The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells is one of the most important events outside the 4 Grand Slams, and WTA 1000 main draw begins on Wednesday, promising exciting action from the best in the world over the ensuing 12 days to kick off this year’s Sunshine Double. The combined WTA 1000 and ATP 1000…
One round down, four to go! Aside from St. Louis CITY SC falling to the Houston Dynamo, every MLS team advanced from their Round of 32 ties, mostly in convincing fashion. As a result, half of the sixteen teams remaining in the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup (CCC) are from the United States. Theoretically, that should…
Welcome back, Rafa. You have been given a workable 2024 Indian Wells draw. Not easy, mind you, but manageable. As the 22-time Grand Slam champion attempts another comeback from injury, every potential opponent in Rafael Nadal’s section has question marks of his own. It’s a bit of luck. Now let’s see what Nadal makes of…
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Getty Images The Chilean crowd–always among the most raucous in tennis–at the Movistar Open will hope to see one of its countrymen crowned for the second consecutive year and for the third time in the last four seasons when Alejandro Tabilo battles Sebastian Baez for the title on Sunday. Nicolas Jarry triumphed in Santiago 12…
Getty Images Alex de Minaur and Casper Ruud will be squaring off for just the third time overall and for the first time in a main ATP Tour event when they battle for the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title on Saturday night. They have split their two previous encounters; Ruud rolled 6-3, 6-2 on the clay…
Getty Images Heading into semifinal Friday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the title match was expected to be an all-Russian showdown between top two seeds Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev. Those plans got derailed in a major–and very unexpected–way. In the first semi, Rublev was defaulted at 5-6 in the third set against…
The first of the two semifinals is set in Acapulco, as defending champion Alex de Minaur takes on the young Brit Jack Draper for a spot in the championship match. Alex de Minaur has already passed a major hurdle this week. The Australian got his first-ever win over Stefanos Tsitsipas on the main tour–in 11…
Getty Images Casper Ruud has played a lot of tennis in Mexico over the past two weeks. Last Saturday in Los Cabos he played both the singles final and the doubles semis (lost both to Jordan Thompson). Now he is making a quick turnaround in Acapulco and his trip to the quarters included a tough…
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