Tennis news
November 18, 2019
Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday won the fourth title of his career and the biggest he has won so far. He’s the first-ever Greek champion in the history of the season-ending championships. The 2018 Next Gen champion defeated Dominic Thiem in a thriller 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6(4) over two hours and 35 minutes in the Nitto ATP Finals at the O2 in London.
October 14, 2019
Coco becomes the youngest player at 15 years to win a WTA singles title since Nicole Vaidisova in 2004. She also becomes the youngest U.S. woman to win a tour single since 1991 and she is also younger than both Serena and Venus Williams (both at 17) when they won their first titles. Coco before the tournament was ranked out of Top 100 but she will move up to 71 in the latest WTA ranking tomorrow.
September 28, 2019
African-American sisters, Venus and Serena have contributed nobly to the great game of tennis. Their impacts on breaking racial or gender barriers can’t be overlooked. Serena and Venus through their incredible tennis and values added to the Sport, they stand out among the likes of Ora Washington (known as the Queen of Tennis), Althea Gibson (the first woman of colour to win a Grand Slam title at the French Open) and Zina Garrison (the second African-American woman to play a Grand Slam final after Althea Gibson) in the top5 African-American female tennis players from early 20th century till date.
August 16, 2019
No doubt, Serena Williams is one of the Greatest Tennis Stars of All Time. Her records in past years have shown she is one to reckon with. S. Williams has the second-highest Grand Slam Titles, 23, of All Time in Women’s Singles – Margaret Smith Court on 24, Steffi Graf on 22, and Helen Wills Moody on 19. If we consider only Open Era, Serena Williams has the highest Grand Slam Titles in Women’s Tennis.