Aryna Sabalenka embraced the Big 3 label for herself, Iga Swiatek, and Elena Rybakina, during a great run at the 2024 Madrid Open. The Big Three label is famously associated with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal. That will forever remain the proper Big Three, but it’s not exclusive to tennis. It’s generally used…
Felix Auger-Aliassime has been outstanding at the 2024 Madrid Open so far, but can he maintain his form against Jiri Lehecka? This unexpected matchup has come to light in the later stages of the Madrid Open. Auger-Aliassime has been playing exceptionally well, defeating top players like Casper Ruud leading up to this match. Unfortunately, he…
Carlos Alcaraz will not be competing at the 2024 Italian Open in Rome, after he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury. After missing the Monte-Carlo Masters, and subsequently also withdrawing from the Barcelona Open, where he was the defending champion, the Spaniard’s season took another hit, as he was forced…
The World Nos 1 and 2 Set to Clash in Mutua Madrid Open Final The World Nos 1 and 2, Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, will contest the championship match at the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday in a repeat of last year’s WTA 1000 final in Spain’s capital city. Last year, Sabalenka lifted the…
The mural of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, which was just recently unveiled to the public at a padel court in Madrid, has now been wiped off by unknown people. It comes less than two days after the famous artist affectionately known as TVBOY painted the symbolic moment that many fans believe was the passing…
Andrey Rublev will try to keep his 2024 Madrid Open run going against Taylor Fritz, who will also try to reach the final The last time Rublev stood on a tennis court was against Carlos Alcaraz whom he outplayed in the last couple of games to win the match. The Russian hasn’t played that well…
Rafael Nadal bid farewell to the Madrid Open but that isn’t the only taking point once the dust settles at the end of the tournament. Nadal’s run to the second week of the tournament was nothing short of impressive, considering the circumstances. Thanks to the luck of the draw, he overwhelmed American teenager Darwin Blanch,…
Another blow for the organisers as the Madrid Masters reaches its final stages this weekend with the injury retirement of the third seeded Daniil Medvedev during his quarter-final clash with Jiri Lehecka. Of course I wanted to win the match. I wish Daniil all the best and I hope he will soon be in a…
Casper Ruud will play in his sixth Roland Garros main draw this year, and this might be his best chance yet to win his first Grand Slam. The Norwegian has been a finalist at the clay Slam twice, losing in the 2022 final to Rafael Nadal and the 2023 final to Novak Djokovic. There’s no…
Rafael Nadal will not end his career at the 2024 Roland Garros as he confirmed that he intends to play at the Olympics. The 37-year-old has a couple of things circled in this year’s calendar, and they’re obviously the Roland Garros and the Olympic Games. Many assumed that Nadal might call it quits at Roland…
