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Is Novak Djokovic really indifferent towards the ATP Finals?
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…
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Jimmy Connors warns Novak Djokovic’s rivals: “Never write him off”
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.…
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Reason why Novak Djokovic runs the risk of a mental breakdown
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…
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Richard Gasquet mocks Rafael Nadal: “I announced my retirement first!”
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…
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USTA Announces Reorganization, Martin Blackman Out
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…
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Jannik Sinner shuts down Novak Djokovic, joins Federer and Zverev
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…
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Jannik Sinner is close to a Novak Djokovic’s record
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…
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Rafael Nadal predicts a bright future for Carlos Acaraz and Jannik Sinner
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,…
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Major Elena Rybakina update drops amid Kazakh’s lengthy mysterious absence
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…
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BASEL RESULTS. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Denis Shapovalov progress to the next round on Tuesday
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…