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Iga Swiatek has made another change to her staff as she is parting ways with long-time PR manager Paula Wolecka and filling in that spot with Daria Sulgostowska. For the Polish tennis superstar, this is a second team change she has made over the last few months. Previously, she put a curtain on her three-year…
Fans and insiders have very high expectations on Emma Raducanu for 2025. The British player has shown positive signs in the 2024 season, defeating several high-level opponents and finally showing a good attitude on court. Emma’s life and career have totally changed since the 2021 US Open, when she shocked the whole world by winning…
Stefanos Tsitsipas opened up in a live Instagram with fans and told what he had to go through in recent months. The two-time Slam finalist won the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, which was the only highlight of a season in which he experienced many difficulties, definitively ending the collaboration with his father Apostolos (from a work…
Toni Nadal and Carlos Moya shaped Rafael Nadal’s glorious career. Moya, the late coach of the legendary 22-time Grand Slam winner, told how he realized early on that Rafa was destined for the top spot, in a special released by the ATP. “When young Rafa started to have his first successes, his parents made sure…
In the splendid setting of the Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, which will hold 15 thousand spectators, Juan Martin Del Potro gave farewell to tennis in a match against his friend and rival Novak Djokovic. And precisely for the exhibition against the Argentine, the 24-time Grand Slam champion shared deep thoughts about his emotions, especially…
Jannik Sinner still does not know his fate regarding the doping case. The world number 1 thought that this ugly story had ended in August, when ITIA had acknowledged his full innocence shortly before the start of the US Open. The previous months had been very stressful for the Italian ace, who had spent several…
There has been much criticism regarding the alleged unequal treatment between Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek, following the Polish player’s positive test at TMZ. And one of these harsh attacks, perpetuated by former Romanian legend Ilie Nastase (in support of his countrywoman) unexpectedly brought up (and attacked) Jannik Sinner. The Polish and the Italian were…
Yevgeny Kafelnikov teams up with Nick Kyrgios: the result is a new harsh attack against Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner regarding the controversial Clostebol and TMZ doping issues. Already in recent days the Russian had posted on his X profile: “Sometimes I ask myself, but why the hell I haven’t used steroids throughout my career. So…
Hubert Hurkacz announced last week that Ivan Lendl and Nicolas Massu are being added to his coaching team for the upcoming 2025 tennis season. The 27-year-old Pole had previously been working with Craig Boynton, and together they had a successful five-year run. Hurkacz peaked at No. 6 in the world this summer and was seemingly…
Jannik Sinner rules men’s tennis in 2024! The Italian won 73 of 79 matches and collected eight ATP titles and the Davis Cup trophy for his country. Alongside many records, Jannik achieved a special feat mirrored only by Roger Federer. Sinner clinched a set in every of 79 encounters in 2024. The last player who…