Holger Rune was able to overcome Andrey Rublev in a semifinal match at the 2023 Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) Grand Final in London. While Andrey “Rublo” Rublev had a smooth sailing through the round robin stage, winning all three matches, Holger “The Viking” Rune had to fight in his last match to book the Final…
Rafael Nadal will make a highly-anticipated and awaited comeback in 2024, and many ask the question of whether it will be his last season on the ATP Tour. Initially, when the Spanish player announced that he would miss the 2023 Roland Garros and undergo surgery, it seemed that the 2024 season would be his last…
Former ATP World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko spoke about the difficulty of winning all four Grand Slams in the same season when asked to assess Novak Djokovic‘s chances of doing so in 2024. The Calendar Grand Slam is one of the hardest accomplishments in tennis. Only one man has done it in the Open Era…
Jack Draper struggled with injuries in 2023, and that’s why he would like to get rid of that image during the 2024 season. Being injured is never good for any professional athlete, and for the young Brit, who seemed to be one of the emerging talents on the ATP Tour, the injuries came at the…
16-year-old tennis phenom Mirra Andreeva got an interesting experience at the 2023 Négométal Open de Bourg-de-Péage when she got to play an ATP player. The teenager entered the exhibition tournament played at Complexe Vercors in Bourg-de-Péage, France, in an attempt to play some matches before the 2024 WTA season, but she certainly didn’t expect to…
Mirra Andreeva unexpectedly found herself in the “Battle of Sexes” match at the 2023 Négométal Open de Bourg-de-Péage. In 1970s, the term “Battle of the Sexes” was very popular, when Bobby Riggs took on Margaret Court, who he beat 6-2, 6-1, before losing to Billie Jean King 4-6, 3-6, 3-6. In 1992, Jimmy Connors and…
Rafael Nadal is on the verge of returning to the ATP Tour, as he’ll come back at the 2024 Brisbane International in two weeks’ time. Ahead of his comeback, the Spanish player spoke a lot to the media or on his social media channels. Recently, he returned home from training camp in Kuwait, and according…
Tournament organizers and governing bodies of tennis often get a lot of criticism from players, but not this time, as Holger Rune praised them. Attracting fans to attend tennis tournaments may be a bit more difficult than in other sports. The Tour travels all around the world, so it’s difficult to have those fans that…
Renowned French coach Patrick Mouratoglou recently shared his thoughts about Rafael Nadal‘s impending tennis return and weighed his chances of success. Nadal, 37, is set to play his first tournament in a year at next month’s Brisbane International, which will herald the start of the 2024 men’s tennis season. Having undergone surgery on a damaged…
Patrick Mouratoglou believes the new generation of tennis stars, including Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and Holger Rune, are close to matching Novak Djokovic‘s level. Alcaraz, Sinner, and Rune have each defeated Djokovic at least once during the 2023 season and are tipped to carry the sport for the foreseeable future. But when all was said…
