Tag: Controversy

Doping: Uncle Toni says Rochus is a real imbecile and just rude

Uncle Toni doesn't have any nice word for Christophe Rochus that raised some doubts against Rafa during an interview in January. An imbecile and just rude During a recent interview Toni said "Apart from being an imbecile, Rochus is just rude. He is a real imbecile because if...

Azarenka agrees with Nadal on the hardcourt controversy

Few days ago the King of Clay said that there should be more tournaments on soft surfaces as they are less taxing on players body. That is a good concept for two reasons. First it gives more variety to the game. Second it really...

Jennifer Capriati to respond for attacking her boyfriend

Tough moment for the American legend that has been accused for assaulting her ex-boyfriend. Apparently Jennifer has "pushed" her boyfriend to be accused of assaulting him. There were rumours that there was a warrant out for her arrest, but that was denied by Jennifer's lawyer. "There...

ITF introduces the biological passport for anti-doping

It was about to come... and it did! The ITF wants to undertake all possible measures to avoid a doping scandal in tennis. The last one has been just announced and it's about introducing a biological passport to track the evolution of a player's blood profile...

Sampras thinks that tennis is doping free

Doping is such a complex issue right now. Some people are a bit (or a lot) pessimistic, others are not. Few days ago Federer said that is naive to think that tennis is doping free. Pete has a different opinion to say that he can't...

Petrova says Errani’s tennis is boring. Serena is the real leader

Ouch... that was not very diplomatic. Maybe Nadia didn't have much fun during her last match against Sara Errani in Dubia where she lost 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the quarters to have quite an aggressive comment against the Italian. Errani not a leader During a recent...

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...

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