Jannik Sinner surprised many by confirming his relationship with fellow player Anna Kalinskaya, and his coach confirmed he’s simply more comfortable showing his personality to the public. Sinner emerged as a super-talented tennis player a few years ago. Not much was known about him away from the court because the Italian preferred his private life…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 3, 2024 It takes a lot to knock Matteo Berrettini out of Wimbledon. How tough? Since 2019, he has only been defeated by players ranked No.1 (thrice) or No.2 (once) in the ATP rankings. Second-ranked Roger Federer in the round of 16 in 2019; No.1 Novak Djokovic…
Fabio Fognini salutes the crowd as he enjoys the moment. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Casper Ruud is the latest top player to crash out of this year’s Championships. I was 5-2 up and the match was almost done but then at 5-4 too many things were coming into my head Fabio Fognini Seeded eight,…
Coming off a title at Queen’s Club and in a wide-open section of the draw, expectations could not be higher for Tommy Paul at Wimbledon. A second-round loss to a qualifier ranked 147th in the world would have been a crushing blow. That almost turned out to be the case on Wednesday evening at the…
In a relatively weak section of the draw and coming off a recent grass-court title at Queen’s Club, expectations could not be higher for Tommy Paul at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. As such, a second-round exit at the hands of a qualifier ranked No. 147 would have been a borderline disaster. Paul came close to…
Bianca Andreescu continued her strong run of form on grass courts, defeating Linda Noskova 6-3, 7-6(5) to advance to the third round of Wimbledon. The Mississauga native ripped 28 winners and was a perfect 5/5 on break points saved as she knocked off the 26th seed from Czechia in 1 hour and 33 minutes. The…
Day Three Wimbledon 2024 Round of 128 and 64 Results Round of 128 Results Player 1 Player 2 Scoreline Emil Ruusuvuori Mackenzie McDonald 7-6, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-3 Arthur Rinderknech Kei Nishikori 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2 Alejandro Tabilo (23) Daniel Evans 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 Roman Safiullin Francisco Cerundolo (26) 6-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4…
Emma Raducanu was firing on all cylinders in her second-round match at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, and she’ll try to do the same against Maria Sakkari. Raducanu will likely enter this match as a favorite, and there are a couple of reasons for that. First of all, the match she played against Elise Mertens was…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 3, 2024 13 former Grand Slam champions entered the women’s singles draw at Wimbledon this year. As of this writing, eight currently remain, one of them being Canada’s Bianca Andreescu, who reached the third round with a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Linda Noskova on Day 3. Andreescu,…
Britain’s No.3, Dan Evans expressed his frustrations after being eliminated from The Championships by Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, criticizing the unplayable conditions on Court No.12. Around 5-2 in the first set, I wasn’t very happy. Obviously, the people, the ATP supervisor or ITF supervisor, whatever it is, they were happy with the court, so you…
