Holger Rune takes the court in Munich on Thursday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis BMW Munich Open Munich, GermanyApril 15-21, 2024Prize Money: €579,320 Rune, Fritz and Zverev Headline Munich The BMW Open is the first of four German tournaments on the season’s ATP Tour calendar, contested in Bavaria’s picturesque capital city of Munich. The International Tennis…
Germany’s Kai Schrameyer has observed the development and progress of wheelchair tennis in Canada firsthand over the years. Schrameyer, a former world no. 1 and three-time Paralympic medallist, reached the pinnacle of the sport in the 1990s. Although he stepped away in the early 2000s to pursue a sports marketing career, a passion for wheelchair…
Coco Gauff played her first match on clay at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart and barely avoided losing to her compatriot Sachia Vickery. Gauff was very excited to begin her clay season because she has big ambitions for it. She wants to win the French Open, but her return to the surface…
By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Andy Murray has ruled out surgery as he continues rehab for torn ankle ligaments. The former world No. 1 is no longer wearing a walking boot and is hoping to start hitting on court soon, Murray’s spokesperson told BBC. More: Ruud Shocks Djokovic Despite tearing ligaments in his…
Coco Gauff has high expectations of herself for the upcoming clay season, naming Roland Garros as her goal. As one of the best players in the world, it’s pretty normal for Gauff to have high expectations. The American has always had high expectations of herself, but it’s only recently that she started to play on…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 17, 2024 One of the most steady and dogged battlers on the ATP Tour struck a big milestone today. Roberto Bautista Agut notched his 400th career ATP win in Barcelona, defeating Italy’s Andrea Vavassori, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. By doing so, former World No.9 Bautista Agut became the…
Rafael Nadal highlighted playing and finishing a match as the most important aspect of his comeback at the 2024 Barcelona Open. The 22-time major winner must be realistic about where he is right now. He’s tried calming expectations from many fans worldwide by pointing out that everything is a process for him. Even after winning…
Naomi Osaka returned to clay for the first time since 2022, but she didn’t win the match against Martina Trevisan at the 2024 Rouen Open. Osaka took a wildcard entry into the Rouen Open, hoping to get some clay matches ahead of what will be a pivotal clay season for all players. Not only are…
Top seeds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Caroline Garcia kicked off their campaigns at the Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole, the WTA 250 tournament in France, with wins on Tuesday, while Anhelina Kalinina, Yuan Yue and Clara Burel also made it safely into round 2. Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 22 and from Russia, produced an academic 6-2 6-2 win over…
Rafael Nadal totally dismissed the favorite tag at the 2024 Barcelona Open, bestowed upon him by Stefanos Tsitsipas, suggesting that it’s stupid. After weeks of uncertainty about when he’d return to the tennis courts, Nadal finally returned at the Barcelona Open. He took on rising Italian star Flavio Cobolli and bested him in two sets…
