The first round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells delivered a tough blow to fans, with Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova both suffering early exits from the tournament. Naomi Osaka, who is still working to regain her form after an extended hiatus due to an abdominal injury that forced her withdrawal from the…

Emma Raducanu admits she didn’t think at all about the Dubai stalking incident in Indian Wells and said her early loss happened because she wasn’t prepared well but also the very tricky conditions.  On Thursday, the 55th-ranked Briton saw her campaign in the desert come to an end in the first round after Moyuka Uchijima…

Janko Tipsarevic is calling nonsense on claims that Novak Djokovic hired Andy Murray only to make the headlines as the former Serbian tennis star even believes that the record 24-time Grand Slam champion made an outstanding choice in adding the Briton to his team. For weeks, the Serb’s critics and doubters had been pushing the…

Taylor Fritz has confirmed that he is interested in teaming up with Elena Rybakina for the US Open mixed doubles and also reveals that he has already sent a proposal the Kazakh’s way. On Tuesday night in Indian Wells, the fourth-ranked ATP star and the 2022 Wimbledon champion stormed through the Eisenhower Cup final to…

Andy Roddick doesn’t think there are any reasons for Coco Gauff to be receiving criticism for her appearance at the Oscars when it is a well-known thing that the 20-year-old goes very professionally and seriously about her career. After seeing her Australian Open title chances come to an end with a surprise quarterfinal loss to…

Naomi Osaka says the hardest thing to accept about her 2025 season is feeling that she could have easily made a deep Australian Open run, but instead of kicking off her year with a bang, she found herself treating an injury and going from scratch again.  For Wednesday’s schedule, the Indian Wells organizers put the…

Kei Nishikori acknowledges he is aware that he is in the last stages of his career and admits he now deals with “a different kind of frustration” but also adds that he is trying to keep a positive perspective and enjoy the time he has left in tennis.  On Wednesday, the 35-year-old clinched a hard-fought…

Janko Tipsarevic doesn’t rate tennis coaches highly as the former world No. 8 believes most of them are nothing else but “glorified towel boys or girls.” The Serb, who was one of the best players in the game a decade and a half ago, has been running a tennis academy in Belgrade for years and…

18-year-old Joao Fonseca is off to a winning start at the first Masters 1000 event of the season. The young Brazilian debuted in Indian Wells against Jacob Fearnley on Stadium 1 and earned a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 triumph in two hours.  Fonseca lost the ground in the second set and trailed 3-1 in the decider…

Iga Swiatek highlights she hates to see players receiving verbal abuse from angry bettors but also adds she is aware that betting companies are “a big business” and therefore will likely always be there.  While tennis players often post hateful and threatening messages they receive after losses, it is not a secret that some tennis…