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. [...]
Novak is back! After dominating the sport for the last few years, Novak Djokovic was finally supplanted from the summit of the ATP rankings by the UK’s finest, Sir Andy Murray. After a faltering end to the 2016 season, questions were starting to be asked of the Serb’s mentality and [...]
It`s only seven days old but we at JAbet are a giddy bunch so here’s our take from the first week of WTA action. 1. Pliskova means business! After such a strong 2016, winning in Cincinnati, making the US Open final by beating Serena in straight sets, and finishing with [...]
In this article we uncover exactly what's new on the UK front. Changes to the UK grass-court season in 2017: While the cornerstones of the world tennis calendar remained the same in 2016, there was a great deal of expansion into new markets and uncharted landscapes. Sofia, Bulgaria hosted its first [...]
We've discussed home-soil changes for the 2017 tennis season. Now let’s go deeper into the ATP and WTA tours to see what else is new and exciting for the whole year ahead. We’ll also add some betting perspective to hopefully spark some bright ideas. The Newbies: The Hungarian Ladies [...]
