For some, there is a swift turnaround from Billie Jean King Cup duty at the weekend to the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, the WTA 500 indoor clay court tournament in Stuttgart, which starts on Monday. The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is one of my favourite tournaments. I’ve got great memories of Stuttgart, and not only…
Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas will be squaring off for the fifth time in their careers (fourth time at the ATP level) when they collide in the final of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday. When this week started (and especially after Carlos Alcaraz pulled out due to injury), a final between Novak Djokovic and…
Getty Images Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud will be squaring off for the fourth time in their careers on the main tour when they battle for the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title on Sunday afternoon. When the tournament began (and especially after Carlos Alcaraz withdrew), a championship match between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2…
Getty Images World No.1 Novak Djokovic is inching closer to his first title of 2024 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters as he takes on Norway’s Casper Ruud in the semifinals on Saturday. Novak Djokovic came into Monte-Carlo with an 8-3 match record for the season and no titles. And this time it’s not because of…
Getty Images Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas will be squaring off for the ninth time in their careers when they battle on Saturday for a spot in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title match. Tsitsipas leads the head-to-head series 5-3, but–like plenty of other matchups involving Sinner–this rivalry appears to be turning in the Italian’s favor….
Great Britain starts it quest to gain a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals against France, the 2019 champions, on Friday, keen to reverse last year’s Qualifiers result at Le Chaudron in Le Portel. I’m very pleased. We’ve missed her [Emma Raducanu]. We love having her back. Obviously the number one thing is…
The WTA Tour takes a breather this week as the Billie Jean King Cup takes centre stage and players scatter around the globe to represent their countries in either Qualifiers or Group ties. The French side will present a significant challenge, as always, but we all know how representing GB inspires us and, each year,…
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Getty Images Both Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal missed the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in 2023 and the result was a surprising semifinal lineup that included none of the top four seeds (Andrey Rublev ended up beating Holger Rune in the title match). This time around the field is stacked even though Nadal is once again…
Getty Images It will be an all-Italian showdown when good friends and familiar foes Lorenzo Sonego and Matteo Berrettini battle for a place in the semifinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Friday. Berrettini has won four of their five previous encounters, but it has never been routine for him against his compatriot on…
