Joao Fonseca is making a name for himself at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025! The 18-year-old Brazilian wrapped up the previous year with the Next Gen ATP Finals crown in Jeddah. Joao started the 2025 campaign with the Canberra Challenger trophy.  The young gun stormed over the field, displaying his rich…

Naomi Osaka has made her first WTA final in three years and she is a win away from lifting her first title as a mom.  On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Japanese ousted world No. 82 Alycia Parks 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal of the WTA 250 tournament in Auckland.  On paper, it looks like a routine…

Pat Cash says Emma Raducanu “certainly has got the talent to compete at the top level” and even thinks the 22-year-old has more potential than world No. 8 and 2024 US Open semifinalist Emma Navarro.  Since winning the US Open in 2021, the Briton hasn’t made any finals but constant injuries which resulted in three…

With the arrival of The Sentry in Kapalua (Hawaii), a new year on the PGA Tour begins. The new additions to the tournament are the withdrawals of Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland due to domestic accidents. The former suffered glass cuts on the palm of his hand and the latter broke a little finger after…

Mirra Andreeva defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4 7-6 (2) to reach the Brisbane International semifinal in style and also emulated one of Maria Sharapova’s impressive feats.  When the 17-year-old takes on world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday, she will be appearing in her fourth WTA semifinal.  And when that happens, she will join the Russian…

Sloane Stephens has a pretty blunt message for those calling on her to retire as the former world No. 3 says there is no need for that since she is still earning pretty good money.  After becoming a Grand Slam champion eight years ago and also winning her first WTA 1000 title at the 2018…

Iga Swiatek says it is absolutely not true that her intention was to throw Katie Boulter off her game when she called a medical timeout early in the third set of their United Cup thriller.  On Thursday, the Polish tennis star and the top-ranked British tennis player were in the midst of a grueling battle and…

Alexander Shevchenko, who starred with Kazakhstan in the United Cup, has raised concerns about the extreme conditions players are playing in on occasion. Heat was a feature on Day 4 of the mixed team competition, with temperatures in Perth exceeding 35 degrees during the Kazakhstan-German clash. The 24-year-old took the deciding point by coming from…

Just days after Elena Rybakina made the surprising announcement that she was reinstating Stefano Vukov as her coach—despite ongoing controversy surrounding their professional relationship—a new twist has emerged. The WTA has provisionally suspended Vukov amid an investigation into alleged misconduct. Vukov, who played a pivotal role in guiding Rybakina to her 2022 Wimbledon victory, now…