Borna Coric of Croatia will face Flavio Cobolli in the Montpellier quarterfinals on Friday. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Open Sud de France Montpellier Montpellier, FranceJanuary 29-February 4, 2024 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €579,320 Home Style Success in Montpellier Montpellier, one of the fastest-growing cities in France during the past 25 years, hosted its first…
Juan Carlos Ferrero is back to practicing with Carlos Alcaraz after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery late last year. Juan Carlos Ferrero generally accompanies Carlos Alcaraz at most of his events because they share a really close bond that could be described as a father-son relationship. He doesn’t attend all events with him as he was…
No 2 seed and defending champion Zhu Lin dispatched Linda Fruhvirtova in straight sets on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open, the WTA 250 event at Hua Hin, where she will meet Australian No 1 Arina Rodionova, who beat another Chinese, Bai Zhuoxuan, and will break into the Top 100 for the…
Legendary coach Rick Macci believes that Carlos Alcaraz will hit a new level in 2024 due to the rise of Jannik Sinner. The two top young players in tennis right now are Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. The former ascended before the latter, but right about now, many would assume they’re on equal footing. Their…
Jannik Sinner recently won his first Grand Slam title after beating Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling Australian Open final. Sinner is the first Italian in tennis history to win the Australian Open, but it will certainly not be his last title at the Grand Slam level. In fact, he remains a red-hot favorite to add…
Aryna Sabalenka was ranked World No. 1 in her first stint for just a few weeks last season, but she has a shot at reclaiming the top spot again in 2024. Sabalenka defended the Australian Open this past weekend, beating China’s Qinwen Zheng in the final. She did not drop a set in her march…
Former ATP player Andy Roddick warned Novak Djokovic about young players now fully believing that they can beat him. When it comes to confidence, there is no shortage among these up-and-coming players like Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, and Jannik Sinner. Being confident is important, but backing it up on the tennis court is very different….
Alexander Zverev has had an interesting relationship with the new Davis Cup format, often opting to skip it, which is what happened this year. Zverev famously came out against this new format, which, to him, completely went away from what the Davis Cup is supposed to be. He even famously said that he wouldn’t play…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, February 1, 2024 Sometimes, painful loss provides powerful revelation for both athlete and audience. Contesting his sixth major final, Daniil Medvedev put himself in position to win the Australian Open only to fall victim to a resilient Jannik Sinner and gnawing fatigue in a five-set final loss on Sunday….
Photo credit: Saulius Čirba American singles stars put the United States on the brink of a World Group return today. Chris Eubanks won his Davis Cup debut to clinch a 2-0 lead for the USA after the first of its two-day Davis Cup Qualifying tie with Ukraine in Vilnius, Lithuania. After Sebastian Korda outlasted a game Oleksii Krutykh, 6-3, 6-7(3),…
