Tag: Controversy

Nick Kyrgios has received a significant fine (US$ 25,000), and an eight weeks’ suspension after his horrible behavior in Shanghai. The ban can be reduced to three weeks if the Australian seeks the help of a Sports psychologist. Tennis Australia is well aware of the...

A few weeks ago the WTA boss, Steve Simon, stated that tennis needs new formats in order to meet the new demand. The idea was to introduce faster scoring systems such as the (infamous) no-ads and the super tiebreak in the decider. Rafael Nadal was...

Nick Kyrgios was fined $16,500 for displaying a terrible behavior in Shanghai when he tanked for the most of the match against Misha Zverev. Probably the fine is not the only way to make Kyrgios understand what he is doing (the amount is not...

After a fantastic week in Beijing, Nick Kyrgios went back to misery the week after in Shanghai. After beating Querrey 6-4 6-4 in the opener, the Australian stated that he was bored during that match. Things got even worse in the 2nd round when he...

Once again Nick Kyrgios polarized the attention for the wrong reason. The Australian tanked during his 2nd round match against Misha Zverev (eventually he lost 6-3 6-1) before saying that he didn’t care about fans, qualifying for the World Tour Finals etc. etc. Worst of all,...

Maria Sharapova is jubilant after she obtained a reduction of her 2 years ban to 15 months. The Russian didn’t waste any time to attack the ITF saying that their position was not neutral and they tried to make an example of her. The statement The ITF...

Maria Sharapova was criticized and dumped by many sponsors for being banned after she was found positive to Meldonium. That doesn’t apply for her racket sponsor HEAD. The position Johan Eliasch, the HEAD chairman, was rather explicit in June when he defended Maria with an official...

Rafael Nadal has written some of the nicest pages of tennis history, and he knows what it takes to create epic matches. During a recent interview in Wuhan, the WTA boss, Steve Simon, proposed a change in the scoring system with the introduction of the...

Steve Simon, the WTA boss, wants to change the rules of the game. According to Steve no-ad scoring system and the super tiebreak are the key to improve the product. The attention span is shrinking. SIMON During an interview in Wuhan, Steve explains why he intends...

The Australian Open tries to have a “mild” face lift, but that probably didn’t go well. The organization launches a new logo that completely missed the point.  It seems that there is almost no relationship with tennis and, as pointed out on Twitter, it...