The 2024 Eastbourne International is one of the last two WTA 500 tournaments prior to Wimbledon, and the draw for the event was released. Running from June 24th to 29th, the Eastbourne International offers the last chance for players to prepare prior to the grass-court major. Compared to some other WTA 500 events, this event…
It will be a blockbuster singles final between doubles partners when Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz battle for the Terra Wortmann Open title on Sunday afternoon. The head-to-head series is tied up at 2-2, with Hurkacz leading 2-0 on outdoor hard courts while Sinner’s victories have come on an indoor hard court and clay. They…
The 2022 Halle champion Hubert Hurkacz is set to face world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the Halle final on Sunday. Photo credit: wikimedia commons/si.robi Halle Open Halle, Germany June 17-23, 2024 Prize Money: €2,255,655 Heavy Hitters Firing in Halle The Halle Terra Wortmann Open, one of eight grass-court events on the calendar, was re-categorized…
Jannik Sinner finally won a match in straight sets at the 2024 Halle Open, downing Zhizhen Zhang in two sets to book the final against Hubert Hurkacz. Sinner and Hurkacz know each other very well, having played together in doubles both in the past and at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle only days ago….
Carlos Alcaraz lost early at the 2024 Cinch Championships and he dismissed the narrative that the loss doesn’t matter because every loss counts. Some might say that some losses ‘count less’ than others, as losing in a smaller event may not matter as much as losing at a Grand Slam. However, much like every win,…
It was a challenging day, but Katie Boulter emerged victorious and successfully defended her Rothesay Open title in Nottingham on Sunday. Boulter had to finish her semi-final against Emma Raducanu on Sunday morning, battling from a set down overnight to win 6-7(13) 6-3 6-4 and reach the final. There, she again fought from a set…
Alexander Zverev was playing really well this week at the 2024 Halle Open, but then he ran into a Polish wall named Hubert Hurkacz, who ended his stay in the German city. Zverev had high hopes of making a good start on grass in Halle, and for the most part, he did that. He didn’t…
The Rothesay Classic, the WTA 250 in Birmingham, successfully reached the semi-final stage on time, with Anastasia Potapova, Ajla Tomljanovic, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Yulia Putintseva in the line-up after some upsets of the form book. I’m a little bit surprised, to be honest, because I don’t know what happened in that first set. I felt…
Aryna Sabalenka‘s potential double-match day at the 2024 Berlin Open ended without even a full set because she was forced to retire due to an injury. The Berlin Open hasn’t been very fortunate for players this week, as several slipped in recent days, injuring themselves. Marketa Vondrousova was forced to retire from her match a…
Not surprising perhaps, but after Thursday’s efforts and the ensuing attention it created, Jack Draper couldn’t follow up with another win on the Queen’s Club grass courts to crash out of the cinch Championships at the quarter final stage. I was definitely having to pick myself up. I felt quite flat at times, Jack DRaper…
