Maria Sakkari got crushed in her opening match of the season after world No. 54 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro handed her a 6-2 6-1 defeat at the United Cup.  In the opening match of the Greece and Spain tie, the former world No. 3 entered as the favorite to win.  But the Greek tennis star never…

Emma Raducanu received a pretty solid draw in Auckland and this could absolutely be the year when the Briton makes her breakthrough at the ASB Classic.  In her opening two matches at the tournament, the No. 6 seed will take on 117th-ranked Robin Montgomery before likely meeting world No. 89 Jule Niemeier.  In the Auckland…

Novak Djokovic has learned his possible path to winning the Brisbane International as the Serb is set to start his return to the tournament by taking on Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata.  After the top seed presumably routinely handles the world No. 73, his next opponent will likely be Gael Monfils.  In the quarterfinal, the Serb is…

Todd Woodbridge says he is hoping Iga Swiatek worked on her slice backhand in the offseason as the former doubles world No. 1 believes it is the key to the world No. 2 achieving success at the Australian Open.  Although the Pole has already won five Grand Slams by the age of 23, she hasn’t…

Elena Rybakina describes Goran Ivanisevic as “a fun guy” and claims that “every day” she is learning something new from her coach.  After the world No. 6 concluded her WTA Finals run and also Billie Jean King Cup duties, her partnership with Novak Djokovic’s former coach officially started in the preseason.  For a month, the…

In the Immelman family, here is the son Jacob who was first discovered on his father’s shoulders at the 2009 Masters par 3 contest, the year after the South African, now a commentator for NBC, won. And Trevor made a pretty sweet deal with his son, as he explained on the sidelines of the PNC…

Coco Gauff highlights she has nothing but positive to say about Auckland as a tournament but she simply wanted “a higher level of competition” ahead of the Australian Open and that’s why she picked the United Cup as the event where she wanted to start her season.  In each of the past two seasons, the…

Simona Halep sustained a very unfortunate setback at the start of the 2025 season as the Romanian won’t be able to play in Auckland next week or take part in the upcoming Australian Open.  After returning from a doping ban in March, the former world No. 1 was limited to just four tournaments in 2024…

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