France won a thrilling deciding mixed doubles match Thursday evening to clinch a 2-1 victory over Norway and clinch a place in United Cup semi-finals in Sydney. Caroline Garcia played a leading role in securing the French a place in the last four as she set the ball rolling with a 6-2 6-7(6) 7-6(5) victory…
Rafael Nadal will continue his comeback tournament when he faces Jordan Thompson in the Brisbane quarterfinals on Friday. No. 2 seed Grigor Dimitrov and wild card Rinky Hijikata are also aiming for a place in the semis.(WC) Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan ThompsonIt would be an understatement to say that Nadal’s return to tennis following an…
Top-seeded Andrey Rublev prevailed in his Hong Kong opener. Photo credit: Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2024 It was Liam Broady’s 30th birthday, but Andrey Rublev played party thrasher. The top-seeded Rublev beat Broady 6-4, 7-6(8) in his Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open opener. Rublev ripped 32 winners—nine more than the British qualifier—and converted three…
Rafael Nadal is marching on at the 2024 Brisbane International, but what will happen when he faces Australian Jordan Thompson in front of his crowd? The Spaniard has been absolutely stunning in his comeback, winning matches comfortably. His first match back was an impressive showing against Dominic Thiem who right now is not playing at…
Friday’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…
Britain’s Emma Raducanu gave 2nd-seeded Elina Svitolina quite a fright at the ASB Classic presented by Evrie in Auckland on Thursday, but the Ukrainian escaped in 3 sets, while World No 3 Coco Gauff cruised into the quarter-finals with a routine win over Brenda Fruhvirtova. It was a great match from both of us. Emma…
Former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber of Germany will play Greece’s Maria Sakkari in United Cup action. EPA-EFE/RAY ACEVEDO 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…
Casper Ruud ensured that this doubles match counts, but ultimately, he didn’t have enough to power Norway past France at the 2024 United Cup. This was a pretty interesting tie overall between two solid teams. The first match saw Caroline Garcia win a really close one to give France the first point in the tie….
Poland and Australia reached the semi-finals of the United Cup with clean sweeps over China and Serbia, the latter which saw ATP World No 1 Novak Djokovic toppled by Alex de Minaur, while there was another stellar performance from the WTA World No 1 Iga Swiatek, who beat the talented young Chinese Qinwen Zheng in…
Casper Ruud continues to play excellent tennis at the start of 2024 as he keeps Norway alive in the 2024 United Cup quarterfinals with a win over Adrian Mannarino. The first match of this United Cup tie saw Caroline Garcia give France the first point. That put Ruud in a tricky spot because losing the…
