Rafael Nadal retired from professional tennis at the Davis Cup Finals in November. Two decades after debuting for Spain, the veteran played his last match in the national jersey. He ended his incredible career in front of the home fans in Malaga and returned to his paradise island of Mallorca.  While not competing anymore, Rafa still…

American Learner Tien, who shocked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open, will play Delray Beach qualifying next week. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour Rising American stars will ride winning waves into Delray Beach. Australian Open breakout stars Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy are set to play the Delray Beach Open qualifying event as part of Opening Weekend February 7-9…

Novak Djokovic’s injury has stirred oceans of opinions among the media, players, former players and fans. A premise that I want to make before going on in the article: A competitor like Nole must have suffered too much physically, to retire at the end of the first set of the Australian Open 2025 semifinal, otherwise…

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley is confident that Novak Djokovic will return to Melbourne in 2026! The ten-time champion experienced a challenging campaign in Melbourne last week, injuring his left leg and retiring in the semi-final against Alexander Zverev.  Novak sustained a hamstring injury in the quarter-final duel versus Carlos Alcaraz. Struggling with his…

CBS golf analyst Dottie Pepper is not delighted about the changes in the golf scene, putting an emphasis on the sport of play on the PGA Tour. The Farmers Insurance Open was just a confirmation of what was said earlier.  The final group consisting of Aldrick Potgeitere, Andrew Novak and Harris English spent the entire…

Alexander Zverev was very sad and heartbroken after the final of the 2025 Australian Open, in which he was defeated by Jannik Sinner quite clearly. The world number 2 never gave the feeling of being able to put the Italian ace in difficulty, who controlled the match from start to finish and prevailed in three…

The first Slam semifinal reached in her career did not go according to plan – at least from the point of view of the result – but Paula Badosa has learned to appreciate every moment that tennis allows her to experience along the way. The Spanish player is aware that a defeat, matured in two…

On the eve of the Australian Open 2025 semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev, the former legends John McEnroe and Boris Becker did not spend too much sporting words towards the Serbian champion. Both almost questioned the real extent of his injury and sent a sort of message to Zverev, in view of the…

A fan among the crowd at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne started yelling before Alexander Zverev talked after collecting the second-placed player’s plate, on the sidelines of the Australian Open 2025 final: An episode did not go unnoticed before the award ceremony. Shortly after, even from his calm looks, it was clear that the person in…

Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait for another year to chase a Career Grand Slam in Melbourne. The 21-year-old suffered the Australian Open quarter-final loss to Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena. Thus, the Spaniard ended his campaign Down Under in the last eight for the second straight year. While leaving Melbourne much earlier than…