Category: Tennis
2024 Wimbledon: Ben Shelton to face off against Denis Shapovalov
[ad_1] Ben Shelton and Denis Shapovalov will play for a second week at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships in their third-round match. On paper, the American should be a wonderful grass tennis player, but he’s not been that great so far in his career. Even this year, he lost a couple of matches easily, which certainly…
Player Admits to Feeling a Bit Rusty on Court
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday July 4, 2024 It’s already a bit miraculous that Novak Djokovic is playing at Wimbledon this week. The man – the 37-year-old man! – had knee surgery on June 5th, after all. But now that he is playing, and through two rounds at these Championships, Djokovic admits…
Djokovic impressed by Fearnley’s performance at Wimbledon
[ad_1] Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic hinted he lacked the “champions mentality today” after seeing off battling British wild card Jacob Fearnley to reach the third round at Wimbledon. First and foremost, huge congrats to Jacob Fearnley for an amazing match today. He put in a great effort and played very good tennis Novak Djokovic And…
Alcaraz to face Tiafoe, while Humbert takes on Nakashima in upcoming tennis matches
[ad_1] Getty Images Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz eyes up week two at Wimbledon as he faces Frances Tiafoe on Friday. A resurgent Brandon Nakashima will do battle against Ugo Humbert in a low-key potential third-round barnburner. (3) Carlos Alcaraz vs. (29) Frances Tiafoe At a different time, a third-round match between Carlos Alcaraz and Frances…
Friday’s Wimbledon Draws and Order of Play for July 5, 2024
[ad_1] Britain’s Emma Raducanu faces ninth-seeded Maria Sakkari for a spot in the Wimbledon round of 16 on Friday. Wimbledon Offers Historic Opportunity Reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz aims to defend a Grand Slam title for the first time at SW19. Jannik Sinner, who won his maiden grass-court title in Halle, plays…
Canadian Tennis Players Impress at Masters Tournament on Canada Day
[ad_1] MT1000 Mont-Tremblant While most of the Canadian ITF Masters events this year have been dominated by the host nation, the MT1000 Mont-Tremblant ITF Cup saw a heavy international presence and many foreign players taking home the hardware. However, the Canadian contingent still came out on top, winning 25 of the 42 competitions in Quebec….
Raducanu Unaware of UK General Election Date, Chooses Rest Over Voting
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu was unaware that the general election in the UK is happening on Thursday and has confirmed that she is not planning to vote. After navigating a first-round match against Mexican lucky loser Renata Zarazua, which she won in two tight sets, Raducanu was untested against Elise Mertens in the second round. She…
Unexpected Dive Leads to Hurkacz’s Retirement in Match Against Fils
[ad_1] By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Thursday July 4, 2024 A diving save by Hubert Hurkacz of Poland at Wimbledon won him an important point in a fourth set tiebreaker, but ultimately forced him to retire from his second round match due to injury. Twenty-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils enjoyed a bittersweet victory after the…
Wimbledon | Gauff dominates while Navarro knocks out Osaka
[ad_1] While Raducanu was watched by Romeo Beckham among the No 1 Court crowd, American Coco Gauff had tennis royalty admiring her passage into the 3rd round. Definitely a special experience playing out on Centre Court. There was some specific preparation today, in terms of just a game plan, and how I wanted to take…
AIG returns as title partner for the Irish Open
[ad_1] Ireland’s top tennis players will get the chance to compete against professional tour players on home soil this Summer when the Irish Open returns to Carrickmines. It will be the Open’s first staging since Covid, and after a five year break the AIG supported event will run from Tuesday 6th August to Sunday 11th…