Chatting with some layman friends over an IPA in the pub this lunchtime about the upcoming US Open (strictly tennis laypersons who scratch their heads when I tell them Alexander Dolgopolov has been match fixing lately) and the main thing they focus on is the obvious absence of Djokovic, Murray, [...]
Tennis trading has always required an agile body clock. Just over the next couple of months traders will likely use the majority of PT(-8), ET(-5), MSK(+3), CST(+8), JST(+9) and CET(+1) as the time zones to groggily set their alarms by. It certainly used to be the case that this chosen [...]
Considering the ladies’ championships the main talking point and betting focus of any Grand Slam is usually, of course, Serena Williams. Now she is a mother in the making, much like with Roland Garros, Wimbledon betting becomes a little bit like The Grand National. So let's take a look at [...]
Men’s Tournament: So, what of the The Big Five’s chances? Well these days Roger plays when and where he wants - Roland Garros does not qualify. Murray and Stan have been stuck in 2nd gear for months (although maybe Wawrinka's just hitting form on cue - he's strong favourite to [...]
When a teary-eyed Maria Sharapova confessed to the world’s media that she had failed a drugs test at January’s Australian Open, a return to the court in a professional playing capacity seemed implausible, if not impossible. Sharapova tested positive for meldonium (a substance proven to increase endurance, reduce fatigue and [...]
Here we take a look at which of our favourite tennis greats could be calling it a day this season. While many of these players could easily go on making decent prize money for seasons to come, let's outline a few reasons why this could/should be the end and offer [...]
When Roger Federer, a model of durability throughout his playing career, damaged his knee early in 2016 running a bath for his girls, many feared it was the beginning of the end for the former number one. With no Grand Slam titles since victory over Andy Murray at Wimbledon [...]
You know you’re in a granite quarter when Verdasco and Johnson look like a pair of ten-a-penny bums. With 3 previous champions who have won 12 of the last 13 titles all lumped together no-one bar Murray is going to progress quietly. The preceding week's action has also been anything [...]
Tennis players are getting older. Well, the very best are. In the last three years, the average age of Grand Slam winners is teetering close to a figure that you suspect most professional athletes dread even greater than the general public - the big 3 0. It occurred to us [...]
In order to keep up to date with the all the action in the first Grand Slam of the season, we recommend resetting the body clock by having a large Saturday night then lying in till Sunday evening, as we’re off down Under to sunny Melbourne for the Australian Open. [...]
