Britain’s Katie Boulter retired after one set at the Rothesay Classic on Tuesday, while Harriet Dart advanced to round 2, and Heather Watson got pipped at the post and lost. I’m fine. I’ve had flu, had a cold for the past week, it was just a kick from that. Obviously a long 10 days. I…
Fellow Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz are the only two seeds remaining in advance of quarterfinal competition at Queen’s Club on Friday. Next up for them, respectively, are Jack Draper and Jordan Thompson. Jack Draper vs. (5) Tommy Paul Paul probably figured that Carlos Alcaraz would be on the other side of the net…
Queen’s Club London, EnglandJune 17-23, 2024Prize Money: €2,255,655 Queen’s Club’s Shining Grass History Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed and Alex de Minaur is seeded second at Queen’s Club. Eight different players have completed The Queen’s Club-Wimbledon title double in the same year, including John McEnroe (1981, ’84), Jimmy Connors (’82), Boris Becker…
Jack Draper won’t be playing at the 2024 Eastbourne International after finding success at the 2024 Cinch Championships by making the quarter-final. The British player had big plans for this year’s grass season, but he’s forced to change some of those because of recent success. Draper signed up to play all of the grass events…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, June 20, 2024Photo credit: Matteo Villalba/Getty The clock is ticking quicker on ATP players this week. Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is calling for a time-out on the ATP serve-clock policy ripping a recent rule change as “crazy.” Watch: Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Speech Goes Viral This…
The rain that has dogged the European swing returned to Berlin on Wednesday, but, before it set in, No 8 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia won her rain-delayed 1st-round match from Tuesday at the ecotrans Ladies Open, finishing with a 6-4 7-6(4) win over Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang. I always feel comfortable in Berlin. Coco…
Jannik Sinner continued to do Jannik Sinner things during his first grass-court match of 2024. In action as the No. 1 player in the world for the first time in his career, Sinner battled to a 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-2 victory over Tallon Griekspoor at the Terra Wortmann Open on Tuesday afternoon. The 22-year-old Italian struck…
Queen’s ClubLondon, EnglandJune 17-23, 2024Prize Money: €2,255,655 Queen’s Club’s Shining Grass HistoryWimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed and Alex de Minaur is seeded second at Queen’s Club. Eight different players have completed The Queen’s Club-Wimbledon title double in the same year, including John McEnroe (1981, ’84), Jimmy Connors (’82), Boris Becker (’85), Pete…
Andy Roddick has weighed in on Rafael Nadal‘s decision to accept a wild card at the 2024 Bastad Open, which will take place two weeks before the Olympic Games begin. The Olympic tennis tournament will be played at Stade Roland Garros, the same venue where tennis players make the annual pilgrimage to compete in the…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday June 18, 2024 1000 matches – and 739 wins – into his ATP career, Andy Murray is still pushing on. The 37-year-old pushed past Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday in London, notching his first tour-level win since the Miami Open and setting up a second-round encounter…
