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…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, March 31, 2024 Danielle Collins was fighting back tears before she even struck a shot in the Miami Open final. Seeing her childhood tennis hero, Hall of Famer Andre Agassi, sitting courtside in the front row was such a moving moment it put Collins “near tears” she conceded. More: Aryna…
And just like that, the clay-court swing is upon us. We are a week away from the dirty season really heating up with the Monte-Carlo Masters, but the current trio of Houston, Estoril, and Marrakech provides some serious quantity even if the quality may be lacking just a bit. Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Casper…
Christopher Eubanks takes the court in Houston Monday. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Houston, TexasApril 1-7, 2024Prize Money: $661,585 Red, White and Blue Hit Houston American Ben Shelton is top seed and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo is second seed for the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s…
Danielle Collins won the 2024 Miami Open, but her comments after the event prove just why she’s retiring at the end of the year. Collins is a great tennis player, and that was never really in question. The question was always her health, which is the main reason why she’s retiring at the end of…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday March 31, 2024 After falling to Jannik Sinner in Sunday’s Miami Open final (6-3, 6-1), Grigor Dimitrov didn’t have any doubts about the status of the Italian. In other words: don’t let the No.2 ranking fool you – Sinner’s the best player in the world at the moment….
Getty Images Jannik Sinner will rise to a career-high ranking of No. 2 on Monday. Becoming the second-best player in the world be quite an accomplishment in itself, but that would also be selling Sinner short. Right now is unquestionably the best. There was not much doubt about it heading into the Miami Open, and…
“He is the best player right now in the world,” Grigor Dimitrov said of Miami Open champion Jannik Sinner. Photo credit: Miami Open/Hard Rock Stadium Streaking forward, Grigor Dimitrov recoiled as a sliding Jannik Sinner smacked a jolting pass for the break. Safe space shrinks to a sea shell’s size when Sinner is in full stride across the net….
by Randy Walker @TennisPublisher Jannik Sinner is the king of South Florida today, as Mark Petchey said on Tennis Channel after the Miami Open final, and tomorrow he will rule the world. It certainly seems as though Sinner will soon become the world’s No. 1 player and his destructive run to the singles title at…
Jannik Sinner is the 2024 Miami Open champion after a dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory over Grigor Dimitrov. The Italian previously had to settle for the runners-up crown in 2021 and 2023, but he was a different beast this year and made it third time lucky, cruising to his second Masters 1000 title in just 1…
