Tag: Controversy

Nick Kyrgios starts his US Open campaign, Kyrgios’ style. In the first round against Bedene, the Australian managed to fight with the chair umpire in the opening game after receiving a code violation for hitting a ball in anger too close to a linesman.  Still upset...

Fabio Fognini made some more enemies (for a change) in the US! In the first round, the Italian won an incredible fight against Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-7 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-4 in 4 hours and 47 minutes, but he had a rather bumpy ride. The Italian...

Carla Touly is 19-year-old that is trying to find her way in the official circuit. Unfortunately, life is difficult and she was particularly upset after earning 1.25 Euro after reaching the finals in doubles at the ITF Tournament in Sezze. Now ranked world no.754, Carla...

Martina Hingis and Andrea Hlavackova are not best friends right now. What happened? Martina saved a match point in the women’s semi-final (doubles) after shooting a ball on Hlavackova’s face. That shot was a real KO as Andrea’s orbital bone. Eventually, the Swiss team (Hingis/Bacsinszky) won...

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza enjoyed an incredible run in the past few years after they won 11 titles and 3 slams. Unfortunately, Martina and Sania had to split, and they came out with an official communicate to explain the reason. Th good news is...

Benoit Paire is a rather controversial guy that doesn’t like to follow the rules. Arnaud di Pasquale, the technical director of the French tennis team, announced on Tuesday that Paire was ordered to leave the team. Why the decision The decision was executed after Benoit lost...

Nick Kyrgios wasn’t very happy after he lost to 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov in the Toronto opener.  After that, the young Australian has found again a way to upset his own supporters. Canadians are better than Australians During an interview after his match, he complained that the...

Richel Hogenkamp tried hard to qualify for the main draw in Bastad, but she had to capitulate in the final set after she was leading 3-1. The Dutch was definitely not very happy for that, and later her mood must have turned a bit bleaker...

It took just 48 minutes for Serena Williams to reach her 9th Wimbledon final after she swept away Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-0. This result and the length of the match has revived the question if it’s fair for women to earn the same amount...

Nick Kyrgios appeared rather flat in the Wimbledon 4th round against Andy Murray, and that didn’t go unnoticed. He has a lot of work to do.Tennis Legend John McEnroe was once again dismayed by Kyrgios’ lack of concentration to comment “I hope he sees the...