Getty Images Jack Draper came back from a set and a break down to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7, 7-6(9), 7-6(7) in an Adelaide International marathon on Wednesday afternoon. Draper also fought off two match points in the second-set tiebreaker, saved a break point at 3-3 in the third and two break points at 4-4, and…
Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz claimed the third WTA 125 title of her career at the Workday Canberra International on Saturday night when she defeated Britain’s Harriet Dart, 6-4 6-3, in the final. The trophy match took an hour and 36 minutes at the Canberra Tennis Center for the 32-year old to triumph. Parrizas Diaz hit…
Top-seeded Andrey Rublev prevailed in his Hong Kong opener. Photo credit: Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2024 It was Liam Broady’s 30th birthday, but Andrey Rublev played party thrasher. The top-seeded Rublev beat Broady 6-4, 7-6(8) in his Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open opener. Rublev ripped 32 winners—nine more than the British qualifier—and converted three…
Aryna Sabalenka bested Ons Jabeur in a prestigious exhibition match played at the 2023 Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia. The two players probably got the best possible preparation for the new season, as they got to play an exhibition match during the 2023 Riyadh Season at the exhibition called the Tennis Cup, which will also…
USATSI We’re just four days into the Big East schedule, and the league standings already look weird. Marquette is alone in sixth while UConn and Creighton are tied for eighth despite those three schools being picked first (Marquette), second (Creighton) and third (UConn) in the preseason Big East poll conducted with league coaches. “We have…
Elena Rybakina played a really great set of tennis, but it wasn’t good enough to beat Aryna Sabalenka, who won the match and the whole tie for her team at the 2023 World Tennis League. Before they even took to the courts, Rybakina’s team, the Falcons, played a few really good matches to put themselves…
Aryna Sabalenka stepped up with the tie on the line and bested teenage phenom Mirra Andreeva to give her team the win. After thee doubles and one singles matches, the score was pretty even as the Kites lead the Eagles only by one point. It meant that Mirra Andreeva had the chance to win it…
Jack Draper is proving his talent this week at the 2023 Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) Grand Final in London, as he defeated yet another opponent, this time Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The British player was really convincing during the round-robin stage of the tournament, and after Holger “The Viking” Rune beat Andrey “Rublo” Rublev,…
Rafael Nadal is in Kuwait, where he’s practicing with Arthur Fils, and according to the reports from the Academy, he won the practice set they played. Fils just played at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, and he’s in game shape and playing at a pretty decent level. He’s not a Challenger player who…
March Madness is still four months away, but Wednesday offered a potential taste of what is to come this spring. With the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge in the final moments Wednesday, Georgia guard Justin Hill knocked down a jumper with 1.5 seconds remaining to not only give the Bulldogs a 68-66 win, but give the SEC…
