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Coco Gauff says she is feeling great and plans to play “confident tennis” in a United Cup showdown versus Iga Swiatek. On Saturday, the top-ranked American female tennis player impressively handled the business against Karolina Muchova, dismantling the Czech 6-1 6-4 to help the United States reach the final in Sydney. Now, she is set…
Stefano Vukov is under WTA investigation, just hours after he came back on Elena Rybakina’s team: a news that could now change the Kazakh’s plans, in view of the season that has just begun. A news that was confirmed by the WTA with an official note. “It can be confirmed that Vukov is currently provisionally suspended…
Reilly Opelka is back with a vengeance. Continuing his comeback from a two-year absence, Opelka stunned Novak Djokovic 7-6(6), 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International on Friday evening. The American struck 16 aces, served at 77 percent, won 13 of 15 second-serve points, double-faulted only once, and saved the lone break point he…
Cruz Hewitt, son of the former world no. 1, Lleyton, kicked off the season at the Canberra Challenger. The 16-year-old fell in the first qualifying round to Tracy Austin’s son, Brandon Holt, 7-6, 6-1 in an hour and 28 minutes. The home player made a reliable start, delivering two breaks and forging a 5-1 advantage.…
Jasmine Paolini annihilated Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-1 to seal Italy’s victory over Switzerland and lead help her nation clinch their first triumph at the United Cup. On Sunday, rising Italian star Flavio Cobolli overcame Dominic Stricker 6-3 7-6 (2) in the opening match of the tie. Following the outcome of that match, the Swiss needed…
Novak Djokovic told reporters in Australia that he “is not questioning whether Jannik Sinner took the banned substance intentionally or not” but noted that he is “really frustrated” with the fact that no one knew anything about the Italian and Iga Swiatek until the investigation in their doping cases concluded. Just a week before the…
Simona Halep and Nick Kyrgis against Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner: is their anger unjustified or not? The Romanian believes she has suffered an injustice, considering the way her case was handled compared to the events involving the Polish and the Italian. Simona was immediately stopped after testing positive for Roxadustat, and only after the…
Roger Federer’s former coach Ivan Ljubicic reveals he reached out to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray after the news of their collaboration broke out and added that he thinks the plan is to have the Briton accompanying the Serb in Grand Slams and occasionally in other big tournaments. On November 23rd, the record 24-time Major…
Fans and insiders have very high expectations on Emma Raducanu for 2025. The British player has shown positive signs in the 2024 season, defeating several high-level opponents and finally showing a good attitude on court. Emma’s life and career have totally changed since the 2021 US Open, when she shocked the whole world by winning…
Yevgeny Kafelnikov teams up with Nick Kyrgios: the result is a new harsh attack against Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner regarding the controversial Clostebol and TMZ doping issues. Already in recent days the Russian had posted on his X profile: “Sometimes I ask myself, but why the hell I haven’t used steroids throughout my career. So…