Tag: Controversy

Fabio Fognini managed to embarrass himself once more during the last US Open when during his match against fellow Italian Stefano Travaglia, he called Louise Engzelle, the Swedish umpire, “troia” and “bocchinara,” which translate as “whore” and “cocksucker”. (yes that's not really nice) After that episode, Fognini...

Nick Kyrgios added another weird chapter to his tormented career. On Tuesday in Shanghai, the Australian walked out the court for apparently no reasons after he lost the first set against Steve Johnson. Few hours after the incident, Kyrgios explained that he was struggling with...

Bad news from Boris Becker as the German ace is rumored to sell his Wimbledon trophies to repay his debts. According to reports, Boris has 54 million pounds debts; the German was declared bankrupt 3 months ago and now the auction house Wyles Hardy &...

In the past few years, we have witnessed many players taking long breaks while grappling with all sorts of injuries, and Milos Raonic knows who to blame: the ATP. The Canadian himself had to face many physical problems, and he is staging another small comeback...

Dan Evans is not having a fantastic moment. The talented Brit has been found positive for cocaine this year in Barcelona (24th of April), and he has been suspended since then from the competitions. The Brit had to forfeit the prize money 103,890 euros...

The former world no.4 James Blake was suddenly attacked by an NYPD officer back in 2015 when the former tennis star was standing in front of the Grand Hyatt in New York. Eventually, James was slammed to the ground and handcuffed in a terrible...

Nick Kyrgios baffled the entire tennis world when he kneeled at the net before taking on Roger Federer at the recent Laver Cup. Many interpreted that behavior as a gesture of solidarity toward the ongoing NFL protest against Trump that had a tough comment...

John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg’s fierce rivalry has been immortalized in a recent movie that didn’t impress much both tennis legends. McEnroe John was rather upset with the outcome especially for the fact that there was a lot of inaccuracies. The American commented  “Unfortunately, even though I...

Brazil and Japan have been enjoying a fantastic relationship over the years, but something weird happened during the recent Davis Cup, tie between the two nations. What happened? Guilherme Clezar was facing Yuichi Sugita in Osaka. After successfully challenging a line call, Clezar stretched his eyes...

Extreme stuff in Spain! Conchita Martinez was the captain of both the Fed Cup and the Davis Cup teams of Spain. There was some discontent among the players of the Davis Cup team for having a female leader because they thought that it didn't fit...