It makes for uncomfortable reading when one of our own falls foul of the law, but tennis players are human beings after all, and not perfect and must pay the price for their transgressions, as former Grand Slam champion has discovered as she is dealt a 2-year suspended jail sentence for fraud by the Catalan…
What will the Australian Open semifinals do for an encore? Jannik Sinner took the tennis world by storm last season, and the fall swing specifically was headlined by the emergence of Sinner’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic. They faced each other three times in the final two weeks of the 2023 campaign, as a pair of…
Carlos Alcaraz is ‘happy’ after his quarter-final exit from the 2024 Australian Open as he wants to focus on the bigger picture of having a good event as opposed to failing short of expectations. Perspective is everything in life, and depending on how you look at things, the same thing can look very different. Two…
HOUSTON (Jan. 24, 2024) – Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry, finalist at the 2023 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, will return March 30-April 7 to see if he can go one step further when the ATP Tour returns River Oaks Country Club, the tournament announced today. Etcheverry is the fifth player to commit…
For the second time in his career, Alexander Zverev has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and he did it in dramatic style by defeating the second title favourite Carloa Alcaraz in four sets. I fought back well in the fourth set, didn’t let go and very happy to have finished the match Alexander…
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 24: Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates winning match point during their quarterfinals singles match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 24, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Revival acts rarely thrive against major demolition artists. Riding a wrecking ball…
The semi-final line-up at the 2024 Australian is set after Daniil Medvedev and Sascha Zverev progressed from Wednesday’s quarter-finals. The pair will line up alongside Djokovic and Sinner on Friday for a place in Sunday’s final. First to progress was Daniil Medvedev, who overcame Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. The third seed has…
The semifinal showdown between defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and fourth seed Coco Gauff is already billed as the biggest match of this brand-new season. And you can’t dispute that. It has been an Australian Open tournament that has served as a telling reminder that nothing can be taken for granted in the women’s tournament, with…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_NoSinw | Wednesday, January 24, 202 Carlos Alcaraz’s Australian Open run is over. The world No. 2 believes 10-time AO champion Novak Djokovic’s reign could come to an end, too. More: Richard Evans Q&A In the aftermath of his 6-1, 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-4 Australian Open quarterfinal loss to Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz was asked…
[MONTREAL, QC] January 24, 2024 — Tennis Canada today announced that Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) and Liam Draxl (Newmarket, ON) are joining Gabriel Diallo (Montreal, QC), Alexis Galarneau (Laval, QC), and Vasek Pospisil (Vernon, BC) in Montreal, Quebec for the Davis Cup Qualifier tie against the Republic of Korea. Raonic will replace Denis Shapovalov (Richmond…
