WEEK: 10.16.2017 Maria Sharapova is the mover of the week. Since her return from suspension, she has had to contend with stopping and starting her career a few times because of niggling injuries. While it was not necessarily a top-notch field of opponents in Tianjin, the highest ranked player in her path was Shuai Peng…
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Shanghai Rolex Masters, China [23] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. [54] Viktor Troicki (SRB) No one knows adversity better than Del Potro, who has undergone numerous wrist surgeries and other injuries that has derailed his career. Those injuries almost ended his career; however, Del Potro is a man of faith and believes strongly that…
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Shanghai Rolex Masters, China From the moment the draw came out, Nadal fans quickly realized that he had the toughest half of the draw. He got a break in his first match and easily dispatched of the American, Jared Donaldson; however, his next opponent was the dangerous Italian, Fabio Fognini. Nadal and his team know…
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The ranking system was introduced to the WTA in 1975. The first woman to be ranked number one was Chris Evert on November 3rd, 1975. Steffi Graf was the fifth woman to be ranked number one and she held that position for a combined total of 377 weeks (the longest to date). Angelique Kerber was…
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WEEK: 10.02.2017 Kateryna Bondarenko gets the mover of the week honors and they are well deserved. Coming back from prolonged time off is never easy; it is psychologically taxing to fight back to the level you once were and it’s also physically demanding. Bondarenko’s physical fitness was tested during the Tashkent Open tournament this past…
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THE FOUR MAJOR CHAMPIONS: The final major of the year is over and the four majors were won by the same two male players. Roger Federer started the season off by winning the Australian Open. Then it was Rafael Nadal’s turn; as is usual for “the king of clay”, he excelled during the clay court…
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