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World no. 196 Pablo Carreno Busta is the first winner of the ATP match in the new season. The Spaniard met Alexander Shevchenko 6-2, 6-1 in an hour and four minutes at the United Cup in Perth in Spain’s defeat to Kazakhstan. The former top-10 player dominated on serve and return. Pablo faced two break…
Alexander Shevchenko gave all the credit to Elena Rybakina following their key mixed doubles win, funnily stating that the 2022 Wimbledon champion “carried” their team at the United Cup and that they “would lose” if not for her. After the ATP world No. 78 got crushed by Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2 6-1, it was…
Elena Rybakina kicked off her United Cup debut in some style after winning two matches and leading Kazakhstan to a comeback win in their opening match against Spain. In the opening match of the first day of the season, Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta annihilated Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-1. Next on the court was Rybakina, who…
Emma Raducanu seemingly enjoyed her Christmas in New Zealand very much as the British tennis star spent some time in nature and explored the country’s landscape. For this year’s offseason, the former world No. 10 wanted to do something different so she traveled to Australia for preseason work on December 12th. After getting some work…
Graeme McDowell, the popular Northern Irish golfer and his future are still a big mystery. Although he has been a member of LIV Golf for two years, the 45-year-old is frustrated with the happenings on the golf scene, as he wants to play in the Majors. Considering that the Saudi-backed Tour has not yet been…
The now Frenchman, number 2 in the world rankings (76th on December 16th) believes that the number of points awarded this week at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is too high. Romain Langasque has moved up… but not only in the world rankings where he reached his highest ranking on Monday, December 16th, climbing to…
British tennis player Jodie Burrage says it was Emma Raducanu who played a role in her decision to undergo surgery on her wrist this year. Shortly reaching a career-high ranking of No. 84 in March, the 25-year-old started dealing with wrist issues. Initially, the Briton attempted to continue playing through the injury. But after picking…
The Arnold Palmer Award for the best rookie of the year on the PGA Tour in 2024 did not escape an American. Voted by his peers, Nick Dunlap is the second youngest player to be awarded this trophy after Jordan Spieth in 2013. Nick Dunlap, results “Nick has carved out a place for himself in…
Although he confirmed before the start of the Hero World Challenge that he would not be on golf courses for a long time, Tiger Woods gathered his strength and decided to appear at the PNC Championship, together with his 15-year-old son Charlie. The 48-year-old golfer was aware that a tournament like PNC is not very…
The 2025 tennis season is here! It begins on Friday at the United Cup, a team competition that is taking place in Perth and Sydney. Eighteen nations are competing and they have been placed six different groups of three. The six group winners and the overall second-place teams in each of the two host cities…