In the second week of a major tennis tournament, the world’s best tennis players fight for championships and compete at an elevated level. In the first week of a Big Four event, the main goal is merely survival.
On day two of the 2010 Australian Open, sports junkies were once again reminded why Roger Federer has [...]

After winning four consecutive French Open Championships, tour opponents may have wished the fiercely competitive Spaniard would stay on his favorite surface.  Those who know the feisty former number one player know that compromise is not his style.  Nadal saw an opening and raised his game to take advantage of his [...]

As the tragic news of professional tennis player Mathieu Montcourt’s death circulates, his as of yet unexplained death unearths a certain shameful side to the modern world of tennis.
Montcourt’s body was found in his Paris apartment on Monday by his girlfriend and an autopsy is expected to be carried out as soon [...]

If ever a tennis match other than a Wimbledon final deserved a banner headline, in raging capital letters, this was it.
The words are simple but substantial, and they carry the weight of 41 years of Open era men’s tennis: Robin Soderling defeated Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the 2009 French Open on Sunday. The [...]