French media are reporting that Mathieu Montcourt had died at the age of 24. The cause of death was said to be "pulmonary embolism". The French tennis federation said Tuesday they had received news of Montcourt's death, but could give...

There was one moment in the fourth game of the third set, when Rendy Lu Yen-hsun manoeuvred Federer around the baseline so effectively that a disguised forehand winner down the line had the unofficial-GOAT (Greatest of All Times) sprawling as he tried...

Looks like it has becoming a trend in Asia (e.g. Doha, Malaysia, etc) where tennis events are heavily bankrolled by their respective governments. Now the same thing is happening to the yearly tennis exhibition JB Classic after its title sponsor pulled...

All top eight women's players attended the draw ceremony for the WTA Championships at the Museum of Islamic Art in the Qatari capital Doha yesterday. Round robin groups for the Sony Ericsson year-end championships are: WHITE GROUP Dinara...

This photo was twitpic-ed by Noradzliyana, who asked me if the Showdown of Champions 2009 launch was confirmed this morning. Anna Kournikova was super late for the launch. She was scheduled to launch the exho event together with the Tourism Minister...

Mikhail Youzhny beat Janko Tipsarevic to win 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-4 at Kremlin Cup to earn his fifth career title and extend Russia’s winning streak at the home event to six straight years. In the women's final, Italian Francesca Schiavone defeated Olga...

I seldom blog about tennis exhibition (unless it's local) but I thought The Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown deserved a mention. Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Yuki Bhambri and Ryan Harrison were in Macau, the former Portuguese colony for the weekend to...