Wonderful World of Tennis

Women's Tennis 2009: The year in review (Part One)

Guy McCrea / 04 November 2009 / Leave a comment

The year in women's tennis has seen plenty of players make headlines for both good and bad reasons. In the first of a two-part series, Guy McCrea reviews some of the standout stories from the 2009 calendar....Read more »

WTA Race To Doha: Who are the likely eight?

Guy McCrea / 05 October 2009 / Leave a comment

The Grand Slams might be done and dusted for 2009 - but the battle for places at the season-ending WTA Tour Championship is still far from over. Four places remain to be claimed and the line-up is likely to be...Read more »

Tennis Betting: We're witnessing the strongest men's Top 10 ever

Simon Mundie / 18 August 2009 / Leave a comment

As the Top 8 in the ATP rankings all reached the quarter-finals in a Masters Series Event for the first time ever, Simon Mundie says it's time for us to sit back and appreciate just how strong collectively the likes...Read more »

Andy Murray turns out to play a county match

Editor / 27 July 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the great joys of my days trotting the world covering sport was the England press football team. On the morning of internationals the travelling media would take on the newspaper and TV men from the home country. We...Read more »

Tennis Betting: Lengthy Gasquet ban does neither player nor sport any good

Simon Mundie / 19 May 2009 / Leave a comment

As the world of tennis waits to hear what sentence will be handed out to Richard Gasquet, Simon Mundie wonders what may have caused the genial Frenchman to experiment with recreation drugs and looks at other player who haven't quite...Read more »

Tennis Betting: To be or not to be...a clay court player

Simon Mundie / 02 April 2009 / Leave a comment

The exploits of Rafael Nadal on the clay have been well-documented but what characteristics does a player need to be successful on this surface, asks Simon Mundie. And which ATP players possess them?...Read more »

Tennis Bets: Just why are France and Spain so good at men's tennis?

Matthew Walton / 18 February 2009 / Leave a comment

In 2008 Spain won the Davis Cup without talisman Rafael Nadal even playing the final whilst France had more players in the men's top 100 than any other nation. As Great Britain and the like rely on just the one...Read more »

Tennis Betting: 10 tips for better tennis match betting

Matthew Walton / 12 December 2008 / Leave a comment

With the tennis season over, its time for the players to recharge their batteries and for us tennis punters to have a think about what we're doing right and wrong. "Magical" Matthew Walton gives us a hand....Read more »

Tennis 2008 Season Highlights: "That" final and other great moments

Barry Millns / 09 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Federer and Nadal's five set Wimbledon final, Tsonga's Australian Open run and Laura Robson's emergence were amongst Barry Millns' highlights in the world of tennis in 2008.......Read more »

Goodbye Grand Slam tennis, hello great tennis betting opportunities

Matthew Walton / 05 September 2008 / Leave a comment

With the US Open in its latter stages, "Magical" Matthew Walton looks at the lesser tournaments coming up and tells us how tournaments missing the biggest names are good news for us punters....Read more »

Mental strength is the sole difference between good players and champions at the top level

Simon Mundie / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Simon Mundie wonders why the likes of Richard Gasquet and Paul-Henri Mathieu can't close out the big matches and looks at how the likes of Lleyton Hewitt have relied on grit and determination to win some of the game's biggest...Read more »

Go West Young Men! - The ATP Tour Hits North America

Matthew Walton / 11 July 2008 / Leave a comment

"Magical" Matthew Walton crunches the numbers as usual, this time to tell us who we should be backing in the upcoming weeks as the tour moves to the hard courts of North America....Read more »

Ok Computer: Why isn't Nadal ranked number one in the world?

Barry Millns / 10 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Boris Becker asks the straightforward question of why having won the French Open and Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal isn't the number one ranked player in the world. Barry Millns explains all and tells us what Rafa has to do to get...Read more »

How does one know which matches wil be good for in running betting?

Matthew Walton / 16 May 2008 / Leave a comment

"Magical" Matthew Walton discusses how certain matches are well-suited for in-running bets ... and why some games offer less live betting opportunities...Read more »