By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, September 16, 2024Photo credit: Rob Newell/CameraSport A chronic shoulder injury has compelled Ons Jabeur to pull the plug on the rest of the 2024 season. Two-time Wimbledon finalist Jabeur, who also reached the 2022 US Open final, has been plagued by shoulder pain. TN Q&A: Roger Federer on RF Collection and…
The 2024 Citi Open has a challenging spot in the calendar this year, coinciding with the Olympic Games in Paris. Despite this, the WTA 500 tournament in Washington managed to attract a strong field of players from July 29th to August 4th. With top players opting out of the Olympics due to surface change concerns,…
By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Tennis fans in Washington, D.C. will once again be treated to world class tennis as several top players headline this year’s ATP/WTA 500 Mubadala Citi Open. While the long-running tournament will take place at the same time as the Summer Games in Paris, many top…
Saturday proved to be a day of upsets and heart-break as both Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur made early exits from The Championships at the hands of Yulia Putintseva and Elina Svitolina respectively, while Harriet Dart squandered her chances and bowed out to Wang Xinyu (reported elsewhere). Iga Swiatek, the 23-year old World No 1…
Ons Jabeur is once again trying to fulfill her dream of winning Wimbledon, and she has Fernando Verdasco in her corner. The Tunisian has lost two Wimbledon finals in the past. While the first loss to Elena Rybakina was understandable due to Rybakina’s strength on grass courts, the second final was particularly painful as she…
As rain disrupted play on the outside courts at Wimbledon on Tuesday, pushing matches back and causing many to be cancelled for the day, World No 1 Iga Swiatek successfully navigated her way past fellow Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin under the comfort of the closed roof of No 1 Court. It was a solid…
In the last seven editions of Wimbledon, there have been seven different champions in women’s singles. That includes six first-time winners in a row dating back to 2017. Most recent among them are Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova. Both Rybakina and Vondrousova defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, so Jabeur will be among those looking…
One of the most exciting features at the Wimbledon Championships since last year was the players’ use of wireless audio devices during practice sessions. It has been great for fan engagement, providing an inward look into a player’s personality and thought process. The players usually wear a wireless microphone and can engage in a conversation…
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 set…
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 seed,…
