Jack Draper has joined Carlos Alcaraz in slamming ATP‘s new rule, which makes the players rush due to how time is counted between rallies. Most tennis players who are competing today grew up playing tennis in a certain way, so many of the new changes can be quite tricky to process. Many of them had…
Men’s professional tennis has seen a rich history of elite performers, rivalries, and characters that have captivated fans across generations. As new stars emerge, the global profile of the sport continues to rise, maintaining an upward trajectory since the game went professional in 1968. From legends like Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg to modern-day greats…
Caroline Wozniacki hasn’t won a WTA Tour-level match since April, but she hopes things turn around against Elina Svitolina at the 2024 Bad Homburg Open. The last time Wozniacki won was at the Charleston Open on April 1st, 2024, and it’s been a while since then. She’s only a week away from being winless for…
The WTA 500 ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin continues to be dogged by rain, which washed out the quarter-finals on Friday, when the only player to advance was Victoria Azarenka after her opponent Elena Rybakina retired after only 4 games of play. The No 3 seed from Kazakhstan looked unwell and was struggling with her…
Alexander Zverev and Hubert Hurkacz will meet in the 2024 Halle Open semi-final, fighting for a spot in the final of the ATP 500 tournament. Zverev has been playing pretty solid tennis in Halle this year, even though his grass track record is not the best. The German is coming off a great run at…
Alexander Zverev is now two wins away from joining the list of German winners at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle which was first played in 1993, namely Michael Stich (1994), Nicolas Kiefer (1999), David Prinosil (2000), Tommy Haas (2009 & 2012), Philipp Kohlschreiber (2011) and Florian Mayer (2016). I’m happy to be winning and…
Carlos Alcaraz has a firm plan in place for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, which he shared after his Queen’s Club loss to Jack Draper. Alcaraz began his grass season at the 2024 Cinch Championships, where he bested Francisco Cerundolo in his first match. It wasn’t a perfect match, but it was a decent way to…
No 2 seed Liudmila Samsonova from Russia dashed Canada’s Bianca Andreescu’s birthday title hopes to win her first title of the season, 4-6 6-3 7-5, in the final of the Libéma Open in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on Sunday. I’m a little bit tired, honestly. I think, where I go it always rains, I don’t know. It’s…
Although Iga Swiatek hasn’t been very successful on grass in the past, former WTA player Johanna Konta predicted that she will win Wimbledon in the future. Konta is a former British player who peaked at number 4 in the rankings and made a few good runs at Wimbledon. She was a much better grass player…
No Brits were in action on the first day of the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham and the appearance of Jelena Ostapenko was brief as the No 1 seed was stunned by Elisabetta Cocciaretto, while there were wins for seeds Leylah Fernandez and Anastasia Potapova but Sorana Cirstea was upset by Zhu lin. Ostapenko lifted the…
