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MSG Networks to Air The Garden Cup Live Tonight
Photo credit: Madison Square Garden Facebook Stars who lit up Arthur Ashe stadium with spellbinding shotmaking bring the magic to Madison Square Garden tonight. The 2022 US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz faces 2023 Flushing Meadows semifinalist Ben Shelton and US Open finalist Jessica Pegula will play US Open semifinalist Emma Navarro in The Garden Cup exhibition event tonight. Tonight, MSG…
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Rick Macci explains why Jannik Sinner changed tennis
Rick Macci is a coach who knows about great champions. In his legendary career he trained Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova and, above all, the sisters Venus and Serena Williams. The American coach has now praised Jannik Sinner, calling him the player who changed tennis. 2024 has given the young Italian many joys in…
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Roddick explains why Sinner will receive a longer ban than Swiatek
In one of the latest episodes of his podcast Served with, the legendary American Andy Roddick offered his followers an in-depth analysis on Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol doping issue. A situation that sees the fate of the young Italian still hanging in the balance: a disqualification sentence that could be 1-2 years (that’s what WADA is…
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Jannik Sinner opens up about suffering caused by doping matter
Victory, glory, titles and a stain called doping: this, in cold analysis, has been Jannik Sinner’s season. If on the court the Italian has won two Majors, the ATP Finals, the Davis Cup and a total of 8 titles, the difficulties following the positivity to Clostebol found in Indian Wells in March have tested him…
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Juan Martin del Potro’s last notable Major ride. Rafael Nadal remembers it well
A couple of days ago, Juan Martin del Potro played the last match of his career in an exhibition versus Novak Djokovic in Buenos Aires. The 2009 US Open champion gave everything to extend his career following two severe knee injuries. He underwent six surgeries between 2019 and 2022 but without result. Del Potro has…
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Revealed: Is Andy Murray planning to accompany Novak Djokovic in Brisbane?
Novak Djokovic may have confirmed his opening tournament of the 2025 season but reportedly it will not be the place where he kicks off his partnership with Andy Murray. On Wednesday, the Brisbane International organizers announced their player field for the upcoming edition and it was revealed that the record 24-time Grand Slam champion signed…
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Carlos Alcaraz grabs a new amazing milestone
Carlos Alcaraz has been the most consistent tennis player in terms of results and rankings, in the last three seasons, according to a new statistic. The Spaniard, already in 2022, has started a truly remarkable career, made up of 4 Slams so far and a ride that has taken him all the way to conquering…
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Novak Djokovic reveals his first tournament of 2025
Novak Djokovic will kick off the 2025 season in Brisbane. The 24-time Major winner will compete at the ATP 250 event for the first time since 2009, seeking a good run a week before the Australian Open. Djokovic decided to play in the first week of the new year and picked Brisbane as his first…
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Alexander Bublik: Daniil Medvedev ‘owns’ me but Alexander Zverev is my guy
Alexander Bublik admits Daniil Medvedev has been an absolute menace to him on the court but adds that Alexander Zverev is a matchup he likes very much. The Kazakh, ranked at No. 33 in the world, has faced the 2021 US Open champion six times so far in his career and has as many losses.…
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Roger Federer’s ex-coach predicts how Novak Djokovic-Andy Murray plan to work
Roger Federer’s former coach Ivan Ljubicic reveals he reached out to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray after the news of their collaboration broke out and added that he thinks the plan is to have the Briton accompanying the Serb in Grand Slams and occasionally in other big tournaments. On November 23rd, the record 24-time Major…
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Andy Murray’s ex-coach rips ridiculous theory about Novak Djokovic-Briton collab
Tennis expert Mark Petchey says it is an absolute nonsense to even think for a second that Novak Djokovic hiring Andy Murray means the Serb has accepted that his time has gone. While everyone was stunned by the news of the two former big rivals teaming up for a partnership, the majority were also excited…
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Iga Swiatek officially makes PR change after doping news
Iga Swiatek has made another change to her staff as she is parting ways with long-time PR manager Paula Wolecka and filling in that spot with Daria Sulgostowska. For the Polish tennis superstar, this is a second team change she has made over the last few months. Previously, she put a curtain on her three-year…
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Reason why Emma Raducanu can win a Major title in 2025
Fans and insiders have very high expectations on Emma Raducanu for 2025. The British player has shown positive signs in the 2024 season, defeating several high-level opponents and finally showing a good attitude on court. Emma’s life and career have totally changed since the 2021 US Open, when she shocked the whole world by winning…
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Stefanos Tsitsipas gets brutally real about his deep crisis
Stefanos Tsitsipas opened up in a live Instagram with fans and told what he had to go through in recent months. The two-time Slam finalist won the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, which was the only highlight of a season in which he experienced many difficulties, definitively ending the collaboration with his father Apostolos (from a work…
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Carlos Moya gets honest on Rafael Nadal’s enormous potential
Toni Nadal and Carlos Moya shaped Rafael Nadal’s glorious career. Moya, the late coach of the legendary 22-time Grand Slam winner, told how he realized early on that Rafa was destined for the top spot, in a special released by the ATP. “When young Rafa started to have his first successes, his parents made sure…
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Novak Djokovic shares deep feelings for farewell of his rivals
In the splendid setting of the Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, which will hold 15 thousand spectators, Juan Martin Del Potro gave farewell to tennis in a match against his friend and rival Novak Djokovic. And precisely for the exhibition against the Argentine, the 24-time Grand Slam champion shared deep thoughts about his emotions, especially…
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Jannik Sinner strengthens his collaboration with Formula 1
Jannik Sinner still does not know his fate regarding the doping case. The world number 1 thought that this ugly story had ended in August, when ITIA had acknowledged his full innocence shortly before the start of the US Open. The previous months had been very stressful for the Italian ace, who had spent several…
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Nastase shares harsh criticism against Swiatek and Sinner to support Halep
There has been much criticism regarding the alleged unequal treatment between Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek, following the Polish player’s positive test at TMZ. And one of these harsh attacks, perpetuated by former Romanian legend Ilie Nastase (in support of his countrywoman) unexpectedly brought up (and attacked) Jannik Sinner. The Polish and the Italian were…
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Kafelnikov ‘teams up’ with Kyrgios to harshly attack Swiatek and Sinner
Yevgeny Kafelnikov teams up with Nick Kyrgios: the result is a new harsh attack against Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner regarding the controversial Clostebol and TMZ doping issues. Already in recent days the Russian had posted on his X profile: “Sometimes I ask myself, but why the hell I haven’t used steroids throughout my career. So…
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Lendl, Massu added to Hurkacz’s coaching team for 2025
Hubert Hurkacz announced last week that Ivan Lendl and Nicolas Massu are being added to his coaching team for the upcoming 2025 tennis season. The 27-year-old Pole had previously been working with Craig Boynton, and together they had a successful five-year run. Hurkacz peaked at No. 6 in the world this summer and was seemingly…
