Category: Tennis
Muchova Primed for Grass Court Comeback
[ad_1] By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, June 21, 2024Photo credit: Roland Garros Facebook British lawn will be a happy landing place for Karolina Muchova. The 2023 Roland Garros runner-up announced she will launch her comeback from wrist surgery at Eastbourne next week in preparation for Wimbledon, which starts on July 1st. Watch: Federer’s…
Top Players Advance to Quarterfinals in Birmingham Open
[ad_1] Harriet Dart, the last Brit standing at the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham, missed out on a quarter-final slot after losing in straight sets to Barbora Krejcikova, the No 2 seed, on Thursday, while Yulia Putintseva, Diana Shnaider and lucky loser Caroline Dolehide all progressed to the Last 8. The British No 2 tried to…
Alcaraz Motivated to Improve After Falling Short at Queen’s Club Title Defense
[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz failed to defend his Cinch Championships trophy at the Queen’s Club, but the Spaniard remains hungry for more and for improvement. Alcaraz won his maiden grass trophy last year at the Queen’s Club Cinch Championships, following it up by winning the Wimbledon Championships. This year, that didn’t happen as he was beaten…
The Top ATP Year-End No.1 Players Throughout History
[ad_1] A list of every ATP player that finished a season as the WTA’s top-ranked player No.1 since the rankings began in 1973. List last compiled on June 17, 2024 1973, Ilie Nastase1974, Jimmy Connors1975, Jimmy Connors (2)1976, Jimmy Connors (3)1977, Jimmy Connors (4)1978, Jimmy Connors (5)1979, Bjorn Borg1980, Bjorn Borg (2)1981, John McEnroe1982, John…
Gauff, Sabalenka, Rybakina, and Pegula secure wins in Berlin as Vondrousova stumbles
[ad_1] As Coco Gauff opened her grass court campaign with a win over Ekaterina Alexandrova at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin on Thursday, Marketa Vondrousova slipped on the grass against Anna Kalinskaya and was forced to retire injured, putting her title defense at Wimbledon in jeopardy. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Jessica Pegula all…
Potential Impact of Early Queen’s Defeat on Alcaraz’s Wimbledon Campaign
[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz suffered a potentially season-defining defeat to Jack Draper at the 2024 Cinch Championships and could be set for a tougher Wimbledon title defense. Draper, the most in-form man on grass courts so far this year, scored the biggest win of his young career at Queen’s Club to extend his win streak on…
De Minaur Climbs to No.7, Draper Breaks into Top-30
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday June 17, 2024 In January there was cause for celebration when Australia’s Alex de Minaur cracked the Top 10. At the time, the Sydney sider became the first Aussie since Lleyton Hewitt in 2006 to hold a Top-10 ranking. The party continues this week for the man…
London | Draper shocks Alcaraz with impressive victory
[ad_1] There will definitely be life after Andy Murray eventually hangs up his racket as Jack Draper is now poised to be the player to step up and hopefully emulate the great Scot’s record over the coming years. It was a really tough match, I knew (that) coming out here. Carlos is the defending champion…
Men’s US Open Wild Card Challenge to Commence on July 1st, Women to Begin on July 15th
[ad_1] US Open Wild Card Challenge to Begin July 1 for Men, July 15 for Women Main Draw Wild Cards into 2024 US Open to be Awarded to Top-Performing American Man and Woman During Runs of Summer Hard-Court Events Orlando, Fla., June 18, 2024 – The US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro…
Alcaraz’s Queen’s defeat hinders his path to World No. 1 ranking
[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz‘s title defense at the Cinch Championships came to a screeching halt on Thursday as the Spaniard suffered a costly second-round defeat to Jack Draper. At the start of the grass-court swing, Alcaraz knew he could not overtake close rival Jannik Sinner in the ATP rankings. The Italian rose to world No. 1…