Cultureteca 02.02.20
The Australian Open moved into its second week without a plethora of fancied women following the departures on Friday and Saturday of top-ten seeds Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, Madison Keys, Karolína Plíšková,...
Cultureteca 12.01.20
The ATP Cup, the latest contraption striking a blow for men’s tennis, reached its climax in Australia this week. Set across ten days between the cities of Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney, the...
Cultureteca 03.11.19
On Monday morning, media outlets reported that the iconic and sometimes scabrous film producer Robert Evans had died over the weekend at the age of 89 years old. After a brief career...
Slow Courts, Hefty Fines, and Expectant Women: Wimbledon After the First Week
The first week of Wimbledon saw the big four of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray restore or revisit their old hegemony at the top of the men’s game,...
Daily Visual 22.11.15: ATP and WTA Finals Roundup
The culmination of the men’s tennis season came on Sunday, as Novak Djokovic faced Roger Federer in the ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic overcame Federer in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-4, to claim...
The Story of Wimbledon 2015
Wimbledon 2015 took place from 29 June to 12 July, at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, England. The third Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season, this was the 129th...
Daily Visual 29.06.15: Wimbledon 2015 Day One
Today the 2015 edition of the Wimbledon Championships commenced at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London. This marks the 129th year of the championships, and the 48th...
Live 2015 French Open Semi-Final: Djokovic vs. Murray
13:30 – That all seemed to resolve itself very quickly. We were on court for about an hour, with Djokovic faltering at the end of the fourth set, but storming through the...
Live 2015 French Open Quarter-Final: Djokovic vs. Nadal
So that is that: a much briefer game than many will have expected, but with an unsurprising result given the respective form of the two players. This is Djokovic’s first win over...