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A week has passed since the Iga Swiatek doping news came to light and Simona Halep says her old demons returned and she “lost my sleep again” because she has a hard time accepting what she believes is a completely different in the handlings of her and the cases of the Pole and Jannik Sinner. …
Photo credit: Emma Wannie / MSGE Directly above Penn Station, tennis took the express route to prominence. The Garden Cup exhibition starring Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton, Emma Navarro and Jessica Pegula rocked a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. More than 19,000 fans packed MSG to see the all-American women’s clash with US Open…
If Jannik Sinner and Anna Kalinskaya seem to be going through a crisis, there is a couple that makes fans dream: Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur. As both the British player and the Australian player have said several times, their relationship has allowed them both to live their Tour commitments with greater serenity and…
Jannik Sinner attended the 2024 Supertennis Awards along with many other Italian tennis players who have performed a great season. The world number 1 has won among other things the Australian Open, US Open, ATP Finals and Davis Cup this season. The Italian, interviewed by Supertennis, said the best thing of the year has been…
Iga Swiatek is officially no longer a suspended player after her doping ban expired on Wednesday and the International Tennis Integrity Agency removed her from their sanctions list. Last Thursday, the ITIA announced that the five-time Grand Slam champion provided a sample in August which came back as positive for a banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ).…
After his victories at the ATP Finals and Davis Cup Finals, Jannik Sinner reportedly flew to Miami to celebrate Anna Kalinskaja’s birthday, who turned 26 last Monday. And it was a very discreet trip, considering that neither the Italian nor the Russian posted images, videos or anything else about their reunion. For several weeks now,…
Andrea Petkovic applauded Iga Swiatek for the way she handled the doping situation as the 2014 French Open semifinalist fully believes that the Pole was going through a very rough time because she knew she was innocent. Shortly after the ITIA announced last Thursday that the world No. 2 tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) and…
On the green, in Saudi Arabia, with many of the stars of Liv Golf, the Arab Super League. The Italian Stefano Mazzoli, from tomorrow to Saturday 7 December will face, in Riyadh and in the PIF Saudi International, the last tournament of the Asian Tour 2024, many champions of the separatist league. From Dustin Johnson…
Andy Roddick candidly admitted that “a chucker like me” didn’t have enough to really threaten Roger Federer, who “completely transformed tennis” with his game and astonishing talent. In the 2000s, the American was widely regarded as one of the best players in the game and the expectation was that he would win multiple Grand Slams…
Dinara Safina thinks Iga Swiatek is very good at “disguising” her emotions but the former world No. 1 is not ruling the possibility of the Pole “crumbling” following the doping news. After the five-time Grand Slam champion didn’t play at all during the Asian swing due to “personal reasons,” it was revealed last Thursday that…