In 2006, Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova were all considered favorites to win the year-end Sony Ericsson WTA Championships. Kim Clijsters was in the mix too.

The Top 5 happenings in pro tennis heading into the week of Nov. 5, 2007.

One week into the year’s final Grand Slam event, let’s do a quick round up of what we have seen so far.
The Home Team
Serena Williams and sister Venus both won a Grand Slam this year, but other than that, it hasn’t been an exceptionally great year for American tennis. Now that the tours are back […]

Whenever the US Open rolls around, my mind starts to reflect on the season that has been, and I think to myself, ‘wow, is it September already?’ Of course there are still three months of tennis to be played after the Open, but in a way, the season comes to a close after the champions […]

Despite the close scoreline, there could be only one winner in the Justine Henin – Serena Williams blockbuster quarterfinal. Henin dominated Serena for the entire match, even though a couple of loose games from the Belgian in the second set gave her opponent a glimmer of hope.
Henin forced the early break in the final set […]

I have taken some heat for predicting another Serena Williams championship run here at Wimbledon, after having previously picked her to win Roland Garros.
ADHEREL
Like I wrote in my previews for both the French Open, as for Wimbledon, I believe the tournament winner will come out of the quarterfinal the two of them will play against […]

Former ATP pro David Witt joins the entourage of Venus, Serena, papa Richard and the rest of the Williams clan as their traveling hitting partner through Wimbledon — and possibly more

Tennis fans watching the Williams sisters’ matches during the French Open and Wimbledon were greeted with a new sight — former tour player and Ponte […]

(Editor’s note: the following is from an interview of Richard Vach for the Stiles Points website regarding the upcoming Wimbledon event.)
Q: Now that the clay court season is over, Rafael Nadal has to play the next two majors on surfaces (grass & hard court) that favor Roger Federer.  What has Nadal done over the last […]

5 Questions:
1) What happened to the Williams sisters, American’s lone hope at the French Open?
Venus Williams blamed her loss on fatigue due to over-training, which jibes with people from her camp who say it is an effort to get her off the practice court. As she gets older she is going to need to train […]

Mirza Miserable in Bangalore; Around the Tour
Can India’s Sania Mirza ever become a top player and see her talent catch up with Sania-mania in the East? How about at least one day crack the Top 30?
Not if Friday at her homecountry event in Bangalore is an indication, where the No. 2-seeded Mirza lost in three […]