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Elena Rybakina has hired a new coach following the departure of Goran Ivanisevic as the world No. 5 hired 1998 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Davide Sanguinetti to her team. After announcing that Stefano Vukov was rejoining her team in early January, the early rumors suggested that Ivanisevic would leave the Kazakh’s team after the Australian Open. And…
Daniil Medvedev parted ways with Gilles Simon after an early Australian Open exit. The Russian added the Frenchman to his coaching staff a year ago, with Simon working alongside Medvedev’s main coach, Gilles Cervara. Daniil learned a lot from the experienced ex-player, but the results were not there! Thus, the former world no. 1 ended their collaboration…
The Davis Cup Qualifiers tie between Belgium and Chile in Hasselt concluded with controversy! Zizou Bergs claimed two singles wins for the host nation, including the deciding against Cristian Garin on Sunday. The match drew many reactions and ended in chaos following an incident in the closing stages of the duel. Bergs grabbed a break in…
Rory McIlroy had reason to celebrate after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The 35-year-old golfer could not hide his amazement with his great performance. The most important thing for him is to be consistent and to keep the rhythm, but he’s equally aware that the competition is fierce. Probably his greatest rival this season…
Danielle Collins kept her promise made to the heckling Australian Open crowd as the American hit a five-star vacation in the Bahamas. Danielle Collins© Danielle Collins/Instagram – Fair Use During a tight three-set win over home favorite Destanee Aiava in the second round, the world No. 12 was going back and forth with the…
Ons Jabeur funnily revealed that during the first session, she told her husband and fitness coach not to tell her what to do and that their first session didn’t really go that well. In 2015, the WTA star married former Tunisian fencer Karim Kamoun. Two years later, the Tunisian tennis star figured out that her…
The third place achieved this Sunday in the Ras Al Khaimah championship of the DP World Tour has allowed David Puig to reach his best position in the world golf ranking, 87, only surpassed by Jon Rahm, who, by not scoring points due to being on the LIV circuit, continues to fall in the list…
Patrick Mouratoglou reveals the chatter in the locker room is that Joao Fonseca will be a top-10 player by the end of this season as Serena Williams’ ex-coach shares he is also a fan of the Brazilian’s game but also his personality. After winning the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, the 18-year-old continued his…
As was expected, world no. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from this week’s ATP 500 event in Rotterdam. The Italian will drop 500 ATP points after winning the event a year ago, which is not a reason for concern following his Australian Open title seven days ago. World no. 3 Carlos Alcaraz will lead the draw…
Aryna Sabalenka confirms something on the mental plan happened that caused her stunning serving issues in 2022 as the Belarusian reveals at one point she even started contemplating retirement. If you remember well, the Belarusian tennis star was mightily struggling with her serve throughout 2022 – especially at the start of the season when she…