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Iga Swiatek admitted she didn’t want her doping case to be made public until she proved her innocence as the Pole felt it would be much harder to clean her name if that happened. In late November, the ITIA announced that the world No. 2 accepted a one-month ban after her doping test from August…
Ekaterina Alexandrova revealed she simply told herself to give it all against Aryna Sabalenka so she wouldn’t have any regrets even if she lost the match. After beating 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Doha first round, the world No. 26 also took down the top-seeded Belarusian 3-6 6-3 7-6 (5). Not only…
Ugo Humbert publicly denied claims that he is about to hire Goran Ivanisevic as his next coach as the 26-year-old revealed he couldn’t believe what he was hearing when the rumors got to him. Recently, the world No. 17 split with Jeremy Chardy, a former French star who worked with him in the last few…
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…