[ad_1] Some of the best players in the world–both past and present–have arrived in Berlin, Germany in advance of Friday’s start to the 2024 Laver Cup. Among the past champions on the scene is Roger Federer, one of the founding members of this team competition. Federer retired at the Laver Cup in 2022, when he…
[ad_1] Photo credit: Laver Cup The 2024 Laver Cup is shaping up as a clash of superstars. This year’s Laver Cup in Berlin is the farewell for long-time Captains Bjorn Borg of Team Europe and John McEnroe, who leads Team World. Captains will be bringing the firepower for an epic battle in their final year…
[ad_1] The highest-ranked Norwegian player in history, Casper Ruud, and the greatest Greek player of all time, Stefanos Tsitsipas, will represent Team Europe for the forthcoming Laver Cup Berlin 2024 to be held at Uber Arena from September 20-22. Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ruud and Tsitsipas, twice a major finalist, will join world No.3 Carlos…
[ad_1] Union Berlin enjoyed victory in its first preseason friendly of the summer with American forward Jordan Pefok making his return to the club. Pefok played 45 minutes in Saturday’s 4-0 friendly win over Chemie Leipzig, his first appearance for the club in 10 months. The 28-year-old spent majority of last season on loan with…
[ad_1] Elena Rybakina was supposed to play at the 2024 Eastbourne International, but the Kazakhstani player pulled out of the WTA 500 tournament. Rybakina has played in Eastbourne twice before, including the year when she won Wimbledon. She didn’t do that well in 2022, losing in the second round, especially since she made the semi-finals…
[ad_1] World No 5 Jessica Pegula saved 5 match points and went on to beat Anna Kalinskaya, 6-7(0) 6-4 7-6(3), in an enthralling final at the ecotrans Ladies Open, the WTA 500 tournament in Berlin, and bag her first Hologic WTA Tour title of the year, her first on grass. This is the most grass-court…
[ad_1] Coco Gauff reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Berlin Open after her quarter-final opponent, Ons Jabeur, was forced to retire after one set of play. Saturday’s schedule in Berlin was supposed to be packed with tennis, but fans in the German capital won’t get as much tennis as they thought. Two quarter-final matches were…
[ad_1] Coco Gauff lost in the semi-finals of the 2024 Berlin Open to her doubles partner Jessica Pegula after they returned to the tennis court for five points. The two Americans have dealt with a really hectic schedule at the WTA 500 tournament in the German capital. First, the rain impacted the play, which meant…
[ad_1] Jessica Pegula had a challenging week at the 2024 Berlin Open, but she will be looking back on it with good memories. The American started the tournament as the fourth seed, and her week got off well, when she beat Donna Vekic in the opening round. Her quarter-final match against Katerina Siniakova was then…
[ad_1] The rain-struck ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin saw just one fully-completed match on Saturday, when Anna Kalinskaya beat Victoria Azarenka in 3 sets to make it into Sunday’s final, while earlier saw retirements by Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur, and the Last 8 contest between top seed Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, the 4th…
