The 2019 Laver Cup. Credit: Sportsfan77777 2024 was a good year for exhibition tennis. The Saudi-banked Six Kings Slam set a new standard for prize money. Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz took the long tradition of Las Vegas tennis challenges to Netflix. The Ultimate Tennis Showdown made three glitzy stops. Novak Djokovic helped Argentina celebrate…

Andy Roddick gave an interesting advice to Iga Swiatek as he thinks the Pole should reach out to Jannik Sinner and ask him how to deal with certain stuff. As you probably already know very well, the Italian was cleared by the ITIA in his doping and didn’t get suspended but he didn’t avoid criticism…

Top-ranked Australian male tennis player Alex de Minaur says he is happy to see Nick Kyrgios returning to action and he is wishing nothing but the best to his fellow compatriot.  In late November, the Brisbane International announced that their 2018 champion signed up for the upcoming tournament edition. And when the former world No.…

Stefano Mazzoli received the “Rookie of the Year Award” as the best debutant on the Asian Tour. Ranked 25th in the order of merit and keeping the ‘card’ for 2025, he overcame competition from Japanese Tatsunori Shogenji. He is the first Italian to obtain this recognition, which is well-deserved and underlined by a season in…

Thanasi Kokkinakis backed Andy Murray to be “a great coach” and also noted that the former three-time Grand Slam champion is probably one of the rare people who can give tips or advice to Novak Djokovic.  Since the two old rivals announced a stunning partnership of November 23rd, the tennis community has been pretty ecstatic…

Jack Sock hinted that he might be interested in coming out of retirement to play some doubles with Nick Kyrgios, who is set to come back to tennis after basically missing the entire last two seasons due to knee and wrist surgeries. The American, who is a former top-10 player in singles and also a…

Arthur Cazaux suggests it would be much better if everybody focused on their own careers instead of putting too much energy into debating the Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek doping cases as the Frenchman highlights there is probably no way to ever get a definitive and clear answer on what really happened.  Over the last…

World no. 15 Jack Draper should have trained with Carlos Alcaraz and Flavio Cobolli in Alicante in the upcoming weeks. The 22-year-old Briton had to change his plans and stay at home, citing a minor hip issue and missing his planned trip to Spain.  Jack and his coach looked forward to go to Spain and…

Injuries have affected Matteo Berrettini’s career and prevented him from achieving even more prestigious results. The former world number 6 experienced the best moment of his career in 2021, when he reached the final at the Wimbledon Championships losing only to Novak Djokovic. That year, the Italian ace was defeated by the Serbian legend in…

Novak Djokovic is preparing for the start of the new season, which will also be very important for his future as a professional tennis player. The former world No. 1 wants to shine again after a 2024 in which he did not win any Grand Slam titles, saving the season only thanks to the amazing…

Holger Rune finished the season ranked 13th, dropping five places in comparison to the end of 2023. The young Dane missed his last chance to qualify for the ATP Finals following the Paris Masters semi-final loss. He withdrew from the ATP 250 event in Metz and wrapped up his season. Rune has not won an…

Photo credit: Getty for Women’s Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports® The 2025 US Open marks the end of Stacey Allaster’s administration. Allaster will step down from her positions as USTA Chief Executive of Professional Tennis and US Open Tournament Director after the 2025 Flushing Meadows major, the USTA announced today. The 61-year-old Allaster, the…

Carlos Alcaraz has begun his preparation for the upcoming season, in which he will not play official tournaments before the 2025 Australian Open. The first Grand Slam of the year has never been favorable to the Spaniard up to this point in his career, having failed to play his best tennis at Melbourne Park. The…

Novak Djokovic has confirmed his third tournament for 2025 as the world No. 7 is set to return to Doha for the first time since 2019.  In the past, the 37-year-old made four appearances at the Qatar Open between 2015 and 2019 and won back-to-back titles at the tournament in 2016 and 2017. After not…

Yubin Jang, a 22-year-old Korean golfer, has joined LIV Golf, signing a multi-year contract. The young golfer previously withdrew from the final stage of qualifying for the PGA Tour Q School. It has been announced for weeks that a large number of golfers will be hired by LIV Golf in this period of the year.…

Daniil Medvedev reveals it would take an absolutely massive amount of money for him to consider retiring at this exact moment as the Russian would think about walking away from pro tennis only if someone offered him a billion right now.  For the past several years, the world No. 5 has been one of the…

Judy Murray certainly approves her son Andy Murray’s partnership with Novak Djokovic as the former British Billie Jean King Cup team captain funnily remarked that the Serb now has a new fan.  For years, the-now record 24-time Grand Slam champion was one of the Briton’s biggest rivals on the Tour. But just three months after…

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ father Apostolos doesn’t agree that his son was bashing his parents with that “narcissistic parents” video as he insists the world No. 11 was actually trying to highlight how much he was cared for and loved as a kid.  Last week, the two-time Grand Slam finalist made an Instagram post, in which he…

Emma Raducanu thought she pulled off something that was “unheard of” but the WTA still decided to name Paula Badosa as the WTA Comeback Player of the Year.  In May 2023, the Briton was just 20 when she had to surgically repair both wrists and her foot. Undergoing three surgeries at such a young age…

Chilean Joaquín Niemann won the Saudi International on Saturday, the last tournament of the Asian circuit held at the Riad Golf Club, after a close playoff in which he beat Australian Cameron Smith and young American Caleb Surratt, aged 20. Niemann, results Niemann thus ends the best season of his career with a trophy worth…