By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Speed Demon Alex de Minaur understands tennis is all about timing. De Minaur crashed the family Christmas party as The Grinch last month. More: Richard Evans on HOF, GOAT and Top Rivalries The Demon delivered a massive tennis party in Perth. Exhorted by home fans, de…
Thursday’s schedule of play for the 2024 ATP Tour and WTA events in Brisbane, Hong Kong, Auckland, Canberra and the United Cup can be found below. This week’s events will feature world No. 1’s Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and the return of legendary Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Brisbane, Australia. Nadal’s return to tennis has been…
Caroline Garcia leads France against Team Norway in United Cup action on Thursday. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images United Cup RAC Arena and Ken Rosewall ArenaPerth and Sydney, AustraliaDecember 29, 2023-January 7, 2024 Surface: Hard Court Eighteen Nations Battle for United Cup The United Cup is back for a second time, with the unique and…
Alex de Minaur downed Novak Djokovic earlier today, giving Ajla Tomljanovic a great chance to seal Australia’s place in the United Cup semi-final. The Serbia – Australia United Cup tie was one that Australia could have won, but nobody really expected it to come this easily. Djokovic’s wrist injury played a huge factor in the…
Maria Sakkari had a lot of issues against Leylah Fernandez, but she prevailed in the end, securing Greece’s spot in the 2024 United Cup quarter-finals. After Stefanos Tsitsipas won his singles match, Maria Sakkari was in a position to secure her country’s spot in the quarter-final. She needed to beat Leylah Fernandez to do so,…
Elena Rybakina kicked off her 2024 campaign with a pretty dominant win over native Australian Olivia Gadecki at the Brisbane International. Rybakina played in last year’s Australian Open final, which shows she enjoys conditions down under. She’s a good server and a heavy hitter, which the courts in Australia generally reward. In her first match…
16-year-old Mirra Andreeva keeps proving that what she did in 2023 was not a fluke, as she started the new season well at the 2024 Brisbane International. In the first round of the WTA 500 tournament, the teenager overcame fellow compatriot Diana Shnaider while losing only five games in that match. In the second round…
Holger Rune recently shared his end-of-year post on social media, which included a list of goals for the upcoming season. Rune broke the world’s Top 10 for the first time in his young career at the 2022 Paris Masters when he shockingly defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. His exponential rise took him to a…
Novak Djokovic has dealt with a few wrist problems recently, and the most recent one flared up during this year’s United Cup. Djokovic has an interesting relationship with injuries. We’ve seen the Serbian deal with an injury that seemed impossible to overcome quite a few times, but he’d do it. Even last year at the…
The main attraction at the Brisbane International was the return of Rafa Nadal to professional tennis following virtually, a year away from the sport with a hip-injury which could well have ended his career. Today is an emotional and important day for me after one of the toughest years of my tennis career,” Nadal said…
