Tag: Controversy

Lukas Rosol is definitely not the most loved player on tour. Last week Garcia-Lopez refused to shake hands after beating the Czech in Bucharest (Guillermo said Rosol was bullying him), now it’s time for Andy Murray to fight back in Munich. What happened? Rosol won the first...

Rafael Nadal is without any doubt the best clay court player in tennis history. The Spanish Legend has won 9 Roland Garros in 10 years and he is always a favorite to win the French Open… well… probably not this year. Rafa is currently world...

Nasty stuff in Romania! Garcia Lopez won a rough match against Rosol in straight set in Bucharest, but that wasn’t the news. After some altercations during the encounter when according to the Spaniard Rosol was trying to intimidate him, Garcia Lopez won the match with...

Roger Federer has faced many strange situations in his career… this was a new one. The world no.2 is the brand ambassador for Credit Swiss (who else?), but apparently the bank is funding companies active in timber  plantations in Sumatra… and some people do not...

This year we have many players complaining about tennis balls used in Indian Wells. Apparently the balls have a completely different feeling early in the morning and in the evening (they are like "stones") while during the day they bounce "ridiculously" high. During a recent interview Rafael Nadal was...

Wayne Odensik's career has been destroyed by... himself. The American has already received a 2 years' ban in 2010 for possessing human growth hormone. Now Odensik tested positive for several banned substances during the off season (December and January). Now 29, Odensik received a 15 years ban and he...

An emotional Serena Williams returns to a standing ovation at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night.

Bernard Tomic is again at the centre of another nasty controversy. The young Australian seemed to be out of the woods with his personal problems, but apparently he is not. What happened? Tomic has been accused for telling a young lady to possess a huge quantity of cocaine ($50.000). Everything seemed to...

Sometimes you see bad things happening on the tennis courts, but to be honest this was really bad. What happened Rising star Zhu Lin won the second set against Francesca Schiavone after she failed to recover a drop shot. Even if it was clear that the...

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka decided not to play the Davis Cup tie against Belgium. This was a big disappointment especially for the Swiss fans after the great Davis Cup title won last year. One of the most disappointed people was the International Tennis Federation...