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Aryna Sabalenka is WTA Player of the Year, Emma Raducanu doesn’t get different award
Aryna Sabalenka has expectedly been named the WTA Player of the Year for 2024, while Emma Raducanu missed out on winning the Comeback Player of the Year award. This season, the Belarusian successfully defended her Australian Open title and collected her first US Open trophy. Also, the 26-year-old won the WTA 1000 tournaments in Cincinnati…
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Emma Raducanu reveals her true ambition for the future
The season is over: coming back to the court after the three surgeries in 2023 was already an important step but, in general, Emma Raducanu has shown in this 2024 glimpses of the great talent that three years ago led her to win the US Open at just 19 years old. At the Billie Jean King…
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Jannik Sinner reveals his biggest regret from nearly-flawless season
Jannik Sinner is a happy camper at the end of 2024! The 23-year-old Italian embraced a historic season, winning 73 of 79 matches and lifting eight ATP titles and the Davis Cup crown. Sinner will enter the 2025 season with a massive lead over his closest rivals. However, the two-time Major winner would love to change…
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Rublev questions Novak Djokovic’s gamble: ‘Does Andy Murray brings anything new?
Andrey Rublev competed at the UTS event in London. Instead of taking a vacation, the Russian opted to keep his competitive form and prepare for the new season. Rublev reflected on his season, mental issues and the latest collaboration between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Rublev reflects on Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray working together Like…
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Gael Monfils pumps brakes on Jannik Sinner e Carlos Alcaraz – Big Three comparison
Gael Monfils and Jeremy Chardy are the first to hail Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz as “incredible” players but both agree that it is still very early to compare those two to Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer or think that they already better than the Big Three. This year, the 23-year-old Italian and…
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Thanasi Kokkinakis makes honest but sad confession about injury-marked career
Thanasi Kokkinakis reveals he contemplated walking away from pro tennis several times as dealing with numerous serious injuries left him doubting himself and thinking if his goals were achievable. After making the 2013 Australian Open boys’ singles final and losing there to Nick Kyrgios, the now 28-year-old also made a positive start to his pro…
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Serena Williams shares one thing she was born with but Venus Williams didn’t have it
Serena Williams says she was born with the innate to always want to win and be the best in everything, while her sister Venus Williams didn’t have that. During their childhood, the Williams sisters were coached by Rick Macci. Over the years, the 70-year-old spoke many times about how amazed and impressed he was by…
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Elena Rybakina takes up driving lessons after viral moment with her Porsche supercar
Elena Rybakina has gotten behind the wheel and started taking driving lessons as the Kazakh tennis star may soon be able to drive the Porsche supercar she won a couple of months ago. If you remember well, there was a bit funny situation during the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart in April. Usually, the…
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Etcheverry, Tabilo Join Paul in Houston Field
Alejandro Tabilo (right) will play the 2025 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images for Laver Cup Two of the ATP’s highest ranked South American stars have committed to play the Tour’s only North American clay court tournament in 2025. Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the 2023 runner-up at River…
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Dominic Thiem’s career-best moment? Beating Novak Djokovic at 2019 ATP Finals
Dominic Thiem ended his career at the ATP 500 event in Vienna in October. The 31-year-old could not deal with ongoing wrist issues anymore, struggling to settle into the top-100 and terminating his tennis journey. The Austrian claimed 348 ATP wins and conquered a Major and a Masters 1000 trophy. His favorite triumph came against Novak…
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Cheating Nature: Novak Djokovic’s bid to mirror Roger Federer’s longevity
According to Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic is trying to cheat nature and extend his career despite turning 38 next year. The Russian is still determining if this plan will work for the Serb, bringing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal into the story. Novak Djokovic turned 37 in May. The 24-time Major winner completed the game…
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Novak Djokovic is showing a new side of his personality
Novak Djokovic has participated in a few events in the last week, before starting the preparation for the next season. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was in Doha for a few days to sign his new partnership with Qatar Airways, before the announcement that Nole will play the prestigious tournament in Doha in 2025. Qatar…
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Katie Boulter tells frightening story from WTA event: I’m outside, going to hurt you
Katie Boulter says being a tennis star definitely has a negative side to it as the three-time WTA champion is well-recognizable and once even received a message from someone telling her he was outside and waiting for her to harm her. For the past year and a half, the world No. 24 has been the…
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Greg Norman will step down as LIV Golf CEO, credits LIV for elevating golf
Rumors that have been circulating for weeks have now been officially confirmed. Namely, the CEO of LIV Golf, Greg Norman, will be replaced in that position. In an interview with WISH-TV, the well-known face of the golf scene revealed what will happen in the coming period. Greg believes that LIV Golf is a great project…
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Jessica Pegula accepts Iga Swiatek’s doping explanation but still wonders one thing
Jessica Pegula didn’t want to accuse Iga Swiatek of anything and noted that the Pole’s explanation “made sense” but also admitted that she has certain questions over how certain doping cases are handled. After the five-time Grand Slam champion’s sample from August came back as positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), the Pole was handed a provisional…
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Jimmy Connors identifies potential pros and cons of Novak Djokovic-Andy Murray collab
Jimmy Connors thinks there are ways in which Andy Murray can help Novak Djokovic but the American tennis legend also highlights that there are no guarantees that this will be a successful partnership or something that will last beyond a week. In early October, Serbian Davis Cup team captain Viktor Troicki told local reporters that…
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Belinda Bencic chases her first W125 title since 2017
Eight months after giving birth to her first child, Belinda Bencic will chase the W125 title in Angers. The former world no. 4 displayed her A-game in the first four encounters on an indoor court. Belinda dropped 14 games in eight sets, dominating serve and return en route to the title clash. Bencic dropped serve a couple…
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Emma Raducanu confesses one thing about which players are ‘quite apprehensive’
Emma Raducanu believed Iga Swiatek when the Pole said that she was “very anxious” after one of her tests came back as doping positive as the Briton admits that players are “quite apprehensive” when it comes to taking supplements because no one wants to unknowingly ingest something prohibited. As you probably know very well by…
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Taylor Fritz’s quest to mirror Pete Sampras ends in heartbreaking loss
Do you remember the last American winner of the ATP Finals? It’s fine if you do not, as it happened 25 years ago! Taylor Fritz crowned his career-best season with the ATP Finals title clash. The 27-year-old American faced world no. 1 Jannik Sinner and fell in straight sets, finishing runner-up. Thus, Fritz missed a…
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Iga Swiatek gets real on how good financials helped prove innocence in doping case
Iga Swiatek honestly confessed that her strong financial status helped her act quickly and hire the best of the best to help her deal with the doping issue but also noted that she didn’t regret a bit spending nearly $100k because the most important thing was to clear her name. During the WTA 1000 tournament…