The Australian Open starts on Sunday, when both Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe will be in action on the men’s side. Novak Djokovic is also kicking off his title defense. Here are my picks for two of the best matchups on Day 1. (17) Frances Tiafoe vs. Borna CoricTiafoe and Coric will be squaring off…
According to a review of the injuries occurring in the US Open Tennis Championships between 1994 and 2009, roughly 24 injuries per 1,000 matches took place for each player. Wrist injuries came out to be the second most common type out of them. Even among non-pro players, it’s common to walk away with wrist pain…
Nick Kyrgios recently admitted that he was heartbroken when he heard the news of Rafael Nadal‘s withdrawal at the 2024 Australian Open because of injury. Nadal, 37, was forced into an early flight home from Australia for the second year in a row. Last year, he sustained a hip injury during a second-round defeat to…
By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, January 11, 2024 Some top pros will be wielding a sharper Blade down under. Wilson announced the launch of its new Blade v9 billed as the brand’s “sharpest” performance racquet. More: AO Women’s Draw: Top 5 Takeaways “Innovation is at the center of everything we do at Wilson, and…
Geneva, 12 January 2024 – For more than 40 years, Rolex has nurtured a special relationship with tennis, a global sport with a history constantly enriched by new challenges, new stories and new champions. Rolex’s association with tennis began when it first partnered The Championships, Wimbledon as Official Timekeeper in 1978 – a time when…
World No 1 in doubles, Storm Hunter, made it into the main draw of the women’s singles at the Australian Open on Friday, the first reigning top-ranked doubles player to qualify for a Grand Slam in singles since 2006. I was shaking in the last two games. She’s a quality player, she’s so aggressive and…
Getty Images The Australian Open gets underway on Sunday and Jannik Sinner will be in action in Rod Laver Arena against Botic van de Zandschulp. Another big-name matchup in round one features Frances Tiafoe and Borna Coric.(4) Jannik Sinner vs. Botic van de ZandschulpSinner pretty much took the tennis world by storm in 2023, especially…
If the draw has anything to do with it, the men’s singles competition at the Australian Open should be a fun one. And it should be a fair fight, so to speak. The draw ceremony for the season’s first Grand Slam was held on Thursday afternoon. It produced a seemingly balanced bracket on the men’s…
January 12, 2024 by Admin Whenever the day comes for Andy Murray to put down his racket for the final time, he’ll do so with enough happy memories to last a lifetime. He’s scaled heights that few can dream of reaching – in an era where Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have made…
There will be five Canadians competing in the singles draw of the Australian Open when the season’s first major kicks off this weekend after Rebecca Marino booked her spot on Friday in Melbourne. Marino is the only Canadian to get through qualifying and joins Leylah Annie Fernandez in the women’s singles draw. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis…
