Previously published on March 1, 2020 for Tennis Panorama News By Agallivant (March 1, 2020) DUBAI, UAE – On TV screens, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships seems impossibly grand and too fantastical to contemplate traveling…
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Burying the 2018 US Open
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,…
Confronting Male Tennis Player Privilege
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…
Serena Williams is Tennis Sportsperson of the Year
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,…
Reviewing Wimbledon 2015
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…
Highs & Lows – Week 1 French Open 2015
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2015 New Year Resolutions for Our Players to Watch
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…
China Open 2014 – A Fan’s Perspective
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…
Tennis Labor Day at the US Open
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…
Cincy Tennis: A Fan’s Point of View
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…
Sony Open Tennis Photo Gallery
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…