By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, February 5, 2024 A failure to cooperate will cost Maxence Broville seven years of his competitive career. French player Maxence Broville has been suspended seven years and fined $5,000 for failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced today. More: Richard Evans Q&A Broville,…
The results of matches in tennis are not so easy to predict. The luck factor and equal in strength opponents often do not give the user a chance to make an accurate prediction. Experts say that it is not necessary to carry out an accurate analysis of a sporting event. Bookmakers customers can use strategies…
Alexander Bublik celebrates in Montpellier (Photo by Sue McKay/Getty Images) Alexander Bublik not only won the fourth title of his career, but the Open Sud de France title for a second time and joins an illustrious list of players who have previously achieved that in the 37-year history of the event, like Cedric Pioline, Tommy…
Novak Djokovic dealt with some injury woes leading up to the 2024 Australian Open, but according to his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, he was fully healthy against Jannik Sinner. Djokovic’s 2024 Australian Open campaign was somewhat weird. It wasn’t that weirder than some of his previous ones, but things never looked right. From the opening match…
With the dust settling after the first Grand Slam of 2024, the ATP Race is beginning to have a familiar look. After Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo briefly led the race mid-January, the ATP’s top-ranked players have now taken over. Jannik Sinner became the first Italian in history to win the Australian Open and received 2,000 ranking…
Iga Swiatek will arrive in the Middle East to play two key WTA 1000 events, where she is assured of staying as World No. 1. Swiatek’s task was aided by Aryna Sabalenka’s withdrawal from the Qatar Open in Doha. That means the two-time defending champion is expected to remain No. 1 until the last week…
Carlos Alcaraz‘s serve leaves a lot to be desired, according to former ATP player and world no. 1, Andy Roddick. The 20-year-old is one of the best full-stop players in the world. Is he the most complete tennis player right now? The Spaniard has a complete game, but some things aren’t that much of a…
Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko claimed her second WTA 500 title of the season at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament on Sunday when she blitzed past Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-2 6-3, in just 70 minutes in the final. A few years ago, I was in the final and I didn’t get the trophy, but I think the…
Emma Raducanu has a clear idea of what would make her comeback successful, which she shared ahead of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Open. Raducanu spent much of 2023 on the sidelines after undergoing triple surgery early in the year. She tried to play that year, but it became increasingly clear that it wasn’t working, so…
19-year old Diana Shnaider upset defending champion Zhu Lin in the final of the WTA 250 Thailand Open to claim her first WTA title on Sunday. The last two points were crazy. I kept doing everything that I could. I’m so proud of myself. I was running as fast as I could for every ball….
