[ad_1] The Asian swing heats up in a major way with a pair of ATP 500-point tournaments on the schedule this week. Beijing boasts an especially stacked field, led by Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, and Andrey Rublev. Tokyo isn’t too shabby either; it is home to Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, and…
[ad_1] Taylor Fritz experienced some physical issues during the 2024 Laver Cup, which prevented him from playing his best tennis. This was evident in the final match of the event. Fritz was the top player on Team World’s side at the 2024 Laver Cup in Berlin. He was the one many expected could bail Team…
[ad_1] Amanda Anisimova takes the court in Beijing on Wednesday. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND China Open Beijing, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2024Prize Money: ATP $3,720,165 Elite Players Converge at China OpenThe Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, built for the 2008 Olympic Games, is the venue for the China Open. In 2011, the centre expanded…
[ad_1] Pickleball Slam 3 promises to be a great event after Andre Agassi and his wife, fellow tennis legend Steffi Graf, were confirmed to take on Andy Roddick and Eugenie Bouchard. Although its popularity is still not as high as tennis’s, pickleball is undoubtedly growing. The number of former top tennis players playing the sport…
[ad_1] Marin Cilic’s comeback to tennis reached improbable heights in a shockingly short amount of time, as he became the lowest-ranked ATP champion in history at the Hangzhou Open on Tuesday evening. Having been sidelined for almost the entirety of the past two seasons because of knee problems, Cilic went into Hangzhou ranked No. 777…
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[ad_1] Emma Raducanu withdrew from the 2024 China Open in Beijing, further continuing injury struggles that have plagued her throughout her tennis career. Raducanu last competed at the Korea Open in Seoul, where she played some solid tennis to reach the quarter-finals. The British player mentioned a few days ago that she planned to stay…
[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz will compete for his first ATP Finals title in November after qualifying for the year-end tournament. This year’s ATP Finals run from 10 to 17 November. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner was the first man to book his place at the tournament after an exceptional season that included winning the Australian Open…
[ad_1] Just a few weeks after finally returning to tennis, Marin Cilic is an ATP champion again after beating native hopeful Zhizhen Zhang at the 2024 Hangzhou Open. As unlikely as it might seem, there are some connecting dots between Cilic and Zhang. While Cilic is a native of Bosnia but represents Croatia, Zhang actually…
[ad_1] Shang Juncheng and Zhang Zizhen nearly made it a Chinese double of titles on Tuesday when they respectively contested the Chengdu and Hangzhou crowns in front of partisan home crowds. But it was Shang who was successful when he beat the top seeded Lorenzo Musteti of Italy, 7-6(4) 6-1 to become the second Chinese…
