Tennis director aims to tackle “snobbish” environment
By Ross Parry and Elsa Wiedfeld
A tennis tournament director has aimed to address accessibility to the game by offering wildcards to local youth players to play in the Lexus Liverpool International Tennis Tournament.
Tournament Director, Anders Borg, said: “My aim is...
Bath Street Marine Table Tennis Club opens dedicated hub for fixtures and training
Bath Street Marine table tennis club has opened its new hub after eight years of fundraising.
The new venue is based just outside The Marine Travel Arena, and cost the club £89,000.
With help from their own fundraising efforts and grants...
WATCH: Can Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ spark a table tennis boom?
With A24's 'Marty Supreme' currently in cinemas, a new interest in table tennis has been sparked.
While the film, which revolves around the sport in the 1950s, is not a true story, the main character, Marty Mauser, is loosely based...
How influential is Liverpool’s Neal Skupski for tennis in the region?
Liverpool's Neal Skupski is renowned for his doubles success thanks to him winning 17 titles in his career.
This includes the Wimbledon doubles trophy in 2023 with partner Wesley Koolhof.
Skupski had an impressive 2025 season where he reached the ATP...
Padel: The racquet sport being preferred to tennis
Padel is rapidly becoming one of the UK’s most talked-about sports, and Merseyside is cementing its place at the heart of that surge.
Recent figures show that over 400,000 adults and juniors across Great Britain played padel in 2024, more...
Merseyside’s tennis funding struggles after Jannik Sinner’s Six Kings win
World Number Two Jannik Sinner earned himself £4.5 million after he defeated Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz to claim the lucrative Six Kings Slam title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last Saturday night.
The tournament boasts a larger prize for the eventual champion...
Brits bid for success at Australian Open
The Australian Open - the first of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments - kicks off the 2025 sporting calendar and British hopes are still alive.
Nicknamed “The Happy Slam”, the Australian Open is the highest attended Grand Slam event,...
Padel on the up in Liverpool
Padel is the fastest-growing sport in Europe and the UK, with player numbers increasing by more than 30 times since 2018.
Padel is similar to tennis however the court is more distinguishable. The court is enclosed by walls, which are...
The new generation of the tennis stars
Is tennis in safe hands? The original 'fantastic four' is now down to one after Roger Federer retired in the September of 2022 and Andy Murray retired this year, playing his last game at the Paris Olympics and Rafael...
Tennis coach’s concern for future umpires after Wimbledon’s line judge call
A tennis coach has said last week's announcement that line judges at Wimbledon will be replaced by computers will rob people of the chance to make unique memories.
After 147 years we will no longer see the sight of line...
