Category: Tennis
Kasatkina and Fernandez to Face Off in the WTA 500 Final at Eastbourne
[ad_1] Leylah Fernandez made it into her first final of the season at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne on Friday when she took down defending champion Madison Keys in the Last 4, and she will meet Daria Kasatkina, who came from a set down to upset 3rd-seeded Jasmine Paolini, in the championship match. It’s never…
Opponent of Alcaraz at Wimbledon Issues Strong Warning
[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz‘s first-round opponent at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Mark Lajal, has started playing mind games on social media before their opening-day meeting. The draw for this year’s Championships was revealed on Friday, whereby defending champion Alcaraz learned that he would play Estonia’s Mark Lajal, ranked 262nd in the ATP rankings. It will be…
Shnaider to face Vekic in final at Bad Homburg tournament in Germany
[ad_1] Two unseeded players will fight for the title at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Saturday after Diana Shnaider upset No 3 seed Emma Navarro, 7-5 2-6 6-3, and Donna Vekic defeated qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 7-6(6) in Friday’s semi-finals. I think, in tennis, when you win the first set 6-0, it’s sometimes…
Djokovic Acknowledges Fritz’s Support in Knee Rehabilitation
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic credited his fellow ATP rival Taylor Fritz with guiding him through rehabilitation from the torn meniscus he sustained at this year’s Roland Garros. Djokovic was a major doubt to play at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, which commence on Monday, July 1st. He slipped on the court multiple times while playing Francisco Cerundolo…
Raducanu Skyrockets into Top 10 of UTR Rankings Following Success in Eastbourne
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu has made an instant return into the Top 10 of the UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) rankings. For context, the UTR rankings are different from official WTA rankings in many ways. The latter is specific to professional players competing on the women’s circuit and is dependent on a points system calculated from results…
Garbiñe Muguruza named as Tournament Director for WTA Finals Riyadh in London
[ad_1] The WTA has appointed former World No 1 Garbiñe Muguruza as Tournament Director of its season-ending championships in Saudi Arabia, which features the Top 8 singles players and doubles teams on the PIF Race to the WTA Finals Riyadh. I know how special this event is for our top players, and I’ve also seen…
How Djokovic’s Wimbledon Draw Helped Him Achieve His Ultimate Goals
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic probably couldn’t be happier after he saw his draw for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Draws are random, as officials take tokens with numbers out of a bag, and these numbers are then ordered next to each other to form a draw, the same as for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships draw. In the…
British players eliminated as Paolini prepares to face Kasatkina and Keys battles Fernandez in the semi-finals at Eastbourne
[ad_1] The 3 Britons fell short of advancing beyond the quarter-finals at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne on Thursday. This marked the first time in 46 years that 3 British women had reached the Last 8. Like Anne Hobbs, Michelle Tyler, and Virginia Wade at the 1978 Colgate International, Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, and Harriet…
Flag Waving Without a Finish Line in Sight
[ad_1] A Flag, But No Finish Line: The Story of Andrea Jaeger A 1984 Olympian who helped pave the way for others nearly 40 years later. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics marked a seismic shift. For the first time, certain sports allowed professional athletes like Andrea Jaeger, then the world’s No. 3 tennis player, to…
Young tennis phenom Raducanu defies expectations with impressive performances and emerges as surprise pick for Wimbledon dark horse.
[ad_1] According to former WTA player Laura Robson, Emma Raducanu is playing well above her ranking and is a dark horse candidate at Wimbledon. Raducanu is currently ranked outside the Top 100 on the WTA Tour, but her level is obviously far better than that. Growing up in Great Britain allowed Raducanu to learn how…