Tag: Controversy

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....

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.......

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...

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...

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...

The Sugarpova campaign is incredibly creative and successful... but it has some side effect: it promotes unhealthy food! This is what some critics complain about. The Campaign As per Sugarpova's website "Sugarpova is a premium candy line that reflects the fun, fashionable, sweet side of international tennis sensation...

Gael Monfils has an argument with the umpire regarding a warning for time abuse on his match against Philipp Kohlschreiber, in Doha

Strange relationships inside the Argentine Davis Cup team. Del Potro and Argentina Juan Martin has always been keen on playing for his country. This summer he won a very emotional bronze medal at the Olympic Games against Djokovic. In September he played the Davis Cup...

The 2008 Beijing gold medal seems to be trillions of miles away as something got a bit broken inside the Swiss team. What happened before The first hint came when Roger was "misunderstood" when it was reported that he blamed Wawrinka for their terrible lost against...

Is Caroline racist? No she is not! She has just performed a very unfortunate imitation of Serena and some people has (wrongly) considered it an act of racism. What happened? You know... during exhibition tennis players are expected not to win, but to act as jokingly...