Alexander Zverev had to work hard in the second round of the ATP 500 event in Rio. World no. 2 defeated Alexander Shevchenko 7-6, 7-6 in two hours and 28 minutes for a place in the quarter-final.  The German could have experienced an early exit, like in Buenos Aires last week! Shevchenko led 5-3 in the…

New details have emerged about Emma Raducanu’s stalker as it has been revealed that the same man came to the Briton’s hotel to hand her out a written letter.  On Tuesday, the 2021 US Open champion was left in tears and looking scared just two games into her Dubai match against Karolina Muchova. After a…

Daniil Medvedev says the difference in his on and off-court personality makes him think he may be a bit bipolar but also adds that he is seeing something similar with his daughter Alisa.  On Tuesday, the Russian tennis star came back from a set down to beat fellow compatriot Karen Khachanov 4-6 7-5 6-3 in…

Iga Swiatek may pull off a Novak Djokovic in the future and hire one of her biggest rivals as her coach as the Polish tennis star hints she’d be interested in working with Aryna Sabalenka one day. During the offseason, one of the biggest news was the record 24-time Grand Slam champion adding Andy Murray…

Andrea Petkovic ripped the Jannik Sinner doping ban as “a political decision” as the 2014 French Open semifinalist suggests the WADA came to the conclusion that the Italian didn’t cheat but they needed him suspended just to avoid a backlash and possibly send a message.  Since it was revealed that the WADA settled with the…

Zheng Qinwen suffered a surprise defeat in her opening Dubai match and later didn’t show up in her post-match presser because she was feeling unwell but released a short statement through the WTA. After a first-round bye, the No. 7 seed bowed out of this week’s WTA 1000 tournament in the second round after Peyton…

The Athletic has revealed more details about the WTA’s findings in the Stefano Vukov investigation as according to the report, even the Kazakh’s mother once intervened and urged the Croatian coach not to make her daughter cry.  While the WTA declined to go public with what they found, several details regarding their investigations surfaced.  Last…

Denmark’s Clara Tauson delivered the biggest victory of her career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, ousting world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, 6-3 6-2. With this commanding performance, the 22-year-old reached her first-ever WTA 1000 quarterfinal, avenging her loss to Sabalenka in the third round of the Australian Open last month.…

In recent months, doping has returned to be a central topic in the tennis world due to the cases of Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek. The Italian ace was found positive for Clostebol twice during the 2024 Indian Wells Masters 1000, but he proved his innocence to ITIA and was cleared of all charges shortly before the start of the…

Although Jannik Sinner’s doping case has officially closed, the echo of this story is destined to last for a long time to come. Everyone expected that the Italian ace would go all the way to the trial before the CAS in Lausanne – scheduled for April 16 and 17 – where he risked suffering a…