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Mats Wilander has analyzed some scenarios that could happen at the Australian Open 2025, talking about the main players who can compete for the final victory of the first Major of the season. The former Swedish tennis player, in an interview with Eurosport, for which he is a commentator, could naturally start from Jannik Sinner,…
Photo credit: International Tennis Hall of Fame Patrick McEnroe has a new role. The third season of the TennisWorthy Podcast presented by the International Tennis Hall of Fame officially launched today, featuring Hall of Fame President and tennis commentator Patrick McEnroe as its new host. McEnroe and tennis journalist Chris Bowers will deliver engaging conversations focusing on…
As I wrote in the previous article, Andy Roddick expressed his harsh considerations towards Nick Kyrgios. The American did not take kindly to the opinions recently published by the Australian player on his social profiles. “At this point he is a tennis influencer. He lives for likes, he lives in the comments section. What I…
LIV Golf has many plans that they want to realize in the coming period. An important figure in this story will be the star of this Tour, Kevin Na, who is also the captain of IronHeads GC. The 41-year-old golfer is looking forward to the first LIV tournament in South Korea, an idea he has…
Carlos Alcaraz is preparing for the 2025 Australian Open, a tournament that has not been particularly favorable to him up to this point in his young career. The former world No. 1 has never made it past the quarterfinals in the Happy Slam, but he has been working hard to play his best tennis since…
Martin Landaluce did not want to rush things and seek invitations for the qualifying draws at Majors in 2024. Instead, the Madrid native stayed at Challengers and wrapped up the season ranked 151st. Was that the right call? No doubt! Landaluce will now debut at Majors at the Australian Open. The 19-year-old Spaniard passed three…
Aryna Sabalenka, defending champion and No.1 seed, will play her Australian Open 2025 first round against the American Sloane Stephens. On the opposite side Katerina Siniakova will be the opponent of the No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek. Jasmine Paolini, No. 4 seed ended up in the lower part of the draw with Swiatek and has…
Did anyone want to see Joao Fonseca on the other side of the net in Melbourne? No! Was the fear justified? Indeed! The young Brazilian will compete in his first Australian Open main draw. Joao arrived in Melbourne after having won the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah and the Canberra Challenger crown. He faced no issues in…
LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann and PGA Tour player Nicolai Hojgaard have both accepted special invitations. It is known that LIV Golfers do not have many ways to play the Majors, and one of the ways is definitely special invitations. The well known names of this controversial Tour are hoping they could get such invitations, and…
Naomi Osaka expressed hope not to draw Caroline Garcia again at the Australian Open and exactly that happened. On Thursday, the draw for the opening Grand Slam of the year was released and it revealed that first-round action would see the two-time Australian Open champion and the Frenchwoman taking on each other. Last year, the…