At 25 years old Justine Henin has been ranked as the best player in the world. Yet, recently she has been showing serious signs of fatigue and her game has been off. This is the reason for her quitting professional tennis.
This year alone she has lost to Maria Sharapova, Francesca Schiavone, and Serena Williams. On top of this she was pulled out of the Berlin Open during the third round and she dropped out of the Italian Open this week.
Venus Williams – the six times Grand Slam champion – has decided to take a cooling off period for reasons unknown. “I’ve just been having some issues that I need to resolve, so I’m working on that at the moment and I’m hoping to be back playing as soon as possible,” Williams said Tuesday at the Bausch & Lomb Championships. “I’m not going to get any further into it, but of course I love the sport.”
The Wimbledon final was full of excitement and anticipation as the best rivalry that we have seen for some time faced off. Roger Federer and his opponent Rafael Nadal were happy to face off one last time.
Finally the time has come in Tennis for everyone to get what they deserve. After many years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon has finally conceeded to public pressure and has agreed to pay female players as much as male players at the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament. The All England Club fell in line with other Grand Slam events and offered equal pay through all rounds at this year’s up and coming tournament.
Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent’s court. Tennis is played on a rectangular, flat surface, usually grass, clay, or a hardcourt of concrete and/or asphalt.