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Welcome to the new All Things Tennis

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, […]

NEWS: ‘Fifth slam’ Indian Wells delivers again

It was one of those weekends, a sporting bonanza across multiple competitions involving your favourites. The kind that you look forward to all week. Now just because things really didn’t go my way doesn’t mean I should get any sympathy, when you support such successes as the England rugby team, Manchester United, Scuderia Ferrari and […]

NEWS: Racist cartoons, Roger’s 100 and Incredible Kyrgios

A mixture of stories to touch on this week as we start with an unsavoury decision. Blatantly racist Herald Sun cartoon deemed okay I recognise the absolute need for freedom of speech and of expression, but all too often it is as a blanket to hide behind for questionable causes. Case in point? The much […]

OPINION: Petra’s bravery on show again and YouTube offers up rankings reminiscing

Forgive the rather convoluted, bloated headline here. Two tennis titbits caught my eye this week. Kvitova’s courage back in the spotlight Sports stars are not immune to personal attacks or tragedy. In tennis, Monica Seles and the Williams sisters are two recent examples of these respectively, all three recovered to do great things of course, […]

NEWS: Debating the GOATs and disclosing the gonads

Usually in the week after a major tournament things are quiet. But Novak Djokovic’s dismantling of Rafa Nadal last Sunday has rightfully drummed up debate of the greatest of the men’s tour in history. This article on Eurosport sums things very well, essentially that both the swathes of tribal fans and the general consensus look […]

Australian Open 2019 Finals review: Naomi wins a spectacle and Novak serves up a slaughter

Naomi Osaka def Petra Kvitova 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 What a match this was, two likeable players faced each other for the first time for a maiden Australian title and the world number one spot. Not that it needed it, but this was another great advert for the women’s game. Both players are strong servers and […]

Australian Open 2019: Quarter Finals thoughts and Semi Finals predictions

Usually my predictions are poor (certainly my SkyBet form has deserted me) but my QF winner picks were on the whole pretty much on the money. Nadal, Djokovic and Tsitsipas are all safely through against their tired and/or inexperienced opponents. The Serb having things easiest with Nishikori lasting only a couple of one-sided sets before […]

Australian Open 2019: Round 4 review and QF predictions

If the first week was relatively short of surprises and stories, already the second half has begun with some spectacle. We lost the women’s champ at the weekend of course, but Wozniacki’s failure was no shock and her opponent no slouch! Instead Sharapova was just one of many household names, tournament favourites and former champs […]