By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 15, 2024 Rafael Nadal will not be under any illusions when he takes the court on Tuesday at Barcelona to play his first match on clay since 2022. The King of Clay is low on expectations but high on appreciation – it means a lot for him…
Rafael Nadal of Spain will play his first match in more than 100 days in Barcelona on Tuesday. Tennis Channel will televise it live. Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images Rafa returns on Tuesday and you can watch his comeback on Tennis Channel. Tennis Channel will have live coverage of 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal’s…
by Randy Walker @TennisPublisher The United States is hosting a Billie Jean King Cup match against Belgium at the U.S. Tennis Association National Campus in Orlando but it’s only the second most interesting match in this international team competition in the state of Florida this week. Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the match-up…
Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while being pregnant with her daughter Olympia, and she recently broke the news to her. It’s been a while since fans last saw Serena Williams on a tennis court. We might see her again to play an exhibition event, but for all intents and purposes, the American has…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 15, 2024 Iga Swiatek has padded her endorsement portfolio with a legendary brand. The Polish World No.1 inked a deal to become the first Polish brand ambassador for Lancôme. “I just became the first Polish ambassador of Lancôme and first athlete among its brand ambassadors like Zendaya…
The women’s Tour moves from the hard courts of north America to the long clay court season this week, with a WTA 500 event in Charleston, a WTA 250 in Bogota, and a WTA 125 at La Bisbal d’Empordá in Spain heralding the build-up to the French Open in late May. On the grey-green clay…
Finally, Rafael Nadal is back. Nadal will be playing an official ATP tournament for the first time since Brisbane in January when he takes the court for opening-round action at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Tuesday. The entirety of his 2024 body of work is a quarterfinal performance in Brisbane (lost to Jordan Thompson)…
King of Clay Rafael Nadal returns to action for the first time since January in Barcelona. Photo credit: Rolex Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Facebook 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…
Rob Shaw has been one of the most consistent winners for Canada in the professional tennis landscape for a decade and he continued to rake in the trophies last week in Japan. Since winning his first ITF title in 2014, the Canadian has won at least two titles every non-COVID-restricted year, scoring his second win…
Although the WTA tour paused for a week after the conclusion of the spring hard-court season in the United States, Iga Swiatek still achieved a new milestone. The Pole starts her 99th week at the top of the women’s rankings, overtaking three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport in the Top 10 list for the most…
