Borna Coric of Croatia, who knocked off top-seeded Holger Rune in the semifinals, will play Alexander Bublik in the Montpellier final. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Open Sud de France Montpellier Montpellier, FranceJanuary 29-February 4, 2024 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €579,320 Home Style Success in Montpellier Montpellier, one of the fastest-growing cities in France during…
Team Canada presented by Sobeys will have to wait to punch their ticket to the Davis Cup Finals after JiSung Nam and Minkyu Song of the Republic of Korea beat Alexis Galarneau and Vasek Pospisil in the doubles match on Saturday. Canada leads the tie 2-1 after two singles wins on Friday from Pospisil and…
Naomi Osaka‘s tennis comeback has not been an easy ride so far, and it won’t be getting any better at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Open, at least judging by the draw. The Abu Dhabi Open, which is a WTA 500 event, is generally very brutal because so many great players are taking part. Nothing shows…
The ATP Tour and WTA 2024 schedule of Play for Sunday, February 4 for Montpellier, Linz and Hua Hin can be found below. This week’s events the first week of action in February. The world’s best players will hone their skills for the upcoming Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami. Watch all the…
2024 Davis Cup Qualifiers: Canada takes commanding 2-0 lead By Charles David Mathieu-Poulin (Montréal, February 2, 2024). On this cold February weekend in Montreal, the 2022 Davis Cup champions and second-ranked team in the world, Canada, are hosting South Korea at IGA Stadium, home of the National Bank Open in the summer. The two teams…
Cordoba Open will mark the first stop of this year’s Latin America’s famed Golden Swing, where ATP stars will trade hard courts for the red clay. In its sixth edition as a tour-level tournament, the Cordoba Open has crowned some of the most unexpected champions in recent memory. Will 2024 follow suit, or will a…
Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia takes on third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Linz final on Sunday. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL Ekaterina Alexandrova was a fighter to the finish in Linz. Alexandrova battled back from 1-5 down in the decisive tiebreaker stopping Donna Vekic 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(6) to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz final in a thriller. The second-seeded Alexandrova…
Félix Auger-Aliassime became the second Canadian victim of Alexander Bublik this week in Montpellier on Saturday as he fell to the second seed in a three-set semifinal. Bublik had taken out Denis Shapovalov in a round-two thriller. Like his countryman, Auger-Aliassime got off to a solid start but could not prevent the comeback from Bublik,…
Alexander Bublik completed yet another comeback to oust Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Montpellier Open in three sets. The match was always expected to be a close affair, and it truly was. Auger-Aliassime is the more stable player overall and certainly had that going for him in this match, while Bublik’s familiarity with the court helped…
The ATP Tour and WTA 2024 singles draws for the events in Dallas, Marseille, Cordoba, Abu Dhabi, Cluj-Napoca and Mumbai can be found below. This week’s busy schedule signifies the start of a very-busy month in February. As players hone their skills for the upcoming events in Indian Wells, California and Miami, Florida, lower-ranked players…
