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…
Tag: Roger Federer
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,…
Podcast #47: Miami Sizzle II
The Realz Gang and Guest named our top 6 players on the ATP tour. Listen in as we defend our picks to each other! Let us know your top 6 in the…
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…
Temporarily Grounded: A Tennis Podcast with Cari Champion
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 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…
A First Davis Cup for the Swiss
The good news at the start of day 3 of Davis Cup was that the Swiss had two chances to win their first Davis Cup title. France too but let’s try to…
Why I Loved My Davis Cup Weekend in Switzerland
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…
US Open 2014 – My Quick Take
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…
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…
The 2014 US Open
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Western and Southern Open (Cincy Tennis) singles’ events: Serena Williams and Roger Federer. It’s great to see Serena capture her first title in Cincinnati and Roger get his…
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…
A New and Improved BNP Paribas Open in the Desert
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…