Tag: Controversy

DOPING. WHY Sharapova may not get a wild card from the Roland Garros

Recently Andy Murray vented his disagreement of the fact that many tournaments were ready to give a wildcard to Maria Sharapova after her controversial ban for doping.According to Andy, it is immoral that a player banned for doping has an easy way back, and...

Kyrgios, Sela have heated discussion after match

Nick Kyrgios had to battle hard to defeated Dudi Sela in a three-setter in Acapulco. After losing the opener, Nick had a relatively easy win over Dudi with exception of the end when the Australian had a heated conversation with his opponent. What happened? Apparently, Sela’s...

Murray against Sharapova on Wimbledon wild card

Andy Murray has always been extremely harsh when commenting about drug cheats. Last year, Andy was very straight against Sharapova, and now he expresses his dissent about the possibility that Wimbledon will grant a wild card to the Russian. She should not receive favors. MURRAY During...

Tomic accused of tanking again

Bernard Tomic has made a name for being a big "tanker" at times. Yesterday in Delray Beach he didn’t do much to prove the contrary against Darcis. What happened? The Australian won the opening set in style after grabbing a fast 4-0 lead. Then, in the...

Why there is nothing wrong about modeling. BOUCHARD

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Genie Bouchard is definitely one of the hottest players in the world. Even if Genie is not performing up to her potential on court, she is often asked to do some modeling now and then. Unfortunately, Genie’s passion for modeling and her underperformance is attracting...

Umpire hit by Shapovalov had surgery to repair fracture under his eye

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Arnaud Gabas, the umpire hit by Denis Shapovalov during a recent Davis Cup tie, had a successful operation to his eye socket. After being hit, the umpire went immediately to the Ottawa General Hospital to check on the retina (that, fortunately, wasn’t damaged). Back...

Players should learn from Shapovalov’s accident. MURRAY

Containing your nerves during a tense tennis match is always difficult especially if the contest has important meanings for the contenders. Rising star Denis Shapolvalov is one of the nicest upcoming stars around, and he was excited for playing the decisive rubber of the...

THAT WAS BAD. Germany got ballistic after anthem from Nazi-era was sung at Fed Cup in the US

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The onset of the Fed Cup tie between the USA and Germany looked very promising. The contest was scheduled in the Hawaii, and all players were in the right mood to be there. Then something truly amazing happened during the open ceremony as the singer...

We didn’t favour Federer with faster courts. Australia Open boss

This year we are having lots of talks about the fact that the Australian Open courts are uncharacteristically fast.  That is a matter of fact, and it definitely helped Roger Feder’s performance, but Graig Tiley, the boss of the Australian  Open, denied that they...

The reason why Wawrinka and Tsonga quarrelled

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Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stunned the audience in Melbourne at the end of the first set of their quarterfinal.  What happened? Just out of the blue the two champions had a weird and childish discussion during the change-over that started after the Frenchman was talking...

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