Tennis originated in 12th-century France and has evolved into one of the most popular sports worldwide. Initially played with the palm, it became known as “jeu de paume” before racquets were introduced in the 16th century. The modern game of lawn tennis, as we know it today, was standardized in the late 19th century in…
It wasn’t to be for Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand-born Erin Routliffe in the women’s doubles championship on Saturday at Wimbledon as the pair fell 7-6(5), 7-6(1) to Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova and American Taylor Townsend who were more opportunistic at key times during the tightly-contested final match. The Czechian-American tandem, seeded fourth at the…
Novak Djokovic doesn’t think he was being ‘reckless’ by rushing back to play at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. While Djokovic arrived in London nine days before the start of the grass-court major, he hadn’t decided that he would play on that day. For him, it was always a process of taking it one day at…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 12, 2024 As we prepare for Sunday’s blockbuster Wimbledon final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, we are crunching the key numbers to try and make sense of the magnitude of this epic contest. Will it Djokovic, the Grand Slam king, adding another chapter to his mind-blowing…
What will the 2024 Wimbledon final do for an encore? It will have to produce something special if it wants to equal last year’s festivities. It will be the same two players, too, as Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will once again square off at the All-England Club. Alcaraz prevailed 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4…
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The 2024 Hamburg Open is the only ATP 500 clay-court tournament after Wimbledon, and the draw for it has been released. Running from July 15th to 21st, not many top players, outside of clay-court specialists who love playing on the red dirt, usually make their way to the German city. However, the situation is much…
By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Saturday, July 13, 2024Photo credit: Rob Newell/CameraSport Wimbledon—Grass-court tennis was once a sink hole for Jasmine Paolini. The charismatic Italian turned Wimbledon’s lawn into a passion platform. More: Alcaraz Advances to Second Wimbledon Final Barbora Krejcikova ended Paolini’s inspired Wimbledon run with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 triumph in today’s Wimbledon…
Carlos Alcaraz, the 21-year-old Spanish phenomenon, hopes for a “perfect Sunday”. The defending champion takes on seven-time title winner Novak Djokovic in a re-match of last year’s Wimbledon men’s final in the afternoon with his opponent insisting “history is on the line”. And Spain’s footballers play England in the 2024 Euro final in Berlin in…
In the second men’s semifinal, on Centre Court, under an overcast sky, 22-year-old Lorenzo Musetti tried everything to unravel 37-year-old Novak Djokovic, but to no avail. The Serbian defeated the Italian in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-4, to reach his tenth Wimbledon final. The Italian, who was in his first Grand Slam semifinal, has excellent feel. “He’s an…
