Federer is returning

Roger Federer has just announced that he will come back to tennis on June 14th for the Mercedes cup. The return will bring an end to the 10 week break he took from the sport. He avoided the clay court season in hopes of increasing his success on grass. The world number four Swiss tennis player has awoken the tennis world once again. Is he a title contender for Wimbledon? Will he collect his 19th Grand Slam?

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How's " The Uber Of Tennis" Doing?

Tennis goes big! A new app has been released that helps you find the hitting partner of your dreams. It is dubbed “The Tinder of Tennis,” and is officially known as “ Tennis Buddy .” It has taken the tennis world by surprise and hasn’t stopped growing! The app lets you find hitting partners based on location and skill level. The owner made a public statement claiming that they do not believe in finding partners based on gender and age. N great for publicity and has only helped its growth. The app has gotten 10,000-50,000 downloads on the google play store since its release. Many believe that this app has the potential to take the tennis world and become a really great resource for tennis players of all ages and levels. In order to do that it would have to rack up a lot more downloads. Its average rating on google play is 4.1 having had 1,049 reviews. 523 5-star ratings, 315 4-star ratings, 101 3-star ratings, 33 2-star ratings and 77 1-star ratings. Its 4.1 rating m...

Haase, The Djoker's clone

Haase has been another player turning heads at this year’s edition of the Rogers Cup. Sadly, he is not a next gen player but he is a djoker just not the djoker. In his semifinals clash with Federer he earned himself fans by making a mid-match joke. When the Dutchman was preparing to serve a fan shouted “Come on Roger!” Robin quickly came up with a humorous response “my name is Robin!” It didn’t take long for the crowd to burst into tears after that. It helped him grow since then, in the days since he has gotten 50 more followers total compared to his daily average of 10. The tennis veteran has had an admirable 12 year career. He has managed to put two 250 events on his resume both tournaments being Kitzbuhel from 2015 and 2011. His career high ranking is 33. As a junior, Robin Haase was showing signs of stardom, his highest rank as a junior was world number 3! Up until today the dutchman has won 13 ATP challenger events and isn’t showing signs of stopping anyt...

Shapovalov, Canada's future in tennis?

Denis Shapovalov has certainly been turning heads lately during this year’s edition of the Rogers C up With a shocking defeat over Nadal. He was accepted as a wildcard into the tournament, but the tennis world didn’t think much of it, he was just another normal wildcard accepted into the tournament because he’s from the same country. All that changed after a triumph over Del Potro in the round of 32. It was a nice surprise for all Canadians watching for home or from the stands. The real shock came after he battled it out with Nadal in three sets and won 3-6,6-4,7-6(4) in two hours and forty five minute’s time. His next challenge is Zverev, will he beat him in the youngest Masters 1000 semifinal ever? The 19 year old prodigy was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and moved to Canada when he was just shy of his first birthday. He grew up with one older brother, Evgeniy and was raised by a Russian Orthodox father and a Jewish mother. Denis took up tennis when h...

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