Novak Djokovic’s 2025 season began with the semifinals reached at the Australian Open, after the Serbian legend was surprised by Reilly Opelka in his first tournament. The former world No. 1 had not played his best tennis in the first week of the Happy Slam, but he shocked everyone in the quarterfinals by beating Carlos…

Nick Kyrgios wasn’t impressed at all with Jannik Sinner settling with the WADA and avoiding going to the CAS in April. In late September, the WADA lodged an appeal in the ITIA’s ruling that the Italian bore no responsibility for a failed doping test that was caused by the negligence of his former physio Giacomo…

Eva Lys delivered an outstanding performance today to beat world No. 70 Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-3 in the Dubai qualifying final round.  After being one of the best stories of this year’s Australian Open and making the round-of-16 as a lucky loser, the rising German came to the United Arab Emirates this week hoping to…

World no. 1 Jannik Sinner accepted a three-month suspension following a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regarding two positive drug tests in March last year! The suspension starts immediately, and the Italian will stay away from the court until May 4. Jannik will not compete in Doha next week despite traveling and training ahead of…

The cameras picked up an outstanding moment in Doha as an angry Iga Swiatek was smashing her racket while Jelena Ostapenko observed it and laughed.  After falling short in her four first matches against the Latvian, the five-time Grand Slam champion entered their Doha semifinal hoping to finally get one win in their meetings.  But…

Alexander Zverev took a moment to pay a very nice tribute to retiring Diego Schwartzman, calling him “a giant of the sport.” After announcing his retirement plans in May, the 32-year-old ended his professional tennis journey in front of his home fans in Buenos Aires this week.  During his career, the Argentine made a Grand…

Holger Rune didn’t enjoy an impressive campaign at this year’s Buenos Aires and later admitted that playing at the Argentina Open was probably a mistake considering that he didn’t feel anywhere near his best. The Dane, who was the second-seeded player in Argentina’s capital this week, had a first-round bye at the tournament. On Thursday,…

Jon Wertheim described the entire Elena Rybakina-Stefano Vukov situation as “a messy business” as the tennis insider highlights that the Kazakh is a grown woman and can do whatever she wants with her life but also suggests that she shouldn’t tolerate some things.  In case you missed it, the WTA upheld the ban of the…

Daniil Medvedev is through to his first semi-final of the season in Marseille. The former champion faced Jan-Lennard Struff in the quarter-final and scored a 6-3, 6-2 win in an hour and 18 minutes.  Like in the second round, Medvedev controlled the pace against a dangerous rival on an indoor court. The Russian took 17…

Jelena Ostapenko claimed she was very confident that she would beat Iga Swiatek again because of their head-to-head record following their Doha match. On Friday, the unseeded Latvian crushed the second-seeded Pole 6-3 6-1 in the Qatar Open semifinal. Following her win, Ostapenko improved to an absolutely impressive 5-0 head-to-head versus the five-time Grand Slam…