By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday December 7, 2023 The field for next year’s Credit One Charleston Open is rounding out. Tournament organizers added veterans 2016 champion Sloane Stephens and Maria Sakkari to a player field that already includes World No.5 Jessica Pegula, former World No.7 and 2019 Charleston champion Madison Keys and three-time…
Getty Images The field for the 2024 Australian Open was announced this week. For Grand Slams, the 128-man draws are made up of 104 direct entrants, 16 qualifiers, and eight wild cards. That means a ranking of No. 104 or better generally gets a player into the main draw of a slam. The upcoming Aussie…
Auckland was where Emma Raducanu‘s problems began at the start of last season when she made a tearful exit from the tournament. On her first trip to New Zealand to play the ASB Classic, Raducanu had rolled her ankle horribly in her second-round match against Viktória Hrunčáková and left the court in tears, nearly jeopardizing…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, December 7, 2023 Conchita Martinez is back in the coaching game. Martinez will coach world No. 34 Marie Bouzková in 2024, she told Eurosport Spain. Nadal: Ready to Face Fears and Doubts Former world No. 2 Martinez made history in 1994 when she defeated Martina Navratilova to become…
Coco Gauff is into fashion, so she was rather happy to be named among the most stylish people of 2023. Despite being known mostly as tremendous athletes, many tennis players find their passion in fashion. Reilly Opelka is widely known as a fashionista who cares about it deeply, but he’s not the only one. We’ve…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, December 7, 2023 Angelique Kerber has struck silver before. New mom Kerber aims to make her 2024 comeback a golden year. Nadal: Ready to Face Fears and Doubts Former world No. 1 Kerber, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games, told German publication Bild she…
The entry list for the 2024 Australian Open from Melbourne Park can be found below Nadal and Osaka Return The year’s first Major will feature the return of two-time former winner Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka. They will be joined in the field by defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka. Other notable players…
Emma Raducanu may not have struck a competitive ball since April, but she has hardly been out of the headlines as fans have followed her progress through 3 surgeries and her subsequent rehabilitation, which she has had to combine with her commitments to various sponsors. I just really wanted to expand what I do off…
Iga Swiatek won the 2023 Roland Garros, but it almost didn’t happen as she battled a serious injury prior to the event. For the most part, Swiatek has been utterly spectacular at Roland Garros. She basically looked like the female version of Rafael Nadal in the way she dominated her opponents at the event. That…
