Category: Tennis
Swiatek’s Racquet From Third Roland Garros Win Auctioned For Over $60,000
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek auctioned off her 2023 Roland Garros winning racquet for charity, and it was solid for over $60,000. Iga Swiatek has been championing several notable causes in her career. Mental health has been one of them as something she’s dealt with personally, but it’s not the only thing, of course. She championed many…
Djokovic Racket From 2016 French Open Final Goes Up For Auction & Could Fetch $100K
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic‘s match-winning racket from the 2016 Roland Garros final is finally going on sale, and it is reported that it could cost upwards of $100,000. Djokovic famously defeated Andy Murray to achieve one of his lifelong dreams of completing the career Grand Slam. The French Open had been the one title that eluded…
Nadal Reportedly Set To Train For Comeback In Kuwait During Off-Season
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal is seemingly going to come back in January, and final preparations for the return will actually happen in Kuwait. The Spaniard has been preparing for the comeback for a very long time with multiple social media posts of his training. It wasn’t certain that the comeback would happen as we didn’t hear…
Nadal, Alcaraz will appeal for 2024 Olympics qualification
[ad_1] Getty Images Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz won’t be able to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics through Davis Cup participation, but that is unlikely to stop them from competing. International Tennis Federation rules state that to be eligible for the Olympics, a player must be part of his country’s Davis Cup team at…
Gauff Explores Squash For The First Time During Preseason
[ad_1] Coco Gauff‘s dexterity took her to a four-walled court to try and play squash for the first time. 19-year-old Gauff hails from a sporting family. Her father, Corey, played basketball while in college, while her mother, Candi, was a track and field athlete. It’s not a coincidence that young Coco picked a tennis racket…
How Shelton Earned Himself Another Year To Develop Amid Australian Open Points Drop Scare
[ad_1] Ben Shelton could have been facing a pretty grim prospect at the start of the 2024 season, but some good performances late in the year made it a non-issue. Rankings on the ATP Tour sort of determine how the player’s career goes indirectly. Take the example of Ben Shelton who won some ATP Challenger…
A Closer Look at the Stats that Defined Jannik Sinner’s 2023 Season
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday November 28 2023 Jannik Sinner’s remarkable 2023 season has come to close in the best way possible. He and his teammates took the Davis Cup home to Italy for the first time in 47 years as the 22-year-old solidified his status as a Top-4 talent and a…
Fils, Cobolli Win Opening Matches at Next Gen ATP Finals
[ad_1] Next Gen ATP Finals presented by NEOM—Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Round Robin Results: (1) Arthur Fils Defeats (7) Luca Nardi 24 43(6) 42 14 42(5) Flavio Cobolli Defeats (3) Dominic Stricker 42 34(7) 41 42 Watch all the action live this week from the Next Gen ATP Finals on Tennis TV. Get ready for the…
Djokovic Emulates Federer By Winning 3 Grand Slams & ATP Finals In Multiple Seasons
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic became just the second man in the Open Era to win three Grand Slams and the ATP Finals in the same season on at least two occasions. By doing so, he matched his longtime rival and retired Swiss great Roger Federer who won three majors and the year-end championships during his most…
Hewitt: Uniformity Neuters Davis Cup
[ad_1] By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Devoted Davis Cup competitor Lleyton Hewitt says the competition has been diminished by three major mis-steps. More: Djokovic‘s Dream Captain Hewitt led Australia to its second straight Davis Cup final last weekend where it fell to Italy. Jannik Sinner won the final eight straight games crushing…