No. 3 seed Zheng Qinwen has a first-round bye at the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston and then could possibly face former world No. 3 and two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Maria Sakkari in her clay season opener.  After taking part in the Sunshine Double and reaching back-to-back quarterfinals in Indian Wells and Miami, the Chinese…

Aryna Sabalenka has just landed her first Miami Open title after ousting home favorite Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in just less than an hour and a half of play.  After losing back-to-back finals at the Australian Open and Indian Wells, the Belarusian didn’t hide before the Miami title match that she didn’t want to pick…

Daria Kasatkina criticized the Russian government publicly before switching her nationality as the 27-year-old said two years ago that it was “unsafe” for her to return to Russia due to her sexual orientation but also her views on the war. Only a couple of months after the Russia and Ukraine war started, the world No.…

World no. 54 Jakub Mensik is enjoying his career-best tournament at the Miami Open! The 19-year-old Czech has beaten five rivals (Tomas Machac gave him a walkover) to find himself in his first Masters 1000 final.  Thus, Mensik secured a notable feat, becoming the first player born in 2005 in the title of the premium…

Grigor Dimitrov became annoyed with a spectator very early in his Miami Masters semifinal match against Novak Djokovic and it all resulted in the crowd member getting thrown out of the stadium. In the third game of the first set, the 14th-seeded Bulgarian seemingly took exception with the behavior of one spectator and decided to…

Daria Kasatkina has made a huge career and life move as she will no longer represent Russia after switching her nationality to Australia.  In the summer of 2022, the Moscow-born tennis player publicly came out as gay. At the time, she also spoke out against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Since then, she hasn’t made any…

World no. 9 Andrey Rublev will work with the former world no. 1 Marat Safin during the clay swing! While Fernando Vicente remains Andrey’s coach, the Russian will seek new improvements in his game with the former Major champion. Rublev and Safin have been talking a lot recently. The retired player has been helping the…

Six years ago, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal met in the Indian Wells semi-final. The two great rivals forged the first Masters 1000 semi-final with a combined age of 70 years! On Friday, Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov smashed their record! The 37-year-old Djokovic and 33-year-old Grigor Dimitrov embraced a combined age of 71,73 years, forging…

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina has announced a major change in her career, revealing that she will no longer represent her home country on the Hologic WTA Tour. The world No. 12 has been granted permanent residency by the Australian Government and will now compete under the Australian flag in upcoming tournaments. Daria Kasatkina in…

Aryna Sabalenka says some pretty tough and challenging life experiences made her very strong mentally and she believes that played a big part in her success over the last couple of years.  After experiencing a very traumatic experience in 2019 and losing her father to a sudden death, the Belarusian also struggled to make a…