[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. — Tony Finau’s name has moved up on the list of best players without a major championship. Following Xander Schauffele’s victory last month at the PGA Championship, Finau is among the top-end players attempting to break through in similar fashion this week at Pinehurst No. 2 in the 2024 U.S. Open. With a…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu is certain that her Wimbledon wild card might have helped with her miraculous US Open run, as both came out of nowhere. Back in 2021, Raducanu was a talented young tennis player who was hoping to get a shot to prove herself. It came thanks to a wild card for Wimbledon, which…
[ad_1] Nelly Korda, a six-time winner on tour this season, says she was never more proud of herself this season than the U.S. Women’s Open. That might sound strange, given that she made a 10 on a par 3 and didn’t play the weekend. But Korda is wise enough to see past the score. “I’m…
[ad_1] Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini delighted their home crowd at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Sunday when they pipped Coco Gauff & Erin Routliffe at the post to snatch the Italian Open Doubles title. I’m still here. It’s not easy, physically, but I’m really happy. I’m enjoying it and this is the most important…
[ad_1] Garrett Roe scored 7:38 into overtime to send the Hershey Bears back to the Calder Cup Finals with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Monsters in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference championship series at a sold-out Giant Center on Wednesday night. The Bears will meet the Coachella Valley Firebirds in a rematch of…
[ad_1] Serena Williams‘ former coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, recently praised her resilience and resolve in winning the 2015 Roland Garros while sick. Serena captured her third and final title at the clay-court Grand Slam, beating Czech lefty Lucie Safarova in the final. With the win, Serena moved within two majors of Steffi Graf’s Open Era record…
[ad_1] The Libema Open ’s-Hertogenbosch, the WTA 250 event in the Netherlands has been dogged by rain, as has much of Europe, and only 2 matches were completed on Monday, when 7th seed Donna Vekic defeated Tamara Korpatsch, and Greet Minnen overcame Rebeka Masarova, both in straight sets. Definitely, really happy with my serve. I…
[ad_1] Getty Images Carlos Alcaraz made more history with his 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev in the French Open final on Sunday afternoon. At 21 years old, he is the youngest man ever to win a Grand Slam title on all three different surfaces. Alcaraz also improved to 10-1 lifetime in…
[ad_1] It’s clear that Rafael Nadal has made the Paris Olympics his main priority for the remainder of the season and is already exploring multiple options to prepare. Nadal lost in the first round of his most recent tournament at Roland Garros. It was a historic defeat in the sense that he’d dominated the clay-court…
[ad_1] His boyhood dream was to win the French Open and follow in the footsteps of his compatriots, Rafa Nadal, Carlos Moya, Juan-Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Costa and get his name engraved on the French Open trophy. In fact, a Spaniard has now won a total of 21 French Opens in the Open Era. I…
