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What changes for the ATP Ranking after Sinner’s withdrawal from Paris-Bercy
Jannik Sinner will not play the Paris Rolex Masters. The Italian tennis player suddenly announced his withdrawal from the last ATP Masters 1000 of the season, due to a presumed intestinal virus, deciding to skip the Parisian event. Jannik was supposed to face the winner between Ben Shelton and a qualifier, after a bye in…
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H2H, prediction of Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Philip Sekulic in Sydney Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 30th October 2024
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming…
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WTA Finals Riyadh court details revealed
At the King Saud University Indoor Arena, two emerging stars of Saudi women’s tennis took the first ceremonial shots on the newly completed center court, marking the beginning of the WTA Finals Riyadh set for this weekend. The tournament, running from November 2 to 9, is hosted on a court meticulously constructed in just five…
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Paris-Bercy Masters: Jannik Sinner withdraws due to a virus
Jannik Sinner will not play in the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000. The world number 1 – who was supposed to make his debut tomorrow against the winner of the match between Ben Shelton and Corentin Moutet – has retired from the last Masters 1000 of the season due to an intestinal virus. “I’m very sorry that…
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H2H, prediction of Brandon Holt vs Alex Rybakov in Charlottesville Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th October 2024
Brandon Holt and Alex Rybakov will face off in the 1st round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction. Prediction, odds and live…
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Jack Draper wins career-best title in Vienna, cracks top-15
Jack Draper conquered the ATP 500 title in Vienna following a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Karen Khachanov in the final. The 22-year-old sealed the deal in an hour and 35 minutes, becoming the fourth British player to lift a trophy at this event after Greg Rusedski, Tim Henman and Andy Murray. A left-hander cracked the…
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DP World Tour: Byeong Hun An wins playoff
Korean Byeong Hun An won the Genesis Championship, a tournament organized in collaboration between the DP World Tour and the Korean Tour, where two Italians finished in the top ten and 114 ‘cards’ were assigned for the 2025 continental circuit. DP World Tour, results On the course of the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea (par…
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LIVE RANKINGS. Jarry betters his ranking just before squaring off with Alcaraz in Paris
Nicolas Jarry is about to play against Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday the 29th of October in Paris. Here is an update about his live rankings. Nicolas Jarry is right now ranked no.37 with 1365 points positioned as Chilean no.2 following Alejandro Tabilo who is his compatriot no.1 with 2043 points ranked no.22. On the opposite…
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PARIS DRAW. Frances Tiafoe’s prediction with Mpetshi Perricard next. H2H and rankings
Frances Tiafoe is about to kick off his campaign in the draw in Paris. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Frances Tiafoe’s projected draw includinghisplausible opposition in Rolex Paris Masters. Tiafoe has a negative record (6-17) against the likely opponents. R1 – Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) – H2H 0-0 R2 – Karen…
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Casper Ruud reveals ‘crazy’ thing about Big Three that still baffles him
Casper Ruud is still in disbelief over the fact that Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic never lost the motivation and managed to dominate the game for such a long time. In every year between 2003 and 2023, a Big Three group member won at least one Grand Slam. Currently, they share 66 Majors…
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Aryna Sabalenka opens big lead vs Iga Swiatek; Here are No. 1 scenarios in Riyadh
Aryna Sabalenka started the week with 1,046 ranking points ahead of Iga Swiatek and she will be in pole position at the WTA Finals to secure the Year-End No. 1 ranking. Last Monday, the Belarusian replaced the Pole at the top spot after zero pointers for the missed WTA 500 tournaments were applied. This time,…
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Emma Raducanu’s sad revelation on how she felt at one point after multiple surgeries
Emma Raducanu revealed that her rehab process didn’t go smoothly after multiple surgeries and that at one point she couldn’t watch tennis because it was mentally too difficult. After appearing in just five tournaments through the first four months of last year’s season, the 21-year-old posted a selfie from a hospital bed on May 1st,…
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Simona Halep shares her feelings after smashing racket in frustrating Hong Kong loss
Simona Halep looked frustrated and even smashed her racket during a Hong Kong Open first-round defeat but afterward delivered a positive message and insisted that she needed to stay patient and trust the process. The former world No. 1, who was cleared to return from a doping ban in March, made her second main-level appearance…
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Casper Ruud complains about Daniil Medvedev: the reasons
Daniil Medvedev has repeatedly reiterated to the press his thoughts on the new balls that are being used on the Tour, which he says would favor a small group of tennis players who would be able to generate great power in hitting the balls. “I think it basically favors tennis players who can take advantage…
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JIUJIANG DRAW. Wushuang Zheng’s prediction with Trevisan next. H2H and rankings
Wushuang Zheng is about to start her campaign in the draw in Jiujiang. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Wushuang Zheng’s projected draw includingherprojected opponents in Jiangxi Open. Zheng has no record against the projected opposition. R1 – Martina Trevisan (136) – H2H 0-0 R2 – Anna Bondar (97) – H2H 0-0…
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Gasquet believes Alcaraz will reach the same level of Federer and Nadal
Richard Gasquet tried to make a prediction about the future of Carlos Alcaraz, saying he is sure that the Spanish tennis player will reach the level of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Gasquet believes that tennis is in good health after the extraordinary era of the Big 3, as Carlos Alcaraz and his rival Jannik…
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H2H, prediction of Rebecca Sramkova vs Shuai Zhang in Jiujiang with odds, preview, pick | 29th October 2024
Rebecca Sramkova and Shuai Zhang will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Jiangxi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction. Prediction, odds and…
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A life-banned player reveals Jannik Sinner will be disqualified
The banned for life former tennis player Daniele Bracciali was interviewed by Mowmag, expressing his opinion on the Clostebol doping-issue involving his young countryman Jannik Sinner, predicting a disqualification for the ATP No.1. “How will the Sinner case end? Unfortunately, knowing the environment of WADA and ITIA I believe that a disqualification will almost certainly…
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Should Grigor Dimitrov ‘s career be re-evaluated?
Grigor Dimitrov’s career was undoubtedly conditioned by the presence of the Big 3, which prevented him from winning a few more titles. Despite the huge expectations placed on him when he took his first steps in the ATP tour, the Bulgarian player has achieved very satisfactory results even though he has never won a Grand…
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Yevgeny Kafelnikov harshly slams Jannik Sinner: “He’s stupidly designed to hit”
During an interview on the Best Tennis podcast, former world number 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov harshly attacked Jannik Sinner, saying that the Italian is a tennis player stupidly designed to hit and that only Carlos Alcaraz can be placed on a par with the Big 3 Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And the former…