Serving up weekly waffle from the tennis world
Welcome to the new (new, new) version of ATT. A tennis blog which in 2018 celebrates it’s 12th birthday. Beginning life as Oh I Say! – A Tennis Blog; a university project and originally focusing on Tim Henman and Daniela Hantuchova, the site has since cropped up amongst the top ranked UK tennis blogs. Now, […]
Read More Welcome to the new All Things TennisIllness has delayed this post, apologies. Apologies too for that rather negative headline, but all will become clear amidst the waffle. 2019 has undoubtedly been a classic Wimbledon, encompassed in the vastly different finals and encapsulated further by that truly epic men’s doubles contest in between. Yet, there was a continued theme of great champions […]
Read More Wimbledon 2019: Finals review as two very different classics marred by disrespectIt was another day of drama at SW19 with some legends struggling and a whole host of seeds falling by the wayside. Roger Federer and Serena Williams both struggled at times against their unheralded opponents, the Swiss even dropping a first round set here for the first time since 2010 (I was there and remember […]
Read More Wimbledon 2019: Seeds continue to fall on Day 2The lateness of this post can be blamed on a reimagined racing bandicoot (cryptic perhaps). But suffice to say that such were the goings on throughout Day 1 here that you would have stumbled across the headlines by now, rendering this post to a mere pause for breath and a chance to recap. I can’t […]
Read More Wimbledon 2019: Day 1 is choc full of shocks plus a look at Day 2It’s that time of year again, with football (the men’s game anyway) still languishing in the background, the sport of kings takes centre stage at its most prized of venues. Before we look at the contenders of Wimbledon 2019, who has performed best on the purist’s surface? WOMEN Fresh from Ashleigh Barty’s shock Roland Garros […]
Read More NEWS: Grass season thoughts, Wimbledon predictions and Day One picksIt’s been another great tournament in Paris, we’ve had some rain, wind and plenty of fire. The second week continued where the first left off, namely dramatic matches of high quality and plenty of shocks and surprises along with some constants. There was yet again a continuation too of the strength in feign of the […]
Read More Roland Garros 2019: Barty breezes to first major as Rafa again reigns supreme over Thiem2 year wedding anniversary tomorrow etc etc
Read More AllThingsTennis will be back Tuesday eveningMore seeds exited Paris today, but the tournament is not (yet) any worse for it – the classic encounters just keep on coming. Men Of the men, Wawrinka and Tsitsipas couldn’t finish their matches against Dimitrov and Krajinov in two stunning encounters. But both remain two sets up and in control. Rafa and Roger both […]
Read More Roland Garros 2019: Pliskova falls amid classic matches that went the distance in the dark on Day 6