Category: Tennis
Rune vs. Coric, Bublik vs. Auger-Aliassime
[ad_1] The top four seeds have all advanced to the Montpellier semifinals, making for a blockbuster order of play on Saturday. Holger Rune is going up against Borna Coric, while Alexander Bublik faces Felix Auger-Aliassime.(1) Holger Rune vs. (4) Borna Coric Both Rune and Coric are rounding into form as they head into their first-ever…
Krajicek and Ram Lift U.S. to Davis Cup World Group
[ad_1] Photo credit: Saulius Čirba The U.S. delivered a double dose of commitment to return to the Davis Cup World Group. Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram beat Illya Beloborodko and Oleksii Krutykh, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 clinching the U.S. Davis Cup win over Ukraine and return to the World Group today. The victory gave the United States an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Ukraine…
Rune Marches On In Montpellier Into Second Semifinal Of 2024
[ad_1] Holger Rune had to show his better level to defeat Michael Mmoh at the 2024 Montpellier Open, but the Danish number one won in two sets. This was anything but an easy match for Rune, but it was a straight-sets win nonetheless. The American is a tricky player because he’s just so solid overall,…
Pegula Will Miss Middle East Swing with Neck Injury
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday February 2 2024 Jessica Pegula took an earlier than expected loss at this year’s Australian Open, falling in the second round to France’s Clara Burel, 6-4, 6-2. Now the World No.4 will take a few weeks off. Pegula has elected to skip this year’s events in Doha…
Auger-Aliassime Races into Montpellier Semis
[ad_1] After narrowly surviving his opening match of the tournament, Félix Auger-Aliassime had much easier go in the quarter-finals of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, defeating local wildcard Harold Mayot in straight sets. Auger-Aliassime played catch-up through the early stages of the first set, but as the match went along he began to…
Auger-Aliassime Moves Into Montpellier Semifinals After Another Solid Showing
[ad_1] Felix Auger-Aliassime seemed sick yesterday at the 2024 Montpellier Open, but the Canadian recovered well enough to win comfortably today and advance to the semi-final. The Canadian had an interesting start to the year, with the Australian Open being a solid but not sensational outing. He’s had somewhat of a down year last year…
Linz | Ostapenko edges past Tauson as Vekic and Mertens also advance to Last 8 in Austria
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko needed all her wits to survive a strong challenge from Clara Tauson to open her account at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Thursday, and set up a 2nd-round meeting with British No 2 Jodie Burrage, while fellow seeds, both of whom received 1st-round byes, Donna Vekic and Elise Mertens got…
Andreeva Moves To Doha And Dubai Main Draws Thanks To Withdrawals
[ad_1] Mirra Andreeva will get to experience the Middle East swing for the first time, having received direct entry into the main draw of two big WTA 1000 events this month. The Russian prodigy is currently restricted from playing more than 12 WTA tournaments because of her age limit and needs to discuss with her…
Five Specialists to Look Out For Ahead of the Clay Court Season
[ad_1] It won’t be too long now until spring has sprung, which will lead elite tennis into its clay court season. All eyes will be on Roland Garros, with both the men’s and women’s draws of the French Open shaping up to be as wide-open as they’ve ever been. We have no real idea about…
London | Swiatek v Sabalenka to renew World No 1 rivalry in Doha
[ad_1] The rivalry between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka over the WTA World No 1 ranking will ignite again at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha, which begins on 12 February. It may be the shortest month of the year, but February is among the busiest in the tennis calendar, with a jam-packed schedule that…