[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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….
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] Holger Rune keeps his eye on the ball (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) The quarter final line up at the top half of the draw was settled with the top seeded Holger Rune leading the way by eventually overcoming Russia’s Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 5-7 6-2. With only three seeds remaining in the draw, the…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu will be certainly disappointed by her second-round loss at the 2024 ASB Classic in Auckland to Elina Svitolina, as the match could have ended differently. In her first match after eight months, the British player showed why she’s regarded as one of the most talented players on the WTA Tour. She overcame…
[ad_1] For the first time in eight consecutive United Cup ties played in Sydney this year, the result was not decided by the mixed doubles. It’s just amazing to be back in the quarter finals here. Maria Sakkari The France versus Italy clash saw the French take an unassailable 2-0 lead by claiming the two…
[ad_1] Getty Images Novak Djokovic’s 43-match losing streak in Australia came to an end with a surprising 6-4, 6-4 loss to Alex De Minaur in the United Cup on Wednesday night. Djokovic had not lost Down Under since the 2018 Aussie Open quarterfinals against Hyeon Chung. De Minaur won 33 of 34 first-serve points and…
