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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…
The WTA seemingly addressed the Paula Badosa controversy in silence as players received an email in which they were warned about “distasteful” social media posts and that it “will not be tolerated.” In late September and early November, the Spanish tennis star competed at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, where she made the semifinal…
United States of America dominates the WTA ranking. This is the verdict that we can acquire by reading the women’s ranking after the end of this intense season. Behind the Americans, Russia follows at a distance, then the Czech Republic at an even further distance. USA leads this ranking with 17 players among the top…
ATP gives all tennis fans the chance to vote for the best matches of 2024. The Association Tennis Professionals has selected a series of matches played in the Slam tournaments to be considered among the best that have been played this year. There are five choices that have been made, even if probably some fans…
Photo credit: Madison Square Garden Facebook Stars who lit up Arthur Ashe stadium with spellbinding shotmaking bring the magic to Madison Square Garden tonight. The 2022 US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz faces 2023 Flushing Meadows semifinalist Ben Shelton and US Open finalist Jessica Pegula will play US Open semifinalist Emma Navarro in The Garden Cup exhibition event tonight. Tonight, MSG…
Rick Macci is a coach who knows about great champions. In his legendary career he trained Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova and, above all, the sisters Venus and Serena Williams. The American coach has now praised Jannik Sinner, calling him the player who changed tennis. 2024 has given the young Italian many joys in…
In one of the latest episodes of his podcast Served with, the legendary American Andy Roddick offered his followers an in-depth analysis on Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol doping issue. A situation that sees the fate of the young Italian still hanging in the balance: a disqualification sentence that could be 1-2 years (that’s what WADA is…
Victory, glory, titles and a stain called doping: this, in cold analysis, has been Jannik Sinner’s season. If on the court the Italian has won two Majors, the ATP Finals, the Davis Cup and a total of 8 titles, the difficulties following the positivity to Clostebol found in Indian Wells in March have tested him…
A couple of days ago, Juan Martin del Potro played the last match of his career in an exhibition versus Novak Djokovic in Buenos Aires. The 2009 US Open champion gave everything to extend his career following two severe knee injuries. He underwent six surgeries between 2019 and 2022 but without result. Del Potro has…