By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, February 15, 2024 The Happy Slam is considering a finals flip. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley is considering a radical and historic finals shift. More: Richard Evans Q&A The AO chief is weighing moving the Australian Open women’s final to the final Sunday night of the tournament and…
Friday’s schedule of play for the ATP Tour and WTA Events in Rotterdam, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires and Doha can be found below. This week marks the second 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 the…
For the 28-year-old Chilean, Wednesday will live long in Nicolas Jarry’s mind after securing his 100th victory on the ATP Tour at the Argentina Open, a 250 level event being played in Buenos Aires. It was a very tough match and I’m very happy with how I competed and stayed focused. It means a lot…
Thirty-three-year-old Milos Raonic is through to the second round of the ABN AMRO Open. He defeated 23-year-old Dutch wildcard Jesper de Jong 7-6(5), 6-4. The Canadian, a former world No. 3, is now ranked world No. 309 and using his protected ranking to rebuild his career. For the past two years, he’s had a terrible…
Once Elena Rybakina gets rolling, there is little anyone can do to stop her which is something Leylah Annie Fernandez learned the hard way in their Doha quarter-final on Thursday. The world No. 4 put an end to the Canadian’s strong run at the first WTA 1000 event of 2024, bouncing her in the last…
Elena Rybakina has been playing at a really high level this year, and she continued her winning streak at the 2024 Qatar Open by beating Leylah Fernandez. Outside of the Australian Open misstep, Rybaina has been utterly spectacular this year. The Kazakhstani player has two WTA trophies to her name, the second one coming last…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, February 15, 2024 Rafael Nadal’s comeback won’t happen in Doha. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has officially withdrawn from next week’s Qatar ExxonMobil Open. More: Richard Evans Q&A Former world No. 1 Nadal, who is continuing his recovery from a micro tear in his hip muscle, said he’s not ready…
Playing for the first time since winning the Australian Open, Yannik Sinner opened his campaign at the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam with a comfortable straight sets win over home favourite Botic van de Zandschulp. It’s a little bit different [playing as a Grand Slam champion] and you have to be prepared for your opponents…
Paul conquers Giron in all-American final Paul prevails 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 to win Dallas Open Tommy Paul is on a roll. The NJ native was looking for his second career title (Stockholm 2021) on home soil in Dallas, Texas. He progressed to the final of this ATP 250 event without the loss of a set. The twenty-six-year-old…
Serena Williams’ former coach, Rennae Stubbs, has stated that she is not coaching Holger Rune and angrily called out a social media post that implied this. Rune is one of the best young talents in tennis. His future in the sport is bright, but he has had a turbulent start to the season on court,…
