The teenagers are seemingly taking over women’s Grand Slam tournaments as it was customary three to four decades ago, at least at the 2024 Australian Open. This is a very interesting and timely question, considering the last WTA player to win a Grand Slam tournament was a teenager. 19-year-old Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka to…
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…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, January 2, 2024 History advises of the calm before the storm. History never traded ferocious forehands with Rafael Nadal. More: Richard Evans on HOF, GOAT and Top Rivalries Playing his first match in nearly a year, Nadal unleashed a tornado of topspin storming through five straight games sweeping aside Dominic…
11 Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s purchase of a 25% stake in Manchester United will bring direction to the club off the pitch, but it should have a domino effect on it as well. One of the main effects fans are curious about is how the relationship with OGC Nice, Sir Jim’s other club, works. If recent…
Rafael Nadal is days away from returning to tennis, and his main rival, Novak Djokovic, spoke about that recently. Djokovic, like many of us, is eagerly awaiting Nadal’s comeback. For the Serbian, it’s a practical thing for him because he’ll actually play against him, so he’s obviously interested in the level Nadal might bring. Plenty…
Many tennis players succeed in their junior days and win a Grand Slam in that category, but does it guarantee success on the main Tour? Forming any rapid conclusions based on junior Grand Slam results is risky business. Of the active WTA players who have won a junior Grand Slam until 2020, only six of…
Emma Raducanu is inching ever closer to having her name in the Australian Open main draw without the need to play qualifying. Raducanu, currently ranked outside the world’s Top 200, is slated to play the Australian Open qualifying rounds because her Special Ranking (World No. 103) is not high enough to warrant an automatic main…
Emma Raducanu might not need to go through the rigors of qualifying to play in the main draw of the 2024 Australian Open. However, there is a caveat on how she’ll enter next year’s first Grand Slam tournament. Because Raducanu’s rank dropped to a low of No. 296 upon release of the entry list, she…
HOUSTON (Dec. 12, 2023) – Two rising American stars on the global tennis stage will make their main draw Houston debuts at the 2024 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, organizers announced today. World No. 17 Ben Shelton and No. 34 Christopher Eubanks, who are both nominated for the 2023 ATP Tour Most Improved…
Rafael Nadal‘s primary objective every year is to play and win Roland Garros, and he’s been fortunate enough to do it a record 14 times. In fact, since his debut appearance in 2005, Nadal has only ever skipped the clay Slam once in his career, and it was due to unavoidable circumstances this year when…
