Category: Tennis
Barcelona R1 preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Cobolli
Finally, Rafael Nadal is back. Nadal will be playing an official ATP tournament for the first time since Brisbane in January when he takes the court for opening-round action at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Tuesday. The entirety of his 2024 body of work is a quarterfinal performance in Brisbane (lost to Jordan Thompson)…
Barcelona Open Schedule and Draws for Tuesday, April 16, 2024
King of Clay Rafael Nadal returns to action for the first time since January in Barcelona. Photo credit: Rolex Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Facebook Barcelona Open Barcelona, SpainApril 15-21, 2024Prize Money: €2,782,960 Nadal Returns, Alcaraz Out of Barcelona Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Barcelona with a right arm injury, while former champion Rafael…
Monday Digest: Shaw Scores Big in Japan
Rob Shaw has been one of the most consistent winners for Canada in the professional tennis landscape for a decade and he continued to rake in the trophies last week in Japan. Since winning his first ITF title in 2014, the Canadian has won at least two titles every non-COVID-restricted year, scoring his second win…
Swiatek Overtakes Davenport And Closes Up On 100th Week As World No. 1
Although the WTA tour paused for a week after the conclusion of the spring hard-court season in the United States, Iga Swiatek still achieved a new milestone. The Pole starts her 99th week at the top of the women’s rankings, overtaking three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport in the Top 10 list for the most…
Defending Champion Alcaraz Pulls Out of Barcelona with Forearm Injury
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday April 14, 2024 Carlos Alcaraz will not defend his title in Barcelona. The 20-year-old has pulled out of the ATP 500 event due to the same right arm injury that forced him out of Monte-Carlo. The World No.3 is planning on making his clay-court debut in Madrid, which…
Estoril | Thiem beats the rains.
Dominic Thiem hopes to improve on last year’s performance (Photo by Nuno Cruz/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Last year’s quarter finalist, Austrian Dominic Thiem dispatched Germany’s Maximilian Marterer in the opening round of his Estoril Open campaign in Portugal 6-1 6-7(3). The 2020 US Open champion shrugged off a wrist injury to secure a second-round match…
Can Andrey Rublev recover from his drop in form this year?
Twelve months ago, Andrey Rublev was on top of the world. The Russian had just lifted his first-ever Masters 1000 trophy, storming back from 4-1 down in the third set against Holger Rune to claim the title in Monte-Carlo. He went on to make the final in Banja Luka the next week before winning an…
Rafael Nadal Confirms Barcelona Open Participation
Rafael Nadal will be playing at the 2024 Barcelona Open after confirming it during a press conference. There have been many narratives about Nadal recently, but ultimately, all of them miss the mark by virtue of simply being ill-informed. We don’t know what’s going on with the Spaniard because he rarely talks about it. Most…
Paris | Eying the Olympics with 3 months to go…
Over the weekend, as players fulfilled Billie Jean King Cup duty, former World No 1 Naomi Osaka expressed her desire to play in the upcoming Paris Olympics, but she may have to go through an appeals process to secure a place at the Games because she has not met the requirement of making 2 mandatory…
2024 Rouen Open WTA Draw With Osaka, Andreeva, Stephens & More
The tennis clay-court season is in full swing, with five tournaments taking place this week across both tours, one of which is the inaugural Rouen Open. This freshly minted WTA 250 tournament will be held in northern France from April 15th to 21st, and the draw for the first edition has been released. Despite its…