David Goffin didn’t really appreciate one of Ben Shelton’s gestures during their Acapulco match and he made sure to return the favor to the 22-year-old. Up by a set and serving at 0-1 0/15 in the second set, the Belgian hit a miss-hit and the ball went well out to make the score in the…

At the White House, May 10, 1922. Second from left is Molla Mallory; fourth is President Warren Harding; fifth is Marion Zinderstein Jessup. Previous: January February did not go as planned here at the blog — illness and the day job intervened. March should be better. Anyway, here’s this month’s grab bag of links, historical…

World no. 6 Daniil Medvedev experienced another blow in Dubai. The former champion wasted four match points versus Tallon Griekspoor in the quarter-final and fell 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 in two hours and 36 minutes! The Russian argued with the chair umpire and lost his focus in the pivotal moments to leave another tournament without lifting…

Xander Schauffele, the man who excelled last year playing on the PGA Tour, faced unexpected situations this year. A rib injury has appeared to be an obstacle on the way to the same goal, but Schauffele could return next week, at least if Dan Rapaport’s posts via his X account are to be believed.  Rapaport announced…

Daniil Medvedev capped off his rough day at the office by absolutely obliterating his racket moments after a shock defeat to Tallon Griekspoor. After routinely winning the first set, the No. 1 seed appeared to be heading toward registering a straight-set quarterfinal win. But then, the Russian missed out on four match points late in…

The HSBC Women’s World Championship is a competition that creates excitement and joy among fans. One of the two main actors of this tournament will be Charley Hull and Lydia Ko. Namely, these two golfers moved to the top after two rounds. Lydia Ko is only one stroke behind the leader. Hull is in third…

Felix Auger-Aliassime is in the midst of a deep Dubai run and that’s only the beginning since the world No. 21 aims to return inside the top-10 and also clinch an ATP Finals spot.  After winning Adelaide and Montpellier in the first month of 2025, the Canadian has now been through to the semifinal of…

Belinda Bencic made an interesting revelation to Caroline Garcia during her appearance on the Frenchwoman’s podcast as the 27-year-old shared that struggling with injuries very early in her career actually helped her.  Eight years ago, then-the rising Swiss star missed the entire clay season due to a small scar of the periosteum at the coccyx.…

Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz are set to return as a duo for this year’s Eisenhower Cup as the Polish star pair will try to win the Tie-Break Tens event and collect a very nice $200k cheque on March 4th. Since 2022, the Indian Wells organizers have been organizing a star-studded mixed doubles event just…

Matteo Berrettini suggests he doesn’t really have a problem with the balls becoming slower but “the real issue” is that the balls used in tournaments are changing weekly.  For the past two years, some of the biggest ATP and WTA players have been very critical and outspoken about the balls used on the Tour, with…