Tag: Controversy

Murray refuses to play in Washington after being “rinsed” by tournament director

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Andy Murray is looking forward to coming back to the competitions after he has skipped almost the entire season because of his hip operation. After skipping Wimbledon, Andy tried to get back to the tour in Washington where he reached the quarters after winning 3...

Yannick Noah disgusted with ITF President for destroying the Davis Cup

RIP Davis Cup
Yannick Noah is among the tennis players and coach that feel the pathos of the Davis Cup the most. The French Legend led his nation to win the Davis Cup in 1991, 1996 and in 2016 and he showed his affection for the competition during this...

SURREAL. Former tennis player, ATP board member Gimelstob arrested for Halloween assault

Gimelstob
Incredible staff in Los Angeles as Justin Gimelstob has been arrested for an alleged Halloween assault. Who is Gimelstob? Former world no.63 in singles, and no.18 in doubles, the 41-year-old is on the ATP board as a player representative, and he was widely considered as one of the likely...

Corrupted Italians banned from tennis for match fixing

Starace Bracciali match fixing
Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace have been banned from tennis. What happened 4 years ago it emerged that the Italians were at the center of a match-fixing scandal that saw the duo fixing matches back in 2007 and 2011. In one conversation Bracciali was caught discussing...

I probably would not have stopped that point. FEDERER

Federer upset
Roger Federer looked quite upset after losing to Zverev in the semifinal in London especially after the controversial episode involving the ballboy losing a ball on court. He would have probably played on. This is what happened

Zverev fighting tears after big controversy when playing against Federer

Zverev heartbroken
Sascha Zverev defeated his childhood idol Roger Federer in the semi of the ATP Finals, and that should have been one of the nicest moment of his young career. Unfortunately, things got completely different because of a key episode that happened during the 2nd set...

Why Federer is scheduled during the evenings. FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Federer and Benneteau
Julien Benneteau has generated a rather big controversy after accusing the Australian Open organization of helping Roger Federer by scheduling the Swiss to play mainly in the evening. Novak Djokovic and John Isner defended Federer against the claims of the Frenchman and it's now time...

Djokovic defends Federer with a great statement

Federer DJokovic hugging
Novak Djokovic had a fantastic start in London after he defeated John Isner following a superb performance. The world no.1 impressed also after the match when he was asked about the special treatment that Roger Federer has on tour following some comments from Julien Benneteau....

Anderson defends Tsitsipas against Zverev’s comments

Anderson Tsitsipas
A few days ago, Sascha Zverev criticized Stefanos Tsitsipas and Frances Tiafoe for excessive use of the towel. The comment came after the Greek expressed his negative point of view about using the towel racks instead of having the ball kids to help. https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/45718/zverev-criticizes-tsitsipas-and-tiafoe-for-excessive-use-of-towel/ Why Anderson...

Zverev criticizes Tsitsipas and Tiafoe for the excessive use of towel

Tsitsipas towel
Sascha Zverev is about to start his campaign, and his latest interview will not be unnoticed. When asked about his idea about the towel rack and the fact that it's the "job of the ballboys" to give the towels to the players, he replied "I never take my...

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