Dominic Thiem candidly admitted that he had already seen the writing on the wall two years ago as that was when he started accepting that he was heading toward retirement.  On Tuesday, the 31-year-old’s career officially came to an end in Vienna following a 6-7 (5) 2-6 defeat to Luciano Darderi. Moments after the match…

Serena Williams’ childhood coach Rick Macci has listed a couple of areas where he thinks Coco Gauff is “number one” and his prediction is that it won’t take long before the American becomes the top-ranked player on the WTA Tour. After winning the 2023 US Open, the 20-year-old also became the top-ranked American female tennis…

A couple of days after becoming the third-oldest ATP semi-finalist since 1990, Stan Wawrinka secured another milestone at home in Basel. Competing at the ATP 50 event for the 17th time, the three-time Major winner ousted Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and one minute, beating the Frenchman for the first time. At…

Yue Yuan is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Guangzhou. The Chinese has defeated Greetje Minnen 7-62 6-1 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Mananchaya Sawangkaew. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Yue Yuan’s projected draw together withherpresumable opponents in Guangzhou Open. The Chinese has a neutral…

The eight best-performing tennis players of the 2024 season have secured their places in the prestigious WTA Finals in Riyadh. Let’s dive into this elite group, exploring their recent performances and track records at the season’s ultimate showdown. 1. Aryna Sabalenka The second player to qualify for the WTA Finals, Aryna Sabalenka is enjoying her…

Taylor Fritz is playing a good season, in which he has proved to be one of the main alternatives to top players. The American ace is certainly inferior to champions like Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, especially when playing away from hard courts. Despite still improving technically and mentally, Fritz took…

Alexander Zverev conquers Marcos Giron 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Vienna on Wednesday. The German won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event. (image) Vienna Zverev’s Record (image) Zverev added to his prize money € 31,550 after winning this match. He has already won € 67,680…

Carlos Alcaraz has had some ups and downs this season, showing that he can still improve in the coming years. The former world number 1 has already achieved stratospheric results, confirming his predestined status, but he must continue to work hard if he wants to become one of the best players ever. The young Spanish…

Novak Djokovic will not defend his title won last year in Paris-Bercy, having decided to miss the last Masters 1000 of the season. Although the Serbian champion has always had a great feeling with this tournament (which he won 6 times during his career), his priorities have changed and his schedule is much reduced compared…

Jimmy Connors believes that Novak Djokovic can still add more Majors to his personal collection. The former American tennis player, in one of his latest episodes of the Advantage Connors podcast, warned the Serbian champion’s rivals, warning them of the dangers of the 24-time Grand Slam champion. “I will never leave him off the list.…

Novak Djokovic will be the only Fab Four member still active on the professional tour next year. 2024 marked the end of an era, after Roger Federer had already left tennis in 2022. This year’s Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal announced their retirement, who will play the last event of his legendary career at the…

Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet announced on the same day, October 10, the official date on which they will officially retire from tennis. A particular coincidence between the two 38-year-olds, who have given life to one of the rivalries that has always pointed towards the Spaniard: in fact, the winner of 22 Slam titles has…

Photo credit: Alison Joseph/USTA The USTA announced a structural shake-up. Martin Blackman has resigned his current post as General Manager of Player Development effective today. Blackman, who succeeded Patrick McEnroe as USTA head of player development in April, 2015, has agreed to stay on as a special advisor through the end of the year to ensure a smooth…

Novak Djokovic is 40-19 in the Masters 1000 finals, suffering losses against only seven opponents. Jannik Sinner is the latest player to topple Novak in a Masters 1000 title clash, achieving that in style in Shanghai. The Italian ousted the Serb 7-6, 6-3 for his fourth Masters 1000 crown, becoming the first player to down…

Hardly anyone could have imagined that Jannik Sinner would collect similar numbers in 2024. The Italian ace had already shown tremendous progresses in the latter part of last year, when they won two ATP 500 (Beijing and Vienna) and reached the final at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Jannik had made the last part…

Spanish tennis is in good hands: those of Carlos Alcaraz, who at The Six Kings Slam beat his idol Rafael Nadal in a sort of handover. An important continuity for Spain, considering how the moment of retirement of the 22-time Slam champion is approaching, who after more than 20 years of a career full of successes,…

Elena Rybakina appears to be set to play tennis again in 2024 as Kazakh Billie Jean King Cup team captain Yuri Schukin claims the world No. 5 intends to play the WTA Finals and also the upcoming tie against South Korea.  As everyone knows extremely well by now, the Kazakh tennis star has been absent…

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Denis Shapovalov reach the 2nd round in Basel on Tuesday. Here is what has happened. 1st D.Shapovalov J.Shang (image) 6-1 6-4 Spotlight 1st B.Shelton T.Etcheverry (image) 6-3 6-4 1st H.Rune N.Jarry (image) 6-4 7-63 1st S.Tsitsipas F.Cerundolo (image) 6-3 6-73 7-64 SeeDraw (image) See fullDRAW Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024…

Dominic Stricker shocks Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel on Tuesday. Stricker will seek to keep on going in this event against Holger Rune in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can…

Both first-round and second-round matches will be played on Wednesday at the ATP 500 event in Vienna. Frances Tiafoe, Matteo Berrettini, Tommy Paul, and Brandon Nakashima are among those in action. Here are my picks for two of Wednesday’s best matchups. Frances Tiafoe vs. Matteo BerrettiniTiafoe and Berrettini will be facing each other for the…