Previously the NextGen ATP Finals would cap off each tennis season in November. That is no longer the case. In 2024, this tournament is more like a warmup for the next year rather the conclusion of the previous one. The festivities are set for December 18-22 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For those wondering about the…

El último desafío or The Last Challenge is the event that will celebrate Juan Martin Del Potro’s tennis farewell: it will be an exhibition match that the Argentine will play in Buenos Aires against his friend and former rival Novak Djokovic. Delpo and Nole will play the exhibition match on Sunday 1 December in Buenos…

No mention of Iga Swiatek or Jannik Sinner – at the center of two different doping-issues – but Taylor Fritz published a long post on X in which he made his deep reflection on the topic and the (unmentioned) protagonists involved. Here is his very harsh post: “What drives me crazy in these situations (in…

Simona Halep unloaded on the International Tennis Integrity Agency following the Iga Swiatek doping news as the Romanian thinks the organization dealt with her case in a much different and worse way than the Pole’s.  On Thursday, it was announced that the current world No. 2 tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) and that it occured…

Andy Roddick praised Rafael Nadal as “an absolute gentleman” and added he would be thrilled and proud if he ever saw his kids trying to copy the Spanish tennis icon in anything. Since the start until the end of his career, the 38-year-old remained the same as his colleagues and fans spoke about him the…

Umpire Carlos Bernardes acknowledged he and Rafael Nadal probably had some tense moments on the court but also underlined that everything that happened was behind them.  If you remember well, the former 22-time Grand Slam champion and the chair umpire had an argument during a 2015 Rio Open match. During that clash, the Spaniard was…

Friendship is friendship, beyond rivalry on the court: Novak Djokovic, who has chosen Andy Murray as his new coach, knows it well. And Andy Roddick knows it well too, who – in one of the latest episodes of his Podcast Served with – revealed that the Scot turned down offers from many tennis players – women…

Iga Swiatek tested positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) last August. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Iga Swiatek failed a doping test and has accepted a one-month suspension. Former world No. 1 Swiatek tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ) last August. Reigning Roland Garros champion Swiatek has already serve part of a…

2014 French Open semifinalist Andrea Petkovic and former five-time Grand Slam doubles champion Rennae Stubbs think there are definitely double standards involved in how Novak Djokovic gets treated for playing so little in 2024 as they believe Serena Williams would be bashed and that would be used to make negative narratives about women’s tennis. This…

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Denis Shapovalov recalled their matches against Roger Federer, during UTS in Frankfurt.  Kokkinakis, who managed to beat the Swiss at the Miami 2018, said how no one makes you feel more helpless than him. “I’ve never seen him sweat. He also had the biggest calves on the Tour, if he had shaved his legs,…