Carlos Alcaraz leaves court after beating Mark Lajal (not pictured) on day one of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London. Picture date: Monday July 1, 2024. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images) (July 1, 2024) Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz opened Wimbledon on Monday, with a…
Although Iga Swiatek doesn’t have a strong track record at Wimbledon, former ATP player Mats Wilander says the Polish player can win the event anytime she enters it. A multi-slam winner himself, Wilander knows how difficult it is to win majors. He’s certain that Swiatek can win Wimbledon due to the way she dominates on…
Former player Laura Robson named Coco Gauff among her favorites to win Wimbledon, calling her a veteran despite the American being only 20 years old. As a very young teenager, Gauff announced herself to the wider tennis audience at Wimbledon years ago. The American has come a long way since then, earning a lot of…
Unseeded Diana Shnaider became the 6th player to win multiple titles this season with a 6-3 2-6 6-3 victory over Croatia’s Donna Vekic at the WTA 600 Bad Homburg Open in Germany, which was the Russian’s first tour title on grass in what was just her 4th professional tournament on the surface. Very glad I…
Carlos Alcaraz shared his secret preparation that he believes will help him retain the Wimbledon title. Alcaraz has been in London for almost two weeks, playing and practicing on grass. Shortly after he captured his Roland Garros title in Paris, the Spaniard went to Queen’s, where he played his first warm-up tournament before Wimbledon. But…
Much like last year, the Eastbourne International final featured Daria Kasatkina, and this time around, she finally won the trophy by beating Leylah Fernandez. The Russian returned to Eastbourne this year, hoping to right the wrongs from last year finally. She reached the final last year, beating some really strong players along the way, but…
Diana Shnaider denied Donna Vekic her first trophy of 2024 at the Bad Homburg Open, winning her third trophy of the year. The former Top 20 player was always a very good player on grass, where her skillset thrives. She has a powerful serve and hits the ball well for the most part, which is…
Alexander Zverev admitted to feeling quite confident ahead of the Wimbledon Championships this year, which hasn’t been the case in the past. The German player arrived with similar confidence in Paris and backed it up by going to the final and winning two sets against Carlos Alcaraz. He didn’t win the trophy, but he played…
Taylor Fritz is no stranger to rolling into Wimbledon with a ton of momentum. Fritz has now won the Rothesay International–which immediately precedes the season’s third Grand Slam every year–three times after beating Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3 in the title match on Saturday afternoon. The 13th-ranked American was also the champion in Eastbourne in 2019…
Carlos Alcaraz has been one of the best performers on the ATP Tour in the past two years, but that still didn’t mean he ruled long as the world no. 1. When the young Spaniard won the 2022 US Open and became the youngest man ever to become the world no. 1, he seemed destined…
