WADA will modify the anti-doping rules, making them more flexible, thus trying to avoid the rain of controversy (both for and against) that fell after the positive tests on TMZ and Clostebol of Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner. There will be more flexibility when cases of involuntary doping or infinitesimal quantities of prohibited substances that…

Pavlos is the youngest and tallest of three Tsitsipas brothers. The 19-year-old ended his junior career last year, barely cracking the top-300 and hoping for better results on the professional circuit. Pavlos earned his first main-draw Futures victory a year ago at home.  He backed it with the quarter-final a week later and added two more in…

The 2019 Laver Cup. Credit: Sportsfan77777 2024 was a good year for exhibition tennis. The Saudi-banked Six Kings Slam set a new standard for prize money. Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz took the long tradition of Las Vegas tennis challenges to Netflix. The Ultimate Tennis Showdown made three glitzy stops. Novak Djokovic helped Argentina celebrate…

Andy Roddick gave an interesting advice to Iga Swiatek as he thinks the Pole should reach out to Jannik Sinner and ask him how to deal with certain stuff. As you probably already know very well, the Italian was cleared by the ITIA in his doping and didn’t get suspended but he didn’t avoid criticism…

Top-ranked Australian male tennis player Alex de Minaur says he is happy to see Nick Kyrgios returning to action and he is wishing nothing but the best to his fellow compatriot.  In late November, the Brisbane International announced that their 2018 champion signed up for the upcoming tournament edition. And when the former world No.…

Stefano Mazzoli received the “Rookie of the Year Award” as the best debutant on the Asian Tour. Ranked 25th in the order of merit and keeping the ‘card’ for 2025, he overcame competition from Japanese Tatsunori Shogenji. He is the first Italian to obtain this recognition, which is well-deserved and underlined by a season in…

Thanasi Kokkinakis backed Andy Murray to be “a great coach” and also noted that the former three-time Grand Slam champion is probably one of the rare people who can give tips or advice to Novak Djokovic.  Since the two old rivals announced a stunning partnership of November 23rd, the tennis community has been pretty ecstatic…

Jack Sock hinted that he might be interested in coming out of retirement to play some doubles with Nick Kyrgios, who is set to come back to tennis after basically missing the entire last two seasons due to knee and wrist surgeries. The American, who is a former top-10 player in singles and also a…

Arthur Cazaux suggests it would be much better if everybody focused on their own careers instead of putting too much energy into debating the Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek doping cases as the Frenchman highlights there is probably no way to ever get a definitive and clear answer on what really happened.  Over the last…

World no. 15 Jack Draper should have trained with Carlos Alcaraz and Flavio Cobolli in Alicante in the upcoming weeks. The 22-year-old Briton had to change his plans and stay at home, citing a minor hip issue and missing his planned trip to Spain.  Jack and his coach looked forward to go to Spain and…