By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday April 7, 2024 Another day, another milestone for Novak Djokovic. This week the 24-time major champion becomes the oldest No.1 in ATP history, surpassing the great Roger Federer by holding the No.1 ranking at the age of 36 years and 321 days. 🚨 RECORD-BREAKER 🚨 At 36 years…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 America will be the world’s top tennis nation by 2035—if the USTA achieves an ambitious aim. The USTA today announced a bold mission: to increase the country’s tennis-playing population to 35 million total players, or 10% of the U.S. population by 2035. Watch: 5 Reasons We Adore…
World Tennis Conference 4: Dream Big, Coach Better! Presented by the Segal Institute, GPTCA in association with the ATP & powered by Coachtube The fourth consecutive World Tennis Conference is about sharing, learning, and becoming an ambassador of tennis. You can register and have repeated access to over sixty-five main presentations through May 17, 2024, by clicking…
In 2020, Tennis Ireland launched the Team Ireland Programme with the support of Sport Ireland to provide funding and assistance for Irish Tennis Players in their professional careers. The Team Ireland Tennis Programme provides ringfenced funding and non-financial support to assist Irish Tennis Players, both male and female, based on achievement of specific performance benchmarks….
Getty Images It will be an all-Italian showdown when good friends and familiar foes Lorenzo Sonego and Matteo Berrettini battle for a place in the semifinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Friday. Berrettini has won four of their five previous encounters, but it has never been routine for him against his compatriot on…
Rafael Nadal has achieved everything a tennis player can in his career, so why is he still trying to play tennis? Kim Clijsters may have an idea. For a relatively non-competitive person, it might seem hard to understand why somebody like Nadal simply wouldn’t end his career. He achieved much more than he likely ever…
Photo credit: Pete Staples/USTA By Chris DLet me start by saying Djokovic is my man. I am a member of several tennis groups online and I am well aware of his haters and why most Fedal (Federer/Nadal) fans don’t like him. His perceived character flaws do not bother me. Smashing a racquet every now and then,…
There were many tennis rackets introduced over the past decade, but some became more iconic than others. Every tennis player prefers a different setup and a different brand of a tennis racket, and that’s why there are many on offer. Over the years, certain players popularized different rackets, which late became iconic. Wilson Blade: The…
Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov will be squaring off for the ninth time in their careers when they clash in the semifinals of the Miami Open on Friday. Zverev is dominating the head-to-head series 7-1 and has won seven in a row at Dimitrov’s expense since the Bulgarian prevailed back in 2014 at the Swiss…
Iga Swiatek has been a tremendously spectacular tennis player for much of her career, but even she has had a low point in her tennis career. Looking at the last two to three years of Swiatek’s career, it’s not a surprise that many fans are amazed by what she’s been able to do. The Polish…
