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 22, 2022

Is it time to take the stigma away from athletes who don’t want to retire at their peak?

Throughout all the major sports in the world, we are witnessing more and more athletes delay retiring. In the NFL, Tom Brady retired, then un-retired in a ...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 21, 2022

An Ode to Roger Federer

It’s been a couple of weeks since the Laver Cup and Roger Federer’s retirement, yet it still feels strange to refer to him as a former player.
Easwar Vijay|Oct 19, 2022

Is There A New Level Of Optimism With American Men?

This past week, Taylor Fritz secured the Toyko Open and became the first American male to achieve a top-ten world ranking since John Isner in 2018. An almo...
Deke Lloyd|Oct 17, 2022

Nadal’s Australian Open 2022 win is a reminder to all of us of how good it feels like for your dreams to actually come true.

Can you believe it? Astonishingly, yet another year is already ready to close on the tennis world. Now that the 4 grand slams for the year have come to pas...
Myre Aberdan|Oct 16, 2022
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