Category: Tennis
London | BJK Cup Groups sorting winners and losers
In Europe/Africa Group I play, Greece took a step closer to the Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs with wins by Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Maria Sakkari to defeat Latvia, 3-0, at the Complexo de tenis do jamor in Oeiras. The post London | BJK Cup Groups sorting winners and losers appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine….
Monte-Carlo tennis preview, pick & prediction: Sinner vs. Tsitsipas
Getty Images Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas will be squaring off for the ninth time in their careers when they battle on Saturday for a spot in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title match. Tsitsipas leads the head-to-head series 5-3, but–like plenty of other matchups involving Sinner–this rivalry appears to be turning in the Italian’s favor….
Sinner Overcomes Exhausted Rune To Set Up Tsitsipas Showdown At Monte-Carlo Masters
Holger Rune didn’t have enough for Jannik Sinner as the Italian powered past the Dane to advance to the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters semi-final, where he’ll face Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Dane is a very good clay player who likes playing in Monte Carlo. In his run last year, he nearly won the event, losing only to…
Monte Carlo | Khachanov and Tsitsipas take out Zverev and Medvedev
As the quarter final stage of the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters was reached, two likely title contenders were missing in the line-up as they were consigned to the sidelines with the defending champion, beaten on Wednesday. I lost a couple of tight matches to him on hard courts. On clay I have not got a…
Tsitsipas Takes Down Yet Another Opponent In Dominant Monte-Carlo Masters Run
Stefanos Tsitsipas produced yet another strong performance at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters to secure the semi-final with a win against Karen Khachanov. The Greek player hasn’t played that well this year, but he found something this week in Monaco. It might just be as simple as lying in his own bed after a long time,…
Le Portel | Preview: GB takes on France with BJK Cup Finals spot at stake
Great Britain starts it quest to gain a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals against France, the 2019 champions, on Friday, keen to reverse last year’s Qualifiers result at Le Chaudron in Le Portel. I’m very pleased. We’ve missed her [Emma Raducanu]. We love having her back. Obviously the number one thing is…
Nissan named as Official Partner of Tennis Ireland
Nissan partners with Tennis Ireland as new driving force behind TI Junior Kids programme Tennis Ireland is pleased to announce that Nissan has become its Official Vehicle Partner as well as the title sponsor of the Nissan TI Junior Kids Programme and Nissan TI Junior Kids Tour which gets underway this month. Nissan’s support will…
Djokovic Orchestrates Booing Crowd Once Again In Monte Carlo
Novak Djokovic is no stranger to clashing with the crowd, and this happened again at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters during his match against Lorenzo Musetti. Italian players get a lot of support at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo. Italy is not too far from Monaco, and many Italians work in the Principality….
Estoril | Ruud on track to retain title.
Casper Ruud is yet to drop a set as he marches towards the final of the Estoril Open in Portugal, where he hopes to successfully defend the title he won last year and increase his career tally to 11. Moving on to the semi-finals without having to spend three hours on court is fantastic. I…
De Minaur, Fritz & Paul To Lead Team World At 2024 Laver Cup In Berlin
The 2024 Laver Cup will be held in Berlin, and it’s shaping up to be a special one as Team World secured the services of Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. The Laver Cup is many months away, but there are some pretty pointers that it will be a really huge event again…