Qualifying for the Australian Open finally got off the mark on Tuesday after a full day of rain on Monday prevented any matches being played, and there were mixed results for British women players. Coming from United Cup and having to reset… it was definitely a bit of a mental battle. I’m super happy with…
Two Grand Slam champions feature in a quality field at the hardcourt Hobart International 2024 tournament this week, but only one has made it into round 2, and that is Sofia Kenin, who won the Australian Open in 2020, while Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open winner, was edged out by a qualifier. It’s my…
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY EVIE—Brisbane, Australia Semifinal results: Holger Rune Defeats Roman Safiullin 6-4 7-6(0)Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Jordan Thompson 6-3 7-5 ************ BANK OF CHINA HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN—Hong Kong, Hong Kong Semifinal results: Andrey Rublev Defeats Juncheng Shang 4-6 6-2 6-3Emil Ruusuvuori Defeats Sebastian Ofner 4-6 7-5 6-3 Watch all the action live this…
Poland and Australia reached the semi-finals of the United Cup with clean sweeps over China and Serbia, the latter which saw ATP World No 1 Novak Djokovic toppled by Alex de Minaur, while there was another stellar performance from the WTA World No 1 Iga Swiatek, who beat the talented young Chinese Qinwen Zheng in…
Two seeds advanced and two fell in round 2 of the ASB Classic in Auckland on Wednesday, with 4th and 5th-seeded Emma Navarro and Marie Bouzkova winning easily in straight sets, while Lesia Tsurenko and Wang Xinyu, the No 3 and 6 seeds made their exits. I think it couldn’t get any better for me….
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY EVIE—Brisbane, Australia First-round results: Holger Rune Defeats Max Purcell 46 64 62Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Andy Murray 64 57 62Roman Safiullin Defeats Ben Shelton 63 67(5) 63 ************ BANK OF CHINA HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN—Hong Kong, Hong Kong First-round results: Juncheng Shang Defeats Laslo Djere 67(5) 63 76(8)Pavel Kotov Defeats Nuno Borges…
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY EVIE—Brisbane, Australia First-round results: Alexei Popyrin Defeats Christopher O’Connell 64 67(5) 76(4)Alexander Shevchenko Defeats Luca Van Assche 63 62 Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson Defeat Rafael Nadal/Marc Lopez 64 64 ************ Watch all the action live this week from the Tour events in Brisbane, Hong Kong and the United Cup on Tennis TV….
Monday was the first night of the official tournament stage of the In-Season Tournament in the NBA, and featured one game from each conference played on national television. The Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers squared off in the East, while the New Orleans Pelicans visited the Sacramento Kings out West. First Two Team Advance In…
Serbia and Italy advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals by beating Great Britain and the Netherlands, respectively, on Thursday in Malaga, Spain. Serbia rolled to a 2-0 victory by winning both singles rubbers, while Italy came back from a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1 following success in the decisive doubles match. The result is a…
