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Mackenzie McDonald takes on No. 8-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Delray Beach on Thursday. Delray Beach Open Delray Beach, FloridaFebruary 10-16, 2025 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €2,134,985 Taylor Fritz Plays for Delray Beach Open Three-Peat Two-time defending champion Taylor Fritz plays for the rare Delray Beach Open three-peat. Americans are the top three seeds with…
Alexander Bublik shared details from one of his conversations with Daniil Medvedev, revealing that once they thought it was “impossible” to break into the top-300 in the world. Although the 27-year-old has been representing Kazakhstan for years, he was born in Russia and grew up with Medvedev. During their junior days but also early stages…
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori blasted the US Open organizers, accusing them of “putting money above tennis” and making the mixed doubles event “a pseudo-exhibition.” After it was rumored that the last Grand Slam of the year was eyeing to make changes to their mixed doubles event, that was confirmed this week and it appears…
Novak Djokovic reveals he was “surprised” by seeing some think of his Australian Open semifinal result as “a success” as the Serb underlines that he went to Melbourne targeting a title. After not winning a Grand Slam last year, the 37-year-old won his opening five matches at Melbourne Park, including a big quarterfinal victory over…
Daniil Medvedev takes the court in Marseille on Thursday. Pohto credit: Rob Stone/@RobStoneTennis Marseille Open Marseille, FranceFebruary 10-16, 2025 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €724,015 Magic in Marseille The Open 13 Provence, held on the Mediterranean coast in the city of Marseille, is one of five French tournaments on the ATP Tour calendar. This week, Daniil…
Jannik Sinner’s doping case continues to be a very delicate topic almost a year after the Italian ace discovered that he had tested positive for Clostebol, in conjunction with the Indian Wells Masters 1000. The world number 1 had immediately understood the origin of his contamination and ITIA had believed his version of the facts,…
Carlos Alcaraz’s first title in 2025 came on his ‘worst’ surface – the indoor hard court – but it has a very special meaning. The young Spanish ace returned to lift a trophy four months after the last time (at the 2024 Beijing ATP 500 last October) and – thanks to his triumph in Rotterdam…
Iga Swiatek was again made to work extremely hard by Linda Noskova but the Pole also came up with the goods when it mattered the most and managed to complete a 6-7 (1) 6-4 6-4 comeback in a high-quality Doha round-of-16 clash. Right from the start of the match, it was clear that the rising…
No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini got crushed in the Doha round-of-16, while sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula enjoyed a good day at the office and progressed into the quarterfinal. The Italian, who made two Grand Slam finals last year, stood no chance against Jelena Ostapenko after the world No. 37 registered a dominant 6-2 6-2 win. For…
Jannik Sinner’s rise has caused a big shake-up on the men’s tour, which has found a new leader capable of being competitive throughout the season. The world number 1 has reached a consistency that has no equal among current players and not even Carlos Alcaraz can come close to him in the ATP ranking. Alexander…