The 2024 tennis season is here. It starts in grand style, too, as Rafael Nadal’s long-awaited comeback gets underway at the Brisbane International. Nadal is part of a strong field at the Brisbane ATP 250 tournament that also includes Holger Rune, Grigor Dimitrov, and Andy Murray. Meanwhile the Bank of China Open in Hong Kong…
The 2024 Brisbane International is set to kick off on New Year’s Eve with a doubleheader of the men’s and women’s editions running concurrently next week. The women’s edition is returning to the WTA calendar for the first time since 2020. The tournament organizers have worked persistently to bring nearly one of the most complete…
The 2024 tennis season is upon us. It starts with a bang, too, as Rafael Nadal’s long-awaited comeback gets underway at the Brisbane International. Nadal is part of a strong field that also features Holger Rune, Grigor Dimitrov, and Andy Murray, while the Bank of China Open in Hong Kong is headlined by Andrey Rublev,…
Alexander Zverev will be defending the Gold Medal at the 2024 Olympics, and it seems to be his top priority for the upcoming season. The 2024 season is a special one as it will be enriched by the Olympic Games, which only happen every four years. The previous games were held in 2021 due to…
Getty Images Joining Brisbane on the schedule for week one of the 2024 tennis season is the inaugural Bank of China Open in Hong Kong. This tournament won’t make as many headlines as Brisbane (mainly because Rafael Nadal is participating there), but the Hong Kong field is a good one–especially by the standards of an…
Stefanos Tsitsipas generally plays really well in Australia, and while he’s yet to win a major, he’s certain that it will come. The Greek came very close to that at last year’s Australian Open as he went to the final but couldn’t overcome Novak Djokovic, who lifted his 10th Australian Open. It wasn’t the first…
Day 3 of the United Cup features a showdown between the United States and Great Britain in Perth, Australia. The defending champion Americans have not yet played this week, while the Brits swept the Aussies 3-0.Taylor Fritz (USA) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR)Fritz and Norrie will be facing each other for the 14th time when they…
Jessica Pegula thinks Saudi Arabia entering tennis is inevitable because they want to and have the means to do so. Tennis doesn’t need money from Saudi Arabia, of course, but they could benefit from it greatly and that’s why so many sports are doing business with the country. In the end, all sports are business,…
Welcome to the 2024 tennis season! The New Year kicks off with a strong team event at the United Cup and the return of Rafael Nadal to Brisbane. Other events will include the ATP Tour tournament in Hong Kong and the WTA events in Brisbane, Auckland and Canberra. This week’s events will kick start a…
A highly anticipated Brisbane International draw ceremony was conducted on Saturday afternoon. On paper, it’s a favorable one for Rafael Nadal. Playing in his first tournament since the 2023 Australian Open, Nadal will kick off his season against a qualifier in round one of this ATP 250. The 37-year-old Spaniard could face No. 8 seed…
