Sixteen-year-old tennis sensation Alina Korneeva had a strong start to the year in Australia, but has been absent from the court since then. She recently revealed the reason for her absence. Korneeva, along with Mirra Andreeva and Brenda Fruhvirtova, made headlines by winning matches in the main draw of the Australian Open earlier this year….
Iga Swiatek lost her unbeaten streak at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart as Elena Rybakina proved to be too strong to overcome. The Polish player has never lost at the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart before, as she collected two winners’ trophies and two Porsche cars. However, during this year’s tournament, she joked…
A national-level tennis umpire has been banned for life by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being found guilty of committing up to 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). Pavel Atanasov will no longer officiate matches following the lifetime sanction. Cases of match-fixing have been widespread in professional tennis, with players facing…
Stefanos Tsitsipas will once again play against Casper Ruud in a final, as he bested Dusan Lajovic to progress to the final of the 2024 Barcelona Open. Last week in Monte-Carlo, the Greek player took on Ruud in the final of the ATP Masters 1000 event. He won that match to win his third trophy…
Emma Raducanu’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix exploits will see her make a significant leap on the upcoming WTA Rankings. The Brit has had a lot of success recently, especially on the clay courts. Not only did she play at the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart this week, she played pretty well. Raducanu made the quarter-finals…
Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Casper Ruud in an ATP final for the second week in a row, as they’ll meet at the 2024 Barcelona Open. Not many people paid attention to the Norwegian player at the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona this week, but he quietly produced another solid week, making yet another final. He…
Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to win the Barcelona Open yet again, but he was still content with reaching the final. Tsitsipas was absolutely on fire to start this year’s clay season, winning the Monte-Carlo Masters easily last week. He bested Casper Ruud in the final to win that trophy but saw himself on the other end…
Andy Roddick defended Novak Djokovic against critics who find fault with his lack of trophies in the early months of the season. Roddick, a former world number one, believes Djokovic faces unfair scrutiny due to the high expectations placed on him as one of the greatest players in tennis history. Despite Djokovic’s trophy-less start to…
Becoming a mother shifted Naomi Osaka’s perspective tremendously, as she now wants to utilize every second of her day. The Japanese player became pregnant while working her way back to tennis, postponing her return to tennis because of it. The comeback came early this year after she gave birth last year, and so far, it’s…
Bianca Andreescu is currently away from tennis, but she will make a comeback just ahead of Roland Garros with plans to play at Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics. The Canadian is currently on a hiatus, but she’ll return to the sport in the next few weeks. Andreescu last played in August of last year when…
