By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Conviction helped carry Coco Gauff to her maiden major title at the US Open. Commitment to the cause has earned Gauff another prestigious title: a spot on Time’s Women of the Year list. More: James Blake Q&A More: Richard Evans Q&A The world No. 3 was one of…
Thursday’s schedule of play for the ATP Tour and WTA Events in Rio, Doha, Los Cabos, Dubai and Puerto Vallarta can be found below. This week marks the third week of a busy month of action in February. With four events on the schedule, tennis fans will have an abundance of matches to follow through…
Disaster for the Rio Open organisers as their top star, the world No,2 Carlos Alcaraz was forced to retire after just two games in his opening match against local boy, the wildcarded Thiago Monteiro. Just 18-minutes into the match, the Spanish 20-year-old, last year’s finalist, had to retire having shared the first two games with…
Twenty-two-year-old Jannik Sinner is the new champion of the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam. In a spectacular final, the top-seeded Italian defeated the fifth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and 5 minutes. By winning the title, Sinner—who won his first major at the Australian Open last month—is at a career-high world No….
Getty Images Fellow Russians, top seeds, and Doha doubles partners Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov are part of the singles quarterfinals on Thursday. Rublev is going up against Jakub Mensik, while Khachanov is facing Emil Ruusuvuori.(1) Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub MensikRublev has been to the final of the Qatar ExxonMobile Open twice and is a…
Ivo Karlovic throws down thunder at the US Open. Photo credit: Steven Pisano/Brooklyn Photo Dr. Ivo has delivered his final ace. Ivo Karlovic, affectionally nicknamed “Dr. Ivo” by legions of loyal fans, made it official announcing he has retired from the ATP Tour. Karlovic closed the curtain on his career in a thoughtful post on…
Jannik Sinner has recently opened up about how tough it was to move away from home as a young teenager. Sinner’s talent has been clear for a very long time. Since he first emerged on the ATP Tour, it simply felt like a matter of time before he reached the very top. That has happened…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, February 21, 2024 During his playing days, James Blake earned a reputation as one of tennis’ top sportsmen. Today, Blake was fined $56,250 for breaching tennis’ betting sponsorship rules. More: James Blake Q&A More: Richard Evans Q&A The International Tennis Integrity Agency “accepted that [Blake’s] violation was unintentional” and fined…
The French Open, which is also known as Roland Garros, stands out as one of the finest and most reputable tournaments of tennis in the world. This tournament is held annually in Paris, France, on the red clay courts of the Stade Roland Garros. The Grand Slam tournament has a glorious history, which is filled…
Andy Murray has finally secured his first win of the season and snapped the run of six consecutive first round losses which have dogged him since the tail-end of last year. It was getting tight at the end there as well, so delighted to get through. Andy Murray The 36-year-old Briton, a former world No.1,…
