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Kasatkina shares romantic pictures and video of her enjoying the Maldives with her girlfriend
Tennis star Daria Kasatkina recently took to social media to share some beautiful and romantic moments from her vacation in the Maldives with her girlfriend, Natalia Zabiiako. The couple, who have been open about their relationship since Kasatkina came out as bisexual in 2022, enjoyed a well-deserved break after a successful season on the WTA…
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Ex-Wimbledon champ tells Iga Swiatek why Aryna Sabalenka deserved Year-End No. 1
Billie Jean King Cup Finals tournament director Conchita Martinez praised Iga Swiatek as “a dominant player” but added that she believes Aryna Sabalenka deserved to finish this season as the top-ranked player in the game. Last week in Riyadh, the Belarusian tennis star achieved for what she came – she managed to seal the Year-End…
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Frances Tiafoe Fined $120,000 for Cursing Out Chair Umpire
Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Frances Tiafoe will pay a steep price for his Shanghai implosion. The ATP hit Tiafoe with a $120,000 fine for verbally abusing the chair umpire at last month’s Rolex Shanghai Masters. Tiafoe was hit with a time violation in the third-set tiebreaker of his 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) loss to Roman Safiullin. An…
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Andy Murray To Take Centre Stage with UK Theatre Tour Next Summer
Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Andy Murray will return to center stage next summer. Former world No. 1 Murray will star in a UK theater tour. Centre Stage will see Murray look back over his illustrious career, revealing new anecdotes and the innermost details of a life lived on the tennis Tour. The show will run…
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ATP Finals Draws and Schedule for Friday, November 15, 2024
World No. 2 Alexander Zverev faces No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz in Turin on Friday. Nitto ATP Finals Turin, ItalyNovember 10-17th, 2024 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: $15,250,000 Stars Converge for ATP Finals World No. 1 and home hero Jannik Sinner is top seed. Novak Djokovic, the 2023 champion, withdrew. No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz makes his second…
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Aryna Sabalenka confesses what made her lose focus at WTA Finals
Aryna Sabalenka insists she tried not to think much about the Year-End No. 1 ranking at the WTA Finals but after she managed secure it and saw all the headlines and heard all the chatter, it distracted her and led to two surprising losses. Coming into the season-ending tournament, the two-time Australian Open champion’s lead…
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ATP Finals: Jannik Sinner tops Daniil Medvedev, remains perfect
As predicted, Jannik Sinner is the ATP Finals semi-finalist! World no. 1 completed the round-robin stage in Turin with a 3-0 score, defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 to sail into the last four. The Italian extended his streak against the Russian, beating him for the seventh time in the previous eight encounters to turn the…
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Big fine for Big Foe: ATP fines Frances Tiafoe $120K for Shanghai outburst
World no. 18 Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 by the ATP Fines Committed! Tiafoe suffered a tight 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 defeat to Roman Safiullin at the Shanghai Masters, losing his temper in the closing stages and blasting the chair umpire at the net with insults. The American’s violent words could not disappear under the surface. The…
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Emma Raducanu confirms rumors involving Maria Sharapova’s former team member
Emma Raducanu appears to be set to hire a fitness coach after the former world No. 10 confirmed that she is “having discussions” with Yutaka Nakamura. Last week, British media reported that the 2021 US Open champion was exploring the prospect of adding Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka’s former fitness coach after missing the last…
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Emma Raducanu shares confidence for her Billie Jean King Cup Finals path
Emma Raducanu is trying to find the right balance between tennis and private life, especially after the serious injuries and the three surgeries of spring 2023. The British player, together with her countrywomen, will be one of the protagonists of her team at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, where she will try…
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Aryna Sabalenka candidly admits she isn’t a robotic player
Emotions are important in everyday life as in sports, as in tennis, and Aryna Sabalenka – who in the podcast Served with Andy Roddick analyzed this issue with the former American player – knows well it. Already starting from 2023, the Belarusian has made enormous progress in managing emotions, progress that has helped her win three…
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ATP Finals: Taylor Fritz ousts Alex de Minaur. Will it be enough?
Taylor Fritz finished the round-robin stage at the ATP Finals in Turin with a 2-1 score. The American faced Alex de Minaur in the final group match and scored a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory in two hours and eight minutes. Fritz is now waiting for tonight’s match between Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev to see…
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Andy Murray becomes a stage actor: a ‘new career’ that begins?
After retiring from tennis at the Paris Olympics 2024, Andy Murray has announced that he will embark on a new career: he will bring a theatre show that will tell the story of his career to theatres in the United Kingdom. So no, not a new career as a coach! The British player officially retired…
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Alexander Zverev gets real on reaching the same level of Alcaraz ad Sinner
The John Newcombe group is currently dominated by Alexander Zverev, who is now very close to qualifying for the semi-finals of the ATP Finals 2024. If the French Open finalist were to lose in the third match against Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud were to beat Andrey Rublev, there would be three players with two wins…
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How to watch Ruud vs. Rublev on live streaming in Turin on Friday
Casper Ruud will face off against Andrey Rublev in Turin on Friday at 8:30 pm on Centre Court. How and when to watch the match on live stream and for free The encounter between Ruud and Rublev can be watched with online streaming on tennistv.com (paying platform) and also on bet365 (for free with a…
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H2H, prediction of Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alex Rybakov in Champaign Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 14th November 2024
Nishesh Basavareddy and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on THE GOLDENBERG COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction. Prediction, odds and…
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Alcaraz back on the winning track at Nitto ATP Finals
Carlos Alcaraz has had a lot of things working against him already at the Nitto ATP Finals. He was less than 100 percent with a cold, playing on an unfavorable surface at an event where he has little experience and even less success, and he is at the end of a grueling year. So perhaps…
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Daniil Medvedev lays out very radical calendar change proposal
Daniil Medvedev made a very interesting but also radical calendar change proposal in Turin as the Russian suggests it would be way better if everything revolved around the Grand Slam and Masters tournaments, with the ATP 250 pretty much becoming optional and moved to a slot later in the year. Following a two-set loss to…
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Auckland lands Emma Raducanu, boss brutally honestly admits why they wanted Briton
Emma Raducanu will start her 2025 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland and the tournament organizers aren’t hiding that they are extremely happy with that move because they consider the British tennis star a major attraction and someone who is going to “sell tickets.” For the Briton – who turned 22 on Wednesday –…
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H2H, prediction of Thiago Moura Monteiro vs Mateus Alves in Montevideo Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 14th November 2024
Thiago Moura Monteiro and Mateus Alves will play each other in the 2nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming…