Monday’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…
British No 3 Harriet Dart missed out on her first WTA Tour final when she was beaten by Karolina Pliskova in the semi-finals of the WTA 250 Transylvania Open on Saturday, while Ana Bogdan defeated Jaqueline Cristian in a Romanian home derby Last 4 match. I’ve lost a few points in the rankings, so I’d…
Elena Rybakina captured her second title of the season in Abu Dhabi today. Photo credit: Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open Facebook There’s no place like home. Unless you’re Elena Rybakina. These days, the top-seeded Rybakina continues throwing down winning welcome mats with imposing ease wherever she goes. A commanding Rybakina broke six times sweeping Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4 in…
Novak Djokovic is not just a great tennis player but actively participates in many causes to help those at a disadvantage. One such way he offers a helping hand is through his own foundation, the Novak Djokovic Foundation, which he co-founded in 2008 with his wife, Jelena Djokovic. Their central mission is to ensure that…
Simona Halep has made her appeal of the 4-year doping ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a 3-day hearing last week held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Well, it was a long hearing and what I can say is that I had the chance to show my defence. I really believe that the…
Carlos Alcaraz returns to action at the Argentina Open, looking to defend his title but, most importantly, end a famine that has gone over six months. Alaceraz is the top seed in Buenos Aires, with main draw action at the ATP 250 tournament kicking off on Monday, February 12th. The Spaniard last lifted gold at…
The second seed Grigor Dimitrov came through a tough semi-final but will not be facing, as expected, the top seeded Hubert Hurkacz in the final of the Open 13 Provence in Marseille. Dimitrov succeeded in battling past Karen Khachanov, the third seed from Russia, recovering from the loss of a tight opening set to secure…
Emma Raducanu hasn’t quite hit a high level on her comeback yet, but former player Tim Henman has no doubts that she will in time. Tennis comebacks are never easy because even the best struggle with them. You can argue that a player like Emma Raducanu never truly proved that she was among the best,…
Top seed Elena Rybakina beat Liudmila Samsonova for the first time in the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open semi-final, setting up a meeting with Daria Kasatkina in Sunday’s final, who edged her way past Beatriz Haddad Maia earlier on Saturday in another marathon 3-setter, and then blasted organisers over scheduling. I have a question, I don’t…
The Golden Swing oscillates to Buenos Aires, where the 2024 Argentina Open begins, and the draw for the tournament has been revealed. With all the top eight seeds at the event ranked in the world’s Top 40, the prospect of seeing high-quality matches from the opening day is very high. That also means none of…
