With the Olympic Tennis Event on the near horizon, some players have been gaining valuable clay court match practice at the WTA 250 events in Hungary and Italy this week. Every match is difficult on the level that we are playing here. Very happy that I managed to win all four matches [this week], because…
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud continued their solid play at the 2024 Bastad Open, and with another win, they booked the semi-final at the ATP 250 event. The two opted to play doubles in Bastad, likely to help Nadal prepare for the upcoming Olympics, where he’ll play doubles with Carlos Alcaraz. They comfortably won their…
Lorenzo Musetti proved himself the daddy as he stunned Taylor Fritz with a thrilling comeback victory to secure a Wimbledon semi-final against Novak Djokovic. I’m really happy to be in my first semi-final here and I want to say thanks to my team and all my friends from my home-town who came to support me…
The reigning Copa America Champions have sealed their return to the tournament final. Argentina blanked Jesse Marsch’s Canada 2-0 on Tuesday evening at MetLife Stadium, advancing to Sunday’s Copa America Final. Julian Alvarez delivered the opening goal in the first half before Lionel Messi iced the result six minutes into the second half. Emiliano Martinez…
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz looked very champion-like at times, as he bested Ugo Humbert in four sets. The Spanish have historically proven to be far better sailors than the French, and Alcaraz certainly sailed past the Frenchman in this match at times, beating him in four sets. It could have been a trickier match because…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday July 7, 2024 Americans are off to a flier on week one at Wimbledon. Seven American players – four women and three men – have advanced to the Round of 16 in singles at the Champions, which is the most total Americans advancing to the second week at…
The British weather disrupted play on the outside courts on Friday, but the lower half of the women’s draw was completed, setting the Last 16 matches to come at The Wimbledon Championships, with wins for seeds Jasmine Paolini, Madison Keys and Emma Navarro, amongst others. Play under the roofs of Centre and No 1 Courts…
Novak Djokovic faced some issues against Alexei Popyrin at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, but he passed the test and won the match in four sets. The Serbian made it through to the second week of the grass-court major, which is great for him because he’s that much closer to winning the event, which was the…
World No 1 Iga Swiatek looked every inch of the 5-time Grand Slam champion that she is, dealing with Croatia’s Petra Martic in efficient manner, 6-4 6-3, on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Thursday, while Elena Rybakina needed 3 sets to advance past Laura Siegemund, but Jessica Pegula, the 5th seed, fell to 22-year-old Xinyu Wang…
Getty Images Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech at the 2023 French Open was one of the more contentious matches of last year’s tennis season. There was not any particularly bad blood between the two competitors, but the French fans–in typical French fans fashion–made sure to get behind their home player. And when it comes to…
