Category: Tennis
Former World No.1 Suggests Nadal Should Play Bastad Before Olympics
[ad_1] Andy Roddick has weighed in on Rafael Nadal‘s decision to accept a wild card at the 2024 Bastad Open, which will take place two weeks before the Olympic Games begin. The Olympic tennis tournament will be played at Stade Roland Garros, the same venue where tennis players make the annual pilgrimage to compete in…
Andy Murray Makes History with 5th Queen’s Club Title and 1,000th Career Win
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday June 18, 2024 1000 matches – and 739 wins – into his ATP career, Andy Murray is still pushing on. The 37-year-old pushed past Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday in London, notching his first tour-level win since the Miami Open and setting up a second-round…
Halle | Medvedev Joins Growing List of Upsets in Tournament
[ad_1] The Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany, has suffered a few shocks in the last few days with several top seeds getting eliminated, the latest being Daniil Medvedev who crashed out to Zhizhen Zhang in three sets. The Russian, seeded three and world No.5 fell in the second round to the world No.42 from…
Draper stuns Alcaraz in Queen’s Club to advance to quarterfinals
[ad_1] Getty Images One day after a British legend bowed out of the Cinch Championships for the final team, a rising star from the host nation continued to emerge. Jack Draper, who kicked off the grass-court swing with a title last week in Stuttgart, upset Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3), 6-3 during second-round action at Queen’s Club…
Tuesday Match Predictions at Queen’s Club: Features Alcaraz and Murray, According to Ricky
[ad_1] First-round action at the Cinch Championships will continue on Tuesday, when Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray are among those in action. Here are my previews and picks for two of the schedule’s best matchups. (1) Carlos Alcaraz vs. Francisco Cerundolo Alcaraz won the French Open a couple of weeks ago and now turns his…
WTA Entry List for the 2024 Palermo Open
[ad_1] The Palermo Open is one of four WTA clay-court tournaments being played after Wimbledon and will run from July 15th to 21st. This tournament has existed since 1990, but this will only be the fourth edition following the rebrand of tournament categories. It is part of the WTA 250 series and will give women…
Record-Breaking Ace Kings: A Look at Players with 10,000 or More Aces
[ad_1] All hail the ace king! John Isner tops the list of aces struck all-time, with 14,470. Here is a list of all the players who have cracked the 10,000 ace mark. List last compiled on June 18, 2024 Milos Raonic | 14,470 aces in 772 matchesIvo Karlovic | 13,728 aces in 694 matchesRoger Federer…
Birmingham’s Fernandez Advances to Quarterfinals in Strong Performance
[ad_1] The Rothesay Classic saw 4 players advance to the quarter-finals on Wednesday, and leading the charge was Canadian 6th seed Leylah Fernandez, who was joined by Anastasia Potapova, Ajla Tomljanovic, and Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the Last 8 of the WTA 250 event in Birmingham for the first time. I went through it all for…
Preview and Prediction: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian Korda at Queen’s Club Round 2
[ad_1] Getty Images Quarterfinal spots at Queen’s Club will start being handed out on Wednesday, when Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray are back in action. Dimitrov faces Sebastian Korda, while Murray is going up against Jordan Thompson.(3) Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian KordaNeither Dimitrov nor Korda had an easy first-round draw and things only get tougher…
Halle Open Draws and Wednesday Schedule Set for June 19, 2024
[ad_1] No. 3-seeded Daniil Medvedev is set to take the court in Halle on Wednesday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Halle Open Halle, Germany June 17-23, 2024 Prize Money: €2,255,655 Heavy Hitters Firing in Halle The Halle Terra Wortmann Open, one of eight grass-court events on the calendar, was re-categorized as an ATP 500 tournament in…