Photo credit: WTA The WTA has a new leader with a history of roundball experience. Portia Archer is new WTA CEO, the Tour announced. Archer joins the WTA from the NBA, where she held the position of Chief Operating Officer of the NBA G League. She will officially launch her new position as WTA Chief…
Felix Auger-Aliassime is no longer working with Toni Nadal, and he explained why they stopped working together. The young Canadian and the experienced Spanish coach started working together a few years ago with the hope of improving Auger-Aliassime’s tennis, especially on clay. Their collaboration looked promising at times, as the Canadian made it to the…
By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Sunday, June 2, 2024 Rising to the occasion. That appears to be the mission for 29-year-old Ons Jabeur who finds herself back in the Roland Garros quarterfinals for a second straight year. The No. 8 seeded Tunisian enjoyed a 6-4 6-4 win over a tough opponent in Denmark’s Clara…
Despite the persistent rain, this year’s French Open is on schedule with the main contenders getting into their stride as the second week approaches. However, one player who had more than an outside chance to be still in contention during the last few days at Roland Garros, has noisily crashed out! Completely disappointed with myself…
Getty Images The rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz is currently the most exciting one on the pro tour and projects to be as much well into the future. They will meet again–now for the ninth time on the main tour–in the French Open semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz head-to-head…
Carlos Alcaraz faces new world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the Roland Garros semifinals on Friday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Roland Garros Paris, France Red Clay May 20-June 9, 2024 Prize Money: €53,500,000 2024 Roland Garros: End of An Era and New Beginning World No. 1 Novak Djokovic aims to defend his Roland Garros crown…
Alexander Zverev has shown great resilience at the 2024 Roland Garros, but it’s something he’s known for, even generally, and it’s all due to how he was raised in tennis. The German player grew up around tennis, as his older brother Mischa Zverev was a tennis player. So, even as a kid, he learned what…
By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Thursday, June 6, 2024 The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) recently announced Portia Archer as its new CEO. Archer joins the WTA from the NBA, where she held the position of Chief Operating Officer of the NBA G League. She will start her new position with the WTA on July…
Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal due to injury has left the French Open without one of the sport’s biggest stars and a big gap in Wednesday’s schedule as far as the men’s singles draw was concerned. Happy to be in another semi-final which I’m very pleased about — hopefully I can win one! I want to be…
Photo credit: Rolex Paris Masters Facebook Festering frustration reddened Hubert Hurkacz’s face like sunburn. Nemesis Grigor Dimitrov befuddled Hurkacz with fine finesse, made the big man bonkers with angled droppers and drove him up the wall with darting drives. Contesting his 14th consecutive French Open, Dimitrov maintained his mastery of Hurkacz 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) becoming…
