[ad_1] Iga Swiatek avenged last year’s Madrid Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka by beating her in an epic final this year. The Polish player put together an impressive week of tennis to find herself in the Madrid Open final again. After failing to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, everybody expected Swiatek to…
[ad_1] Aryna Sabalenka completed an incredible comeback to beat Elena Rybakina in the semi-final of the 2024 Madrid Open. There weren’t many other semi-final matches that fans in Madrid could see that would be more interesting than the one that fans in the Spanish capital got to see between the world no. 2 and 4….
[ad_1] Getty Images The real Andrey Rublev is back. And perhaps even better than ever. Rublev went into the Mutua Madrid Open hoping to turn around a spring season that had been derailed both on and off the court. The Russian was defaulted from a match in Dubai for berating a linesman, won just a…
[ad_1] Sofia Kenin continues to puzzle tennis fans, but she notched her first victory since January 9th, 2024, with a superb comeback against the world number 235. The American is enduring one of the toughest moments of her career. Most of her previous issues were related to injuries and her inability to remain healthy, but…
[ad_1] Paul George and James Harden put on a scoring clinic, combining for 66 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a crucial 116-111 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, evening the first-round playoff series at 2-2. Despite a valiant effort from Luka Doncic (29 points) and Kyrie Irving (40 points), the Clippers’ dynamic duo…
[ad_1] Brock Boeser scored all three goals in regulation for the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, including two in the final two minutes to tie the game 3-3 and send it to overtime. The Nashville Predators had the game in hand with fans giving them two standing ovations in the third for what looked like a…
[ad_1] Photo: Brad Repplinger Jonatan Berggren slipped a shot past Jaxson Stauber with 4:14 gone in overtime to give the Grand Rapids Griffins a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Rockford in the opener of the teams’ Central Division semifinal series on Saturday night. The Griffins host Game 2 of the best-of-five series on Wednesday night. Rockford,…
[ad_1] Photo: Gregg Forwerck Alex Belzile shoveled in a rebound of a Nic Petan shot with 8:11 gone in overtime, giving the Hartford Wolf Pack a 3-2 victory in a must-win Game 2 over Charlotte at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. The Wolf Pack and Checkers will play a winner-take-all Game 3 on Sunday for…
[ad_1] The legend of Bernhard Langer grows. The 66-year-old PGA Tour Champions stalware tore his Achilles on Feb. 1 of this year. He had already announced plans to make the 2024 Masters his last trip down Magnolia Lane but later said he’d make the 2025 one his last, after his recovery. Langer made the cut…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal made an honest admission after his 2024 Madrid Open winning start: It was about forcing himself early in the comeback. Even at his age, the Spaniard still makes mistakes. You’d think that by now, he’d know all the tricks, but that’s just not how life works. We all learn every day, and…
