Tag: Controversy

Bhupathi says the All India Tennis Association CEO is a liar

The Indian controversy doesn't stop... it is getting worse and worse. Now the AITA (All India Tennis Association) has refused the players to seat at the Executive or Selection Committees unless they are elected. It seems that player Somdev Devvarman has asked to reform the Executive and Selection Committees...

Tough Janowicz insults Djokovic and Federer

Jerzy is a wonderful player, but he definitely has some PR problems, and he needs to fix that. After his incredible tournament in Paris in November when he reached the final coming from nowhere, the Pole made headlines only for his incredible tantrum in Melbourne when...

The Indian Federation presents its case against rebellious players

Here we are at another episode of this big mess. AITA, the Indian tennis governing body, has been struggling for some times with most of its top players. All the situation started to deteriorate when Bhupathi and Bopanna refused to team up with Paes at the...

Murray says ATP should invest on anti-doping measures

We have another opinion from a big 4 about doping. Roger and Rafa said that they should increase the frequency of controls. Nole feels that tennis is clean for doping to have a bit of a rant against Armstrong ("he should suffer"). Now it's time for...

Davis Cup: Djokovic worried by the dangerous courts in Charleroi

Having more than 1.5 millions followers in tweeter definitely helps to spread your message around.  The Tweet "Being extra careful here. The conditions are quite dangerous 4 all players. I know organisers did their best, but still....#worried," tweeted Djokovic... and it didn't get unnoticed."How is it...

Bartoli disagrees with Federer over doping

This is unfortunately one of the top topics of the moment. After Lance Armstrong's confession there are different points of view about doping in tennis.  One of the most important point is the frequency of tests that according to some players it is not enough....

Doping: Agassi criticizes Armstrong confession

The former world no.1 had his harsh opinion on Armastrong's gate. The tennis star found it really difficult to digest how such a well known athlete managed to lie for over a decade about such a thorny issue to then just admit his guilt.......

Sloane Stephens plays down Azarenka’s time out controversy

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Another nice act from the upcoming tennis star. Victoria Azarenka took a controversial time out in the semifinal in Melbourne for something that... well.. it wasn't that clear (see article). The entire tennis community had the impression that the time out wasn't really related  to...

Federer, Serena attack Armstrong over doping

Roger and Serena join Nole about their opinion in Lance Armstrong doping gate. The Serb was quite hard to say that Armstrong "should suffer for his lies".  From Roger "What a sad story," The Swiss Legend said "I don't know what to say. It just really saddens me...

Doping in Tennis: Murray replies at Rochus’ allegations

Noha, Blake and now Rochus... there are some players that are raising some concerns about doping in tennis and there are some other that deny it (and we really hope they are right!). From Rochus Rochus, former Belgium player, had quite a harsh statement at a recent...

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