By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, June 24, 2024Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty The tennis court can be an emotionally combustible place. Emma Raducanu says British grass-court season has reignited her emotional fire for the sport. Watch: Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Speech Goes Viral Empowered by her semifinal run in Nottingham—her first final four appearance of…
A few veterans clashed at the 2024 Mallorca Championships, where Gael Monfils triumphed over Dominic Thiem. Both players are past their prime, with Thiem set to retire after this year. Monfils, though older, intends to continue playing, while Thiem acknowledges he may never return to his peak level. This match took place in a location…
Former Bad Homburg Open finalist Bianca Andreescu lost to Anna Blinkova in her first match back at the WTA 500 event. Unfortunately, the Canadian player has gained a reputation for being extremely streaky in recent years. She doesn’t have that consistency that powered her to the US Open trophy years ago, at least not at…
By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Monday, June 24, 2024 Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic was out on the practice courts of famed SW19. Yet, it’s still unclear if the 24-time major champion will compete at all in next week’s Championships. The 37-year-old Djokovic was seen practicing on the famed grass lawns this past weekend….
Novak Djokovic achieved a lot in tennis but wants to do more, according to former ATP player Greg Rusedski. The Serbian is one of the most accomplished tennis players of all time, and yet he still wants more. Although he hasn’t tasted much success in 2024, who knows what might be coming in the second…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, June 24, 2024Photo credit: Cameron Smith/Getty for LTA Ajla Tomljanovic will continue her comeback at Wimbledon. Two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tomljanovic has been awarded a main-draw Wimbledon wild card, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced today. Watch: Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Speech Goes Viral The 31-year-old Tomljanovc reached back-to-back…
Yulia Putintseva lifted her first grass court trophy on Sunday at the Rothesay Classic, with a 6-1 7-6(8) win over Ajla Tomljanovic in a final between the two unseeded players at the WTA 250 event in Birmingham. It was a great game. I started so well, and then Ajla dialled up her level to the…
Victoria Azarenka won’t be playing at the 2024 Bad Homburg Open this week after coming down with an illness that forced her to withdraw from the WTA 500 event. The Belarusian started her grass season at the Berlin Open last week, and it was a good start. She demonstrated once more why she was a…
There has been much commotion recently around Andy Murray, but his team has now released an official statement about his 2024 Wimbledon Championships participation. Murray last played at the Cinch Championships at the Queen’s Club, where he won one match before being forced to retire in the second match he played. The Brit suffered a…
Iga Swiatek is still in charge of the 2024 WTA Race, which will determine the year-end World No. 1 and the eight players who will qualify for the WTA Finals. The Pole has still not added to the 7335 points she has accumulated so far at this year’s grass-court swing. She is taking a well-deserved…
