Getty Images The 2024 tennis season is off to a roaring start. Rafael Nadal returned in Brisbane with a pair of wins, Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov were among the finalists in Hong Kong and Brisbane, and the United Cup provided plenty of drama. With the Australian Open on the horizon, January is about to get…
Alexander Zverev will play Hubert Hurkacz in the United Cup final on Sunday. United Cup RAC Arena and Ken Rosewall ArenaPerth and Sydney, AustraliaDecember 29, 2023-January 7, 2024 Surface: Hard Court Eighteen Nations Battle for United Cup The United Cup is back for a second time, with the unique and unifying mixed-teams event set to…
Coco Gauff reached her eighth WTA final as a teenager and emulated another feat of her idol, Serena Williams. Gauff isn’t fond of the comparisons with Williams, but it’s pretty tough not to when she’s matching a lot of what only Serena did. Gauff has been competing on the WTA Tour for five years now,…
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY EVIE—Brisbane, Australia Semifinal results: Holger Rune Defeats Roman Safiullin 6-4 7-6(0)Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Jordan Thompson 6-3 7-5 ************ BANK OF CHINA HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN—Hong Kong, Hong Kong Semifinal results: Andrey Rublev Defeats Juncheng Shang 4-6 6-2 6-3Emil Ruusuvuori Defeats Sebastian Ofner 4-6 7-5 6-3 Watch all the action live this…
Coco Gauff, the defending champion, and Elina Svitolina, the 2nd seed, reached the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland on Saturday with wins over Emma Navarro and Wang Xiyu respectively. I had really tough matches in the first three rounds. Finishing yesterday last night, going to bed at 2 am, it was not easy,…
Getty Images Much to the chagrin of the host nation, Sunday’s United Cup final in Sydney, Australia pits Germany against Poland. The Aussies came incredibly close to booking their spot in the championship tie, but they ultimately went down to Germany 15-13 in the super-breaker of the deciding mixed doubles match on Saturday night. Alexander…
Photo credit: Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2024 Andrey Rublev defused danger to roar into the Hong Kong final. Rublev stopped the Cinderella run of China’s Shang Juncheng 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open final. “I am really happy to play my first final of the season in Hong…
A Russian player has been suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for failure to comply with anti-doping regulations. The player, who has been named 24-year-old Vladislav Ivanov in a press release by the ITIA on Friday, was deemed to have “intentionally” refused to undertake an anti-doping test during a $15,000 ITF tournament in…
Sunday’s schedule of play for the 2024 ATP Tour and WTA events in Brisbane, Hong Kong, Auckland, Canberra and the United Cup can be found below. This week’s events will feature world No. 1’s Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and the return of legendary Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Brisbane, Australia. Nadal’s return to tennis has been…
The last time World No 1 Iga Swiatek dropped a set was in early October, and she did so again on Saturday in Sydney, to the same player, Caroline Garcia, in the semi-final of the United Cup when Poland met France for a place in Sunday’s final against either hosts Australia or Germany. I’m happy…
