Roland Garros has a reputation for being the slam of the Dark Horse. We at Essentially Sports take you through a list of underdogs in this year's tournament
The news of Rafael Nadal pulling out of French Open has come as a shocker to all. The nine time French Open champion has withdrawn due to a left wrist injury. “Yesterday I played with an injection,” the 29-year-old told a news conference on Friday. “Yesterday evening I started to feel more and more pain and today […]
Competitive sport is a roller coaster of emotions, especially individual sport. Players are looked up to, idolized and are expected to keep their emotions in check but sometimes it is difficult to hold back – They are human after all. Here’s looking back to some of the most emotional moments on a tennis court in no […]
The opening match to Roland Garros 2016 between no.2 seed Andy Murray and 129 ranked Radek Stepanek on Monday was a highly turbulent and a fierce duel which saw changes in pace, shifts in momentum and even a one day delay in the completion of the match. The match started with a strong opening by […]
The clay season has been extremely satisfactory for all the tennis fans so far. It has seen the revival of clay king Rafael Nadal from his year long slump, going on to win the Monte-Carlo masters and the Barcelona Open, while Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena Williams too have taken their game to the […]
Maria Sharapova, who has provisionally remained suspended from playing after failing a drug test, may be in for a serious trouble. Sharapova was tested positive for meldonium, at the Australian Open in January this year. The drug was outlawed by WADA with effect from January 1, after they found out that in some capacities, the drug […]
Maria Sharapova, the most marketable female athlete in the world, admitted to failing a drug test, this January at the Australian Open. Meldonium, the drug in question was outlawed by WADA with effect from January 1, after they found out that in some capacities, the drug might be used by athletes for performance enhancing. She claims that […]
The future of Tennis looks bright. While The Big 4 and The Serena William might be ruling the roster in The ATP and WTA respectively – There are a lot of youngsters making waves with their performances. More than capable of causing an upset or two on their day these youngsters look destined for stardom […]
