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Ugo Humbert rips ATP over Masters changes, shuts down Jannik Sinner’s opinion
Ugo Humbert ripped two-week Masters tournaments as “the biggest bull—-” in tennis and also disagreed with Jannik Sinner’s claim that players can simply choose where to play in a very demanding calendar. This season, the events in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai joined Indian Wells and Miami in becoming two-week events. Next year, the Masters tournaments in…
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Iga Swiatek’s new coach has stern warning for Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina
Coach Wim Fissette is keen on making Iga Swiatek a much bigger threat outside clay and he has also warned Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that he has his ways of preparing his player the best possible way for a match. After splitting with long-time coach Tomasz Wiktorowski because the world No. 1 felt he…
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Swiss Indoors Basel Draws and Schedule for Monday, October 21, 2024
Top-seeded Andrey Rublev takes the court in Basel on Monday. Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty 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…
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Paula Badosa makes important announcement after heartbreaking end to Ningbo run
Paula Badosa has announced that her 2024 season on the WTA Tour is over due to ongoing health issues but also noted that she still plans to represent Spain at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga next month. On Saturday, the 26-year-old was playing in her fourth semifinal of the year in Ningbo.…
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GUANGZHOU DRAW. Jaqueline Cristian’s prediction with Golubic next. H2H and rankings
Jaqueline Cristian is about to begin her campaign in the draw in Guangzhou. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Jaqueline Cristian’s projected draw alongsideherplausible opposition in Guangzhou Open. Jaqueline has a losing record (3-11) with the plausible opponents. R1 – Viktorija Golubic (124) – H2H 0-2 R2 – Elina Avanesyan (48) –…
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H2H, prediction of Colin Sinclair vs Thomas Fancutt in Playford Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 21st October 2024
Colin Sinclair and Thomas Fancutt will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming The…
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Serbian tennis player welcomes first child in California
Retired Serbian tennis player Jovana Jovic, formerly known as Jaksic, and her husband Vujadin Jovic welcomed their first child together this October. The 31-year-old former WTA player shared the joyful news on Instagram, revealing that they have a baby boy named Marko. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jovana Jović…
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Inexorable Karen Khachanov conquers the Almaty Open. HIGHLIGHTS – ALMATY RESULTS
Karen Khachanov bests Gabriel Diallo 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the final in Almaty on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This is the first time that Karen conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.…
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Karen Khachanov Defeats Gabriel Diallo to win Almaty Crown
Karen Khachanov captured his seventh career title at the Almaty Open. Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Karen Khachanov reinforced his reputation as a convincing closer. The third-seeded Khachanov grounded maiden finalist Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to win his seventh career title at the Almaty Open. Khachanov improved to 7-2 in Tour-level finals, collecting his first championship…
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Fans dream of seeing Rafael Nadal in Paris this year
The Davis Cup Finals in Malaga will host the last official event of Rafael Nadal’s career. The former world number 1 announced his decision to leave professional tennis at 38, having realized that it would be impossible for him to win any other major titles. The legend from Manacor has not been competitive at the highest…