Tag: Controversy

Nadal faces security concerns in Acapulco

Last time that Rafa played in Acapulco it was in 2005. For this reason there is a huge expectation for his comeback... but there are some security problems. The security issue Unfortunately Acapulco is rife with security problems and the organization had to deploy a special...

Czech tennis player Zahlavova Strycova suspended for six months for doping

After so much talk about doping. Here we are... a tennis player was caught.The news came from the ITF that declared that the player got a 6 months ban for failing a drug test.  The 26-year-old, Czech who is ranked 124th, was found to have...

ATP refuses a prize money increase at Indian Wells

We have a funny and quite incredible situation here. ATP stands for the Association of Tennis Professionals and was born in 1972 with the idea of protecting the professional tennis players. One of the biggest problems of professional players is that the lower ranked ones do...

Top Indian players willing to take part to the Davis Cup tie against Indonesia

And here we are, the top indian players now agree to take part to the tie against Indonesia... if... well if their requests are accepted (this is difficult is going to happen). Everything came with a clear communicate that also states that the players do...

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....

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