Laurie's Tennis articles

  With the 2023 WTA season fast approaching, let’s take a look at the contenders for the big titles. https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2023/01/02/previewing-the-2023-wta-season/

  The 2022 season was a bizarre one in many ways. Starting off with the controversy swirling around Novak Djokovic, and ending with a teenager as world #1 in the shape of Carlos Alcaraz. This is something no one would have predicted. All the same, the established old men of Djokovic and Nadal won three of the four majors on offer. So, what will the 2023 ATP season hold? https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2023/01/03/preview-2023-atp-season/

2022 was an incredibly volatile year for professional tennis. Here are five crazy moments that stand out. https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2023/01/01/five-crazy-tennis-moments-in-2022/  

The 2022 tennis season proved a rather strange one. A season which started in January with Novak Djokovic getting sensationally expelled from the Australian Open . Women’s #1 Ash Barty retired completely out of the blue . Alexander Zverev was disqualified for cursing out an umpire and repeatedly smashing his chair with his racquet in the Mexican Open. And Russian and Belarussian players were banned from Wimbledon for the war in Ukraine, with the ATP and WTA tour awarding no points for the competition in retaliation.   https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2022/12/03/stefanos-tsitsipas-delusions-of-grandeur/