[ad_1] BY JAMES BECK Unseeded Danielle Collins just keeps winning. She made it 11 straight wins with another relatively easy straight-set win in Friday’s quarterfinals of the Credit One Charleston Open. This time, it was veteran Elise Mertens that suffered a 6-3, 6-4 loss at the hands of Collins, who continues on her retirement party…
[ad_1] Jannik Sinner made an interesting choice by signing up for the 2024 Bastad Open to get some playing time ahead of the Olympics. The Olympics are held this summer, which means the tennis calendar had to adjust as well. As the Games are in Paris, tennis players are going to get the tennis event…
[ad_1] Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams expressed his excitement about helping LaMelo Ball thrive as the team’s best player. Williams highlighted Ball’s maturity and acknowledged the importance of veterans in guiding his growth. He emphasized the need for Ball to understand what it takes to succeed in the league and become a leader for the…
[ad_1] Nick Kyrgios recently shared the impact that the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s demise had on his career. Kyrgios is a massive basketball fan and currently co-owns NBL’s South East Melbourne Phoenix. Last year, when he went to watch one of their matches from inside the venue, he called it “the stuff of a…
[ad_1] The women’s Tour moves from the hard courts of north America to the long clay court season this week, with a WTA 500 event in Charleston, a WTA 250 in Bogota, and a WTA 125 at La Bisbal d’Empordá in Spain heralding the build-up to the French Open in late May. On the grey-green…
[ad_1] The Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers will be competing for a playoff spot on Wednesday, and Jimmy Butler has commented on the challenge of playing in Philadelphia. After ending their regular season with a win against Toronto, Butler acknowledges that facing Philadelphia will be a different experience. “Just have to go out there, compete,…
[ad_1] British interest in the Estoril Open, a clay court ATP 250 level event in Portugal, came to an end in the second round with Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, the second seed, eliminating qualifier Jan Choinski 7-6(5) 6-4. It has been challenging playing the first match of the year on the clay court. You have to…
[ad_1] Hubert Hurkacz with his first clay court trophy (Photo by Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images) Hubert Hurkacz won the Millennium Estoril Open to claim his first clay court title as he downed Pedro Martinez in straight sets in what could be the final edition of the ATP 250 level event in Portugal. The Pole beat the…
[ad_1] Elena Rybakina is having a tough time at this year’s Miami Open, so she changed her usual approach. The Kazakhstani player didn’t play in Indian Wells, which was disappointing for her, but it also meant that she arrived in Miami without much preparation. Some of her matches were rather long and physical, so Rybakina…
[ad_1] Nick Kyrgios is currently out of the limelight due to an injury hiatus, but he was previously a force to be reckoned with such that he caused quite a furore at the Miami Open. The incident happened in 2018 during the last staging of the tournament in Key Biscayne and was disclosed by director…
