Jannik Sinner will remain World No. 2 for at least another month despite a forced absence from next week’s Italian Open in Rome. Sinner has been recuperating from a hip injury he sustained at the Madrid Open. He withdrew ahead of his quarterfinal match against Felix Auger-Aliassime. He stated that the injury was becoming more…
Eugenie Bouchard‘s tennis hiatus is set to end sometime next week, with the former World No. 5 sharing a sneak peek prepping for her long-awaited return. Bouchard, one of the highest-ranked Canadian tennis players in history, celebrated her 30th birthday earlier this year. She switched to pickleball at the end of last year and played…
Taylor Fritz had a strong performance at the Madrid Open, but his journey came to an end against Andrey Rublev, leaving him disappointed. Fritz was on the brink of reaching the semi-finals at the Madrid Open, facing a familiar opponent who had troubled him in the past. Despite Rublev losing to Fritz on multiple occasions,…
Felix Auger-Aliassime faces Andrey Rublev in the Madrid final on Sunday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, SpainApril 22-May 5, 2024Prize Money: €7,877,020 Alcaraz Aims to Defend Madrid World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is out and king of clay Rafael Nadal returns in Madrid. Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz is back aiming to defend…
Former world number three Ivan Ljubicic is certain that Jannik Sinner will become world number one but on his own terms. Ljubicic is quite familiar with Sinner, having spent a lot of time in Italy and at the Academy where the Italian used to practice. Obviously, as he’s one of the best players in the…
Andy Murray won’t be playing at the 2024 Italian Open in Rome, even though he returned to practicing on clay fairly recently. At this time last year, Murray was playing on clay in Aix en Provence, France. The Brit would go all the way to win the trophy at the ATP Challenger event, but that’s…
Rafael Nadal said goodbye to Madrid a few days ago, but he’s already in Rome practicing ahead of what many assume will be his return to the Italian Open. Nothing about the 22-time major winner is certain these days. His situation is very fluid and quite literally changes with every stroke. Things have looked very…
Iga Swiatek avenged last year’s Madrid Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka by beating her in an epic final this year. The Polish player put together an impressive week of tennis to find herself in the Madrid Open final again. After failing to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, everybody expected Swiatek to come…
Carlos Alcaraz began the 2024 season ranked second in the world rankings and could have quite conceivably been No. 1 had it not been for injuries. The subpar start to the year by current World No. 1 Novak Djokovic allowed Jannik Sinner to bridge the gap to the top. But because Alcaraz had a much…
