By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, January 2, 2024 History advises of the calm before the storm. History never traded ferocious forehands with Rafael Nadal. More: Richard Evans on HOF, GOAT and Top Rivalries Playing his first match in nearly a year, Nadal unleashed a tornado of topspin storming through five straight games sweeping aside Dominic…
Wednesday’s schedule of play for the 2024 ATP Tour and WTA events in Brisbane, Hong Kong, Auckland, Canberra and the United Cup can be found below. This week’s events will feature world No. 1’s Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and the return of legendary Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Brisbane, Australia. Nadal’s return to tennis has been…
Rafael Nadal’s comeback to tennis could not have begun with a much bigger matchup. It also could not have gone much better. In a battle between former Grand Slam champions who have fallen upon tougher times of late, Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International on Tuesday evening….
Novak Djokovic is facing a major injury scare that he dealt with during his United Cup match and played through it, but it’s a concern ahead of a hugely important Australian Open title defense. Djokovic finished last year strongly and positioned himself as the proverbial favourite for the upcoming Australian Open. Besides being one of…
Marquee matches headlined play in the 1st-round of the ASB Classic on Tuesday when Emma Raducanu made a successful return to the WTA Tour and Elina Svitolina defeated Caroline Wozniacki in a battle of two new mothers. It’s difficult after having such a long hiatus. I’m grateful to be healthy & able to move my…
Rafael Nadal officially returned to tennis by playing a pretty good match to beat Dominic Thiem in two sets at the 2024 Brisbane International. What had been advertised for weeks finally happened as Nadal officially played his first singles match back. We had already seen Nadal in action in Brisbane, but it was a doubles…
Rafael Nadal has revealed that he is not “scared” about the prospect of hanging up his racket for good in a plain-spoken interview ahead of his return to singles competition. Nadal was out of action for the entire 2023 campaign except for a few matches he played at the Australian swing last season. At last…
World No 1 Iga Swiatek rescued Poland’s hopes in the United Cup in Perth after Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upset Hubert Hurkacz in the men’s singles at the RAC Arena in Perth on New Year’s Day, and, later on, in the night session, Australia got past defending champions USA to also reach the quarter-finals. This…
Sofia Kenin will be disappointed by the way that she started the 2024 season, as she lost in her opening match at the 2024 Brisbane International. The American, who won the 2020 Australian Open, was ranked even world no. 280 in 2023, but by the end of the season, she managed to get to a…
Novak Djokovic will once again need to push Serbia to the finish line as he had to win both of his matches against the Czech Republic to advance at the 2024 United Cup. The Czechs are a tricky opponent, especially with the reigning Wimbledon champion, Marketa Vondrousova, leading their team. She showed why she’s the…
