Originally posted on The Triple Bagel:
News today that Chinese tennis superstar Li Na has announced her retirement with immediate effect. The two-time grand slam champion came to the decision having struggled with injury in the late stages of her career. Today Li Na announced her retirement in the form of an open letter, paraphrased…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
The 2014 Grand Slam season will be remembered for bookend stunners. We thought it could not get more surprising than Stan Wawrinka’s triumph at the Australian Open, but it did just that when Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori squared off in the U.S. Open final earlier this month. By prevailing…

Originally posted on Living Tennis:
There’s always a lot of speculation over what rackets the pros really use. Most of us are aware that a lot of the time the rackets that the pro’s are advertised to use aren’t really what you see them playing with. In this post I hope to shed just a…

Originally posted on tennistipsfromapro:
A great clip here of a jubilant Swiss Davis Cup captain, Severin Luthi and Swiss # 2 Stan Wawrinka chairing Roger Federer around the stadium following his win over Italy’s Fabio Fognini which clinched the semi-final tie for the Swiss team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQeiOiDsjks Federer has made the Davis Cup a priority this…

Originally posted on Get Sporty:
Odes to Roger Federer are aplenty. And while his elegance, grace, aesthetic and athletic ability have all been analysed by the greatest of the great sports writers and experts, I still feel compelled to add an insignificant speck to that glitzing galaxy. That is because for all the domination he’s…