Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis added Britain’s Dan Evans to his scalp belt having at the start of the week, downed Evan’s countryman Jack Draper in the opening round of the Los Cabos Open in Mexico. The British No.2, currently ranked 42, failed to make the quarter finals following his 6-4 6-2 defeat which took just over…
Jasmine Paolini upset Beatriz Haddad Maia on Day 1 of the Dubai Duty Free WTA 1000, while two other seeds, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Caroline Garcia fell to Magdalena Frech and Ashlyn Krueger respectively, and Ons Jabeur pulled out because of her right knee injury. If I win a Grand Slam, I’m never playing tennis again…
The NCAA Tournament selection committee released its early top 16 seeds as if the bracket were to be set Saturday and there were no surprises at the top. Like nearly everyone, except voters in the Associated Press Top 25 and Coaches Poll I suppose, the committee has Purdue as the overall No. 1 seed, followed…
Seeds tumbled on Thursday as Iga Swiatek, the World No 1, advanced to the quarter-finals at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, keeping her title defence hopes alive with a straight sets win over Ekaterina Alexandrova, while Naomi Osaka also made the Last 8 after her opponent, Leisa Tsurenko pulled out ahead of their match with an…
Australia’s Arina Rodionova upset 6th-seeded Yaun Yue of China, 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3, in 2 hours and 52 minutes in the 1st-round at the WTA 250 Thailand Open in Hua Hin on Tuesday. Yuan held triple set point in the first set tiebreak before Rodionova won 5 straight points to charge back, level the score, and,…
Seeds are beginning to tumble at the Australian Open, with Marketa Vondrousova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Donna Vekic and Marie Bouzkova all making their way to the exit doors on Monday, Day 2 of the first Grand Slam of the year. I’m happy to be back. Happy winning the first round again here. I’m just happy with…
USATSI Life on the road seems more difficult than usual. There were a few head-scratching losses for teams at the top of the Bracketology projected NCAA Tournament bracket this week. Northwestern is an especially inhospitable host when top teams come calling. The Wildcats have already beaten Purdue and Dayton this season in Evanston, Illinois, and…
The 2024 Australian Open marks the first time in nearly 12 years that the top 6 seeds have progressed to the quarterfinal. It has been an enthralling tournament so far in Melbourne, and there have been many notable upsets at the opening Grand Slam of the season in the men’s and women’s draw. On the…
Day four at the 2024 Australian Open saw the round of sixty-four kick off with the top half of the draw in action. Like the first round, fourth seed Jannik Sinner was an early starter, and he made sure he had most of the afternoon to himself by dispatching Jesper de Jong in straight sets….
The NFL’s Wild Card Round has begun as the playoff bracket moves into its next phase. Which teams are continuing on deeper into the NFL postseason, and which teams are now sitting on the outside looking in? Current NFL Playoff Bracket For Divisional Round The below NFL bracket is accurate as of the conclusion of…
