There is an interesting interview with Nikolay Davydenko in yesterday’s Independent newspaper where Davydenko talks candidly about, among other topics, the stress of coping with the match fixing allegations over the past year.
Davydenko has continually declared his innocence in the tennis betting and match fixing stories though his name more than any other is most [...]

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Andy Murray, the British no.1 men’s tennis player won the Open 13 title in Marseille yesterday.  Murray played a solid game, beating Croatia’s Mario Ancic 6-3 6-4.
This latest victory gave him his fifth ATP Tour title and will most probably send him back into the top 10 world ranking.
Murray said this victory justified his recent [...]

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After considering a comeback, Monica Seles officially retired from women’s tennis last Thursday.
Her magnificent career included nine Grand Slam women’s singles titles and was cut short when she was stabbed in the back while watching a match in April 1993, at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany.
“I have for some time considered a return to professional [...]

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Before Novak Djokovic’s win in the Australian Open, the first major tennis tournament of 2008, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had won the last 11 Grand Slam events.
Novak Djokovic’s grand slam win has catapulted him into the elite of the world’s top tennis stars.  But not many people had heard about him until he beat [...]

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Maria Sharapova has made herself eligible for this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing by representing Russia in the Federation Cup last weekend. Following on from her Australian Open success, Sharapova won both her singles matches against Israel without dropping a set.Sharapova did not represent Russia at the last Olympic Games and her absence was conspicuous. [...]

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Roger Federer is set to hire a coach after his shock early exit from the Australian Open last month.  Starting the tennis Open as favourite , he was beaten by the eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semi finals.
Federer has not had a coach for the past few seasons.  In 2004, he won three majors [...]

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In their continuing fight against match fixing charges, tennis authorities are stepping up the ante.
Legal action has been started by the French tennis authorities in a bid to stop internet betting companies taking bets on this year’s French Open at Roland Garros.
French Open organisers have moved to shut down internet-betting markets on their tournament by [...]

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