Getty Images The Asian swing came to an end with Jannik Sinner’s victory over Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters final, so now the home stretch of the tennis season really begins on European indoor hard courts. Up first is a busy week with a trio of ATP 250s in Stockholm, Antwerp, and Almaty. Among…
Getty Images The Grand Slam season on the 2024 tennis calendar has come to a close and Davis Cup group-stage action is also in the rearview mirror, so it’s time for the fall swing to begin on the ATP Tour. It all gets started this week in Asia, where ATP 250 tournaments are taking place…
The U.S. hard-court summer kicks off this week with the Atlanta Open, while the post-Wimbledon clay swing continues in Umag and Kitzbuhel with the Paris Olympics on the horizon. Key players in action include Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Andrey Rublev, Lorenzo Musetti, and Dominic Thiem. Here are previews and picks for this week’s…
The summer is always a busy time of year on the tennis circuit; that is especially the case in 2024 since this is an Olympic year. With the Paris Games coming up late this month, the remainder of the July schedule is condensed and that means there are a whopping four tournaments this week in…
Getty Images The future of French tennis will be in action on Monday at Wimbledon with rising star Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard battling Lorenzo Musetti and countryman Arthur Fils taking on Alex de Minaur. (LL) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. (25) Lorenzo Musetti Don’t let the “lucky loser” next to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s name fool you. The…
Getty Images And just like that Wimbledon is a week away. Only two more grass-court tournaments in the buildup to the season’s third Grand Slam remain, taking place in Eastbourne and Mallorca. Although plenty of top players are ready to take their talents to the All-England Club and spend the week resting and practicing, these…
The French Open wrapped up on Sunday with Carlos Alcaraz’s third major title, putting him within one win of the career Grand Slam. Now it’s on to the grass, with the lead-up to Wimbledon beginning in Stuttgart and ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Roland Garros runner-up Alexander Zverev is surprisingly still in the Stuttgart draw, while other players in…
In terms of quantity, this is the busiest week on the clay-court calendar: one 500 event (Barcelona) and a pair of 250s (Munich and Bucharest). We are in between Masters 1000 events–Stefanos Tsitsipas triumphed in Monte-Carlo on Sunday and both Madrid and Rome are on the immediate horizon–but the fun doesn’t stop. Barring a late…
And just like that, the clay-court swing is upon us. We are a week away from the dirty season really heating up with the Monte-Carlo Masters, but the current trio of Houston, Estoril, and Marrakech provides some serious quantity even if the quality may be lacking just a bit. Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Casper…
Alex de Minaur will take on Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan, while the red-hot Grigor Dimitrov battles 2021 Miami Open champion Hubert Hurkacz. (9) Alex de Minaur vs. Fabian Marozsan Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan has undoubtedly provided the surprise result of the Miami Masters. The world No. 57 didn’t just upset No. 6 seed Holger Rune in the…
