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Swiss Indoors Basel Draws and Schedule for Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Ben Shelton takes the court in Basel on Tuesday. Photo credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Swiss Indoors Basel Basel, SwitzerlandOctober 21-27, 2024 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €2,385,100 Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud Headline Basel FieldAndrey Rublev is the top seed and Casper Ruud is seeded second in Basel. Roger Federer, who once served as a ball boy at…
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Rafael Nadal answers if he is frustrated over finishing behind Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal isn’t denying the claim that he could have won more Grand Slams had he stayed healthier throughout his career but insists that he is happy with his success and that finishing behind Novak Djokovic in the Grand Slam race isn’t making him any less happy with his achievements. When the 38-year-old confirmed earlier…
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Jannik Sinner outlasts Carlos Alcaraz in Six Kings Slam final – Reliving the drama
World no. 1 Jannik Sinner claimed the inaugural Six Kings Slam title after besting world no. 2 Carlos Alcaraz 6-7, 6-3, 6-3. The world’s best players played another entertaining final, with the Italian prevailing after two hours and 20 minutes following a single break on his tally in the decider. Thus, Jannik extended his incredible…
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Alexander Zverev sails past Joel Schwaerzler in Vienna
World no. 3 Alexander Zverev is off to a winning start at the ATP 500 event in Vienna. The German faced the young Austrian Joel Schwaerzler in the first round and scored a dominant 6-2, 6-2 victory in 68 minutes. Thus, Alexander notched his 60th ATP win of the season, achieving that for the second…
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H2H, prediction of Edward Winter vs Thomas Fancutt in Playford Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 22nd October 2024
Edward Winter and Thomas Fancutt will face off in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming The pick for Tennis Tonic…
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Breaking: Novak Djokovic withdraws from Paris Masters
As was expected, the seven-time Paris Masters champion Novak Djokovic will not compete at the final Masters 1000 event of the season. Novak will not travel to the French capital, missing a chance to earn more ATP points and cement his spot at the ATP Finals. The Serb reached the Shanghai final and boosted his…
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Tennis analyst highlights a detail about Rafael Nadal’s retirement
Rafael Nadal’s career is coming to an end and it will be hard for the Spaniard to achieve another great result before he says goodbye to professional tennis. The former world number 1 has been practicing a lot in his academy over the last few months and his physical condition has certainly improved, but these…
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Paul improves Nitto ATP Finals standing with Stockholm title
This has been the best season of Tommy Paul’s career and it continued on Sunday afternoon at what has become his best tournament. Paul won the Nordic Open for the second time, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in Stockholm. It was a crucial contest between two players who went into the match at No. 10…
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ATP legend comments on Jannik Sinner’s potential ban
Jannik Sinner’s season is undoubtedly one of the best in modern times, having won more than 60 matches and suffered only six defeats from January to date. Although he had made so much progress already in the second part of 2023, no one could have imagined that the Italian ace would be so dominant this…
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H2H, prediction of Hailey Baptiste vs Kyoka Okamura in Tokyo with odds, preview, pick | 22nd October 2024
Hailey Baptiste and Kyoka Okamura will square off in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 3rd time in their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hailey Baptiste who should win in 2…