The Australian Open 2023 women’s singles final featured a battle between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka overcame early serving struggles to defeat Rybakina in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and capture her first career Grand Slam title. Despite dropping the first set, she regrouped in the second set by unleashing vicious groundstrokes with heavy…
Tournament Details The 2023 Australian Open begins on January 16th in Melbourne and ends on January 29th. The main draw starts at 11:00am local time in Melbourne (01:00am CET) and 08:00am in Singapore on Monday. Injuries and Withdrawals On Saturday, two of the featured players from the first five episodes of the new streaming documentary…
Skipping rope offers a number of fitness and coordination benefits that directly translate to better performance on the tennis court. As a tennis player, incorporating regular rope jumping into your training regimen can take your game to the next level. Skipping Rope Provides A High-Intensity Cardio Workout Skipping rope is an extremely effective cardio exercise….
The racket sports of pickleball, padel, and tennis each offer their own unique benefits, yet also face competition from one another. Judy Murray, former professional tennis player and mother of tennis star Andy Murray, has firsthand experience with pickleball. She provides perspective on both the opportunities pickleball presents as an accessible entry sport, as well…
A coveted NCAA tennis scholarship offers talented student-athletes a chance to have their education fully funded while competing at the top college tennis programs across America. Read on to learn about scholarship availability in Division 1 tennis for both men’s and women’s programs, additional financial aid for NCAA athletes, and key tips for international recruits…
Left-handed players possess key advantages when facing right-handed opponents. The lefty spin patterns and serve can frustrate righties who are used to standard patterns of play. Great lefties like Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova demonstrated how to effectively exploit the lefty edge. Specifically, their vicious topspin, additionally their attacking net play, and moreover…
The term ‘tennis elbow’ is used in a general way to describe most injuries that affect the elbow and cause pain when the elbow joint is moved or rotated. It is clinically known as Lateral Epicondylitis. The area of pain for tennis elbow is usually the outer part of the elbow. The inner part of the elbow,…
South American Early Season There are three distinct claycourt seasons during the tennis year. The South American played in February between the Australian Open and the Indian Wells Masters. The second is the long Spring clay season that starts in the Americas and Morocco before moving to mainland Europe and finishing with the French Open…
The playing surface, also called tennis court surface, is a crucial factor affecting styles of play in tennis. While the sport originated on grass courts, the four classic tennis surfaces seen today include not only natural grass but also clay (typically red clay,) hard courts (usually acrylic or asphalt,) and rarely still classic Har-Tru green…
The magic of Wimbledon stems from its longevity and the natural life in its principle component – grass! Major Walter Clopton Wingfield: The Inventor of Modern Tennis Grass and lawns require cutting, rolling, watering, and pampering, making them more exciting than clay or acrylic surfaces. The All-England Croquet Club was founded in 1868 in Wimbledon….
