[ad_1] Naomi Osaka is pleased with how her season is progressing so far, but she reiterates that there is a lot more to come after her opening-round win at the Italian Open. Osaka joined the WTA caravan on the tour of the European clay swing shortly after helping Japan qualify for the Billie Jean King…
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic withdrew from the 2024 Madrid Open, surprising quite a few people, but he explained in Rome just why it happened. After performances below his usual level this year, many expected the Serbian to play as much tennis as possible. It’s never been the case for him, and it seems like it’s not…
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic played his first practice match ahead of the 2024 Italian Open against Grigor Dimitrov and he lost it. Practice sets are not matches, and players usually don’t play them like matches, but they’re the closest they can get to a competitive match before tournaments. They’re common in the final days of players’…
[ad_1] (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) The Minnesota Twins are one of the hottest teams in baseball. After a sluggish start to the season, the Twins have won 13 of their last 14 games to take their record to a steady 20-14. The start of that impressive run was on April 22, a victory against…
[ad_1] Felix Auger-Aliassime will return to the Top 20 after his Madrid Open run, which ended in the final on the racket of Andrey Rublev. Auger-Aliassime is a Top-10 player based on talent alone, but the ATP Rankings are fluid and change weekly, reflecting points accumulated by players over the past 52 weeks. The last…
[ad_1] Former Aston Villa player Alan Hutton believes that Cameron Archer’s future lies in his own hands as he prepares to return to Aston Villa from his loan spell at Sheffield United. Archer joined Sheffield United from Aston Villa last summer, with the deal reportedly including a buy-back clause contingent on Sheffield United avoiding relegation….
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday May 5, 2024 How did Iga Swiatek weather the challenges of an in-form Aryna Sabalenka and beat back the pressure facing three championship points on her way to a dramatic 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7) triumph at Madrid? By getting loose and taking a page from the King of…
[ad_1] Photo: Scotiabank Arena/X Charlie Villanueva learned the business of the NBA early in his career, getting traded almost immediately after hearing from former Toronto Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell that he would be fine despite being mentioned in trade rumors (Villanueva was dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks for TJ Ford on June 30th, 2006…
[ad_1] Brett Murray cleaned up a rebound with 11:46 gone in overtime to give Rochester a 4-3 win over Syracuse on Saturday night, completing a season-saving rally and sending the teams’ North Division semifinal series to a winner-take-all Game 5. Facing elimination and a three-goal deficit at the start of the third period, the Amerks…
