[ad_1] By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, June 9, 2024Photo credit: Corleve/Mark Peterson A fifth set in a Grand Slam final is survival of the fittest. Alexander Zverev’s Grand Slam dream was shattered by battle beast Carlos Alcaraz. King Carlos: Alcaraz Fights Off Zverev for First Roland Garros Crown The 21-year-old Spaniard squandered a…
[ad_1] The French Open draw sets the stage for an exciting fortnight of tennis right from the start. Led by the 14-time champion, Rafa Nadal, who is unseeded for the event, the opening match features him against the Rome champion, Alexander Zverev. Known as the ‘King of Clay’, Nadal has been dealing with fitness issues…
[ad_1] Getty Images At 21 years old, Carlos Alcaraz is already three-fourths of the way to the career Grand Slam. Alcaraz, the champion of the 2022 U.S. Open and Wimbledon in 2023, outlasted Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final on Sunday afternoon. The Spaniard triumphed after four hours and…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek is slowly but surely becoming a Roland Garros legend after lifting her fourth trophy at the event on Saturday. The Polish player won her first Roland Garros as a teenager a few years during the COVID-19 hit season when it was played much later in the schedule after the US Open. That…
[ad_1] Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo celebrate with the trophy a (Photo by Mateo Villalba/Getty Images) Marcelo Arevalo of Salvador and Croatia’s Mate Pavic won the men’s French Open doubles title defeating the Italian partnership of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-5 6-3. Playing only their second major as a team, the Salvadoran-Croatian partnership also…
[ad_1] Stefanos Tsitsipas and his younger brother Petros Tsitsipas will leave Roland Garros with a portion of their prize money reduced due to code violations related to excessive coaching. In April, Tsitsipas was warned by the chair umpire during a match at the Barcelona Open after his father Apostolos crossed the line with coaching, leading…
[ad_1] As the red dust settles on Roland Garros, the grass court swing gets under way at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham and the Libéma Open ’s-Hertogenbosch in Den Bosch in the Netherlands, both WTA 250 tournaments. 14 Brits are competing in Nottingham in either the qualifying this weekend or in the main draw, led…
[ad_1] The 2024 Birmingham Classic will take place from June 17th to 23rd, and details about the prize money have been disclosed. It is one of the three grass-court events happening in the UK this month and is part of the WTA 250 series. This tournament acts as a bridge between clay and grass, easing…
[ad_1] Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid equalled the overall record for Grand Slam doubles titles won by any one partnership on Saturday as they clinched their fifth successive French Open wheelchair doubles title and 20th Grand Slam title together following a 6-1 6-4 victory over Japanese second seeds Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda. “It wasn’t…
[ad_1] After several attempts to win a Grand Slam doubles trophy, Coco Gauff finally got one when she and Katerina Siniakova bested Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini at the 2024 Roland Garros. Gauff admitted ahead of the final that she would like to win a doubles Grand Slam trophy because she won’t be playing as…
