Over time, many characters linked to tennis, but not tennis players, have managed to enter the collective imagination of fans: one of these is certainly the now former chair umpire Carlos Bernardes, who ended his career as an umpire at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. Bernardes has seen several generations of tennis players at…

Henry Searle will seek his first Challenger title at the Lexus Nottingham Challenger. The 18-year-old ousted Mika Brunold 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 in two hours and 28 minutes for a place in his first Challenger final. The former Wimbledon junor champion entered the special list. Namely, Henry beame the fifth player born in 2006 with the Challenger final, joining…

John McEnroe has raised a criticism of the tennis system, proposing a solution, regarding the doping issues that involved Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner last year. The former American champion argued that the reputation of tennis has not been tarnished by the cases of the Polish and the Italian, highlighting how instead a figure that…

As everyone knows, Jannik Sinner is waiting to know his fate in relation to the doping case that has hit him in recent months. The dates on which the arbitration procedure between WADA and Jannik will take place before the CAS in Lausanne have finally been announced. Jannik Sinner, Australian Open 2025© Stream screenshot  …

Two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka faces 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens in her AO opener on Sunday in Melbourne. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images Australian Open Melbourne ParkMelbourne, AustraliaJanuary 12-26, 2025A$86.5 million ($58.91 million U.S. dollars)Hard Court History At Stake at 2025 Australian Open Ten-time AO champion Novak Djokovic returns playing for…

The young American Nishesh Basavareddy will remember his Major debut for good! The 19-year-old will face the ten-time Australian Open champion, Novak Djokovic, at Rod Laver are in the first round in Melbourne.  The Newport Beach native with Indian origins conquered the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge following three notable Challenger results. Thus, he punched his…

Returning to Australia, after what happened in 2022, is no longer the same for Novak Djokovic. The memories linked to Melbourne obviously remain wonderful, because the Belgrade native has won ten times at the Australian Open, but the thought of the nights spent at the Park Hotel – actually intended for refugees and asylum seekers…

Tomas Martin Etcheverry, three-set marathon expert I run a lot of queries, and people often ask me arcane trivia questions. Has this ever happened before? Is that a record? My beat seems to be the super-niche stuff that no one would ever bother to include in the official media notes. The Trivia Notebook is my…

No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula and world No. 20 Madison Keys have set up an all-American final at the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide.  On Friday, the top seed – who is playing her first tournament of the year – ousted 25th-ranked Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (4) 6-3. Early in the match, Pegula blew an early…

Jannik Sinner talked for the first time about Nick Kyrgios, during the media day of the Australian Open 2025. The Italian was quite clear with his words in the press conference that precedes his first round, scheduled between Monday and Tuesday, responding (so to speak) to the Australian’s provocations regarding the Clostebol doping scandal. The…