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Holger Rune will be one of the key players for Denmark to face the first round of the Davis Cup: the team will be waiting in these days for the match with Serbia, who however will not take part in the confrontation due to the injury suffered at the Australian Open. At the press conference, the…
No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari is out of the WTA 500 tournament in Linz after suffering a major collapse and fifth-seeded Dayana Yastremska taking advantage of it to book a 7-5 6-0 win and progress into the semifinal. Through the opening four games of the match, the Greek was twice up by a break but…
Former Australian tennis player Rennae Stubbs has revealed that she knows what will happen to Jannik Sinner, during the CAS trial of next April. The ATP world number 1, fresh champion at the Australian Open 2025 after beating Alexander Zverev in the final, awaits the outcome of the hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in…
Patrick Mouratoglou, in one of his latest videos The Coach shared on his Instagram profile, analyzed the rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. The coach of Naomi Osaka posted a video after the conclusion of the Australian Open 2025 in which he takes stock of the rivalry between the Italian and the Spaniard. Expressing an…
Indoor tennis in 1908, at the 7th Regiment Armory in Manhattan Hey, look, another new thing! I’m aping TheZvi and ACX in an attempt to clear out my notebook and help you find the better tennis stuff out there. It will be a mix of worthwhile links, historical tidbits, and trivia that doesn’t quite merit…
Anna Kalinskaya was drawn into a three-setter with world No. 132 Manachaya Sawangkaew but didn’t allow any upsets to happen after coming up big in the decider to seal a 6-3 4-6 6-0 win over the Thai qualifier and progress into the Singapore Open semifinal. After four relatively calm games, the top seed earned the…
Naomi Osaka definitely won’t be returning to action next week after pulling her name out of the Abu Dhabi Open alternates list. After retiring injured at the Australian Open, the Japanese was signed up for next week’s WTA 500 tournament in the United Arab Emirates. However, since she didn’t make the main draw cut, she…
Holger Rune doesn’t necessarily agree that he should change some things in his game as the 21-year-old thinks he just needs to work on crafting the weapons he already has and “maximizing” his potential. After winning the Paris Masters in late 2022 and breaking into the top-10, the Dane’s next goals were to win a…
Emma Raducanu got back to work instantly after an early Singapore Open loss as she hit the gym and started preparing for the next challenges. This week, the former world No. 10 played her second tournament of the season after accepting a wildcard into Singapore just before the start of the Australian Open. But sadly…
Henry Bernet reveals Roger Federer personally reached out to him following his Australian Open triumph to congratulate and wish him all the best going forward. The rising Swiss tennis star, who turned 18 last Saturday, capped off his junior career by winning the 2025 Australian Open boys’ singles title. En route to winning the title,…