Thanasi Kokkinakis was enraged by the frequent doping test that he has been subject to recently. The Australian will always be considered as one of the more talented players who never properly broke through on the ATP Tour. Kokkinakis often struggled with injuries in his career, and even today, his career-best in the ATP Rankings…
Casper Ruud plays for a place in the Barcelona final on Saturday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Barcelona Open Barcelona, SpainApril 15-21, 2024Prize Money: €2,782,960 Nadal Returns, Alcaraz Out of Barcelona Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Barcelona with a right arm injury, while former champion Rafael Nadal returns to action in one of his…
Naomi Osaka refused to find excuses after losing her first match on clay this year, admitting that she needed to do better. The former world no. 1 has never been considered a very good player on clay, mostly because she didn’t play that much on the surface. For much of her career, Osaka focused mostly…
Alexander Zverev wasn’t thrilled to play in rainy weather at the 2024 Munich Open, and he complained about it during his match against Cristian Garin. It’s been a tough week for players and organizers in Munich. Last week, the city enjoyed unusually warm weather for this time of year, but the opposite happened this week….
Getty Images Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas are one round away from a potential rematch of their Monte-Carlo title tilt from last week. Ruud awaits Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Barcelona semifinals on Saturday, while Tsitsipas faces Dusan Lajovic. (3) Casper Ruud vs. (13) Tomas Martin EtcheverryRuud and Etcheverry will be squaring off for the…
Iga Swiatek will carry a 10-0 Stuttgart record into Saturday’s semifinal vs. Elena Rybakina. Photo credit: Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Facebook Three parked Porsches shined over her shoulder as Iga Swiatek down shifted her game to a higher gear. In a quality clash of major champions, Swiatek accelerated past Emma Raducanu 7-6(2), 6-3, to power into the Stuttgart semifinals…
Coco Gauff was bested by Marta Kostyuk in the quarter-final of the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Gauff arrived in Europe with high expectations of herself. Her clay performances in the past have been pretty solid, and she has played in a Roland Garros final before. That’s why she has high expectations of herself. Her…
No. 3-seeded Taylor Fritz faces Cristian Garin for a place in the Munich final on Saturday. Photo credit: Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Facebook BMW Munich Open Munich, GermanyApril 15-21, 2024Prize Money: €579,320 Rune, Fritz and Zverev Headline Munich The BMW Open is the first of four German tournaments on the season’s ATP Tour calendar, contested in…
Iga Swiatek is still unbeaten at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, reaching another semi-final, where she’ll take on Elena Rybakina. It seems like very few things can go wrong for Swiatek at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, as the Polish player is through to yet another semi-final at the WTA 500 event. Her…
Following his early exit from the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Rafael Nadal is already practicing in Madrid for the upcoming Mutua Madrid Open. The second of three clay-court Masters 1000 tournaments begins next Wednesday. Nadal’s appearance in Barcelona marked his first official ATP tournament since Brisbane in January. The 37-year-old Spaniard defeated Flavio Cobolli in…
