My trip to Australia and New Zealand involved more than tennis. Before my first night at the tennis on the 2nd Monday, I spent a few hours at the State Library of…
Completing the fan slam immediately begs the question: which one is the best? * In many ways, the answer depends on what matters to you. I started traveling the tennis tours regularly…
I hadn’t thought that I would complete the fan slam by attending all four of the tennis majors. I was happy to have visited all three in 2009. Since then, I have…
Welcome to the 2019 tennis season! There is a reason why they call the Australian Open, the Happy Slam from the fans perspective: we have missed tennis and are hopeful for our…
I’ve kept up the tradition of Indian Wells, US Open, and the World Tour Finals for the past 10 years! My how time has flown. This year, I was happy to add…
I am back on the road. I took in the World Tour Final in London with a slight detour to see Hamilton, have afternoon tea at the Rosewood Hotel, and take a…
It was a grand adventure in Chicago. On the podcast below, I break down all the good time that was had by the Federer faithful who trekked to the windy city for…
The 2018 US Open promised so much and delivered very little. With the heat and the final results, I’m happy putting hiding this slam in the bottom of the memory box. However,…
As Indian Wells is virtually in my backyard, it would be silly to not attend for even a few days. The PODCAST Be kind and share…FacebookTumblrTwitterPinterestemail Related posts: Indian Wells 2013 in…
The 2018 Australian Open is over. We have feted the new tennis champions. It is time to talk about the possibility of an ATP tennis players’ union. We invited Sergiy Stakhovsky, who…
It’s awards season, so we have decided to hand out our very own awards for best and worst performances on the tennis tours. We reviewed a #Fedal season on the ATP tour…
I am not a sports fan, I am a tennis fan. More specifically, I am a live tennis fan. So, while I will occasionally pull up a stream to watch my favorites…
I am on a break from writing. However, I continue to talk tennis with the gang on the RealzTenisFanz Podcast. Our latest episode is Episode 71: Life with our Gurl Meldonium The Gang reacts…
The Realz Gang interviewed Kamau Murray, President/CEO of XS Tennis, Executive Director of XSTEF, and coach of American tennis player, Sloane Stephens. We talked about his push to send minority students to college on tennis…
The Realz Gang and our guest, Richard Ings, sat down for a long interview on current anti-doping efforts in tennis and sports, the challenge of WADA, and the relationship between match-fixing, gambling,…
Former tennis player, Raymond Moore resigned as CEO and tournament director at Indian Wells on Monday morning, March 21st in the wake of pushback from controversial comments he made during a breakfast…
I’ve been thinking about the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (SOY). The list of twelve nominees is here. Sports Illustrated will make its announcement on Tuesday, December 14th, 2015. For now,…
It began as a whispered thought: “you should try to go to London for the World Tour Finals”. At the time, the ATP had not announced plans to extend the tournament’s time…
Traveling alone can be a scary thought, especially if you’re a newbie (like me!). Going all the way to the other side of the world to a country you really don’t know…
Another Wimbledon has come and gone. We saw Serena Williams capture her 21st major with a competitive straight sets win over Garbine Muguruza. Then Novak Djokovic defended his Wimbledon crown by taking…
It’s one of my favorite times of the tennis calendar year. Wimbledon 2015 has arrived and it has brought us many good things already. Namely, a resurgent Venus Williams who doled out…
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I am temporarily grounded until summer 2015, when I hope to get back on the road to see live tennis. In the interim, I’ve been a guest on RealzTenisFanz Podcast. We take an…
2015 is just around the corner and we are continuing with that noble Roman tradition of crafting new year’s resolutions. I haven’t made a new year’s resolution in years and I am…
‘Tis the season to consider what I want for Christmas and I have decided to build myself the perfect tournament based upon the ones I attended this year. The list includes: the…
In 2010, @fiorebianca, @trublu and I conducted a totally scientific tennis season survey via Twitter. The results are listed below. A few things stand out: Roddick was highly entertaining in 2010; Ernest Gulbis…
As I focus on mundane and tedious things like lining up a new job for 2015, I’m feeling especially grateful for the elements that made my tennis travels extra special this year. Twitter…
It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight! Hit it! I bet that’s the first time those lyrics were quoted about tennis! I’ve…
Let’s start with the good… Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils, the number two players for their respective countries, kept the Davis Cup dream alive for Switzerland and France. If Davis Cup is celebrated for…
Have you ever started a project that you knew was going to be too ambitious from the outset but you just didn’t want to scale it back? I took a look at the…
Once I said goodbye to my stint as an Oxford student, I returned to regularly scheduled business: exploring Oxford with my minimal budget. UK, we really have to talk about how my…
My cousin is in her third year at Oxford University. While I awaited the start of the World Tour Finals in London, I stopped by for a long weekend. This was my…
After working as media for onthegotennis in the Swiss Indoors Basel tournament, I took the one hour train ride to Zürich to visit a friend. I had two full days to do some exploring…
The China Open officially became a combined tournament in 2004, so this year marks its 10th anniversary. Inopportunely, I left China in 2004 and have spent the exact same ten years studying…
(As it looks like I might not make the Asian swing this year, I asked Joanna to provide some insights on one of the tournaments on the tour. Based upon her overview,…
Tennis is my main passion and it has carried me around the world for years: America, Australia and Europe. Everything turns around tennis. I try new ways of travelling, to arrange journeys…
It’s been awhile since I have considered the US Open a bucket list item for tennis fans. Blame it on the US Open being in my backyard for the few years I…
My reserved seat in Armstrong paid off quite nicely when I saw this line-up for my Labor Day viewing at the US Open: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [22…
The Midwest has a little tennis secret (that isn’t so little anymore, to be honest) called The Western and Southern Open. This tournament is a master’s 1000 event so all the…
Hi folks, I feel like the hits keep rolling this week. It’s been weeks since I posted and now I have written two posts in quick succession. I had a chance to talk…
These are some of my favorite photos from Sony Open Tennis in Miami. I was happy I managed to catch the tournament champions, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, at practice. Of course, I aimed…
While in LA, I checked out the improvements to the tournament in Indian Wells. I arrived on Tuesday at 1 pm and left on Thursday morning. I bought a general admissions ticket ($53) for…
In 2013, I went to five ATP tournaments (including a slam): Indian Wells, CA; Washington, DC; Montreal, Canada; US Open; Basel, Switzerland; and the World Tour Finals. Of the six, Basel was…
The top 8 men and doubles teams are in London’s O2 Arena, aside from Andy Murray who is sidelined with an injury. While better analysts have broken down the field here and…
It’s taken me this long to recover from my trip to Basel, Switzerland. To be honest, I’m still trying to process what happened there and why it was such a wonderful surprise….
Indian Wells traditionally starts off my tennis year and this time it did not disappoint. I’m happy that I was able to make the tourney this year as I’m aiming for new…
Delpo vs Roddick was an emotional roller coaster ride. I wanted Delpo to win but I didn’t want Roddick to lose and have his last match. It was so stressful, which is…
In case you could not tell, I’m a “follow your bliss” kind of girl. When I need inspiration, I will pick up a Joseph Campbell book to get my juices flowing or…
