Eva Lys delivered an outstanding performance today to beat world No. 70 Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-3 in the Dubai qualifying final round.  After being one of the best stories of this year’s Australian Open and making the round-of-16 as a lucky loser, the rising German came to the United Arab Emirates this week hoping to…

World no. 1 Jannik Sinner accepted a three-month suspension following a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regarding two positive drug tests in March last year! The suspension starts immediately, and the Italian will stay away from the court until May 4. Jannik will not compete in Doha next week despite traveling and training ahead of…

The cameras picked up an outstanding moment in Doha as an angry Iga Swiatek was smashing her racket while Jelena Ostapenko observed it and laughed.  After falling short in her four first matches against the Latvian, the five-time Grand Slam champion entered their Doha semifinal hoping to finally get one win in their meetings.  But…

Alexander Zverev took a moment to pay a very nice tribute to retiring Diego Schwartzman, calling him “a giant of the sport.” After announcing his retirement plans in May, the 32-year-old ended his professional tennis journey in front of his home fans in Buenos Aires this week.  During his career, the Argentine made a Grand…

Holger Rune didn’t enjoy an impressive campaign at this year’s Buenos Aires and later admitted that playing at the Argentina Open was probably a mistake considering that he didn’t feel anywhere near his best. The Dane, who was the second-seeded player in Argentina’s capital this week, had a first-round bye at the tournament. On Thursday,…

Jon Wertheim described the entire Elena Rybakina-Stefano Vukov situation as “a messy business” as the tennis insider highlights that the Kazakh is a grown woman and can do whatever she wants with her life but also suggests that she shouldn’t tolerate some things.  In case you missed it, the WTA upheld the ban of the…

Daniil Medvedev is through to his first semi-final of the season in Marseille. The former champion faced Jan-Lennard Struff in the quarter-final and scored a 6-3, 6-2 win in an hour and 18 minutes.  Like in the second round, Medvedev controlled the pace against a dangerous rival on an indoor court. The Russian took 17…

Jelena Ostapenko claimed she was very confident that she would beat Iga Swiatek again because of their head-to-head record following their Doha match. On Friday, the unseeded Latvian crushed the second-seeded Pole 6-3 6-1 in the Qatar Open semifinal. Following her win, Ostapenko improved to an absolutely impressive 5-0 head-to-head versus the five-time Grand Slam…

It was legitimate to expect much more from the collaboration between Daniil Medvedev and Gilles Simon. The former French ace seemed very suitable for the role of coach after a career in which he was able to enhance his skills as best he could, although he did not have the power from the baseline and…

Jelena Ostapenko delivered a stunning performance to end Iga Swiatek‘s three-year dominance at the Qatar Totalenergies Open, defeating the world number two in straight sets. The Latvian needed just 68 minutes to secure a commanding 6-3 6-1 victory, advancing to her 17th career WTA final and maintaining her flawless record against Swiatek. This semifinal result…