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Coco Gauff doesn’t disagree with the notion that Iga Swiatek’s confidence levels dropped and also highlighted that she believes the 23-year-old that she didn’t knowingly or intentionally take a banned substance. After the 2024 season ended, it was revealed that the Pole – who failed to make it past the group stage at the WTA…
Gael Monfils will compete in his 35th ATP final in Auckland. The veteran lost to Novak Djokovic in Brisbane at the beginning of the season and found himself in a tough position in the first match in Auckland. However, he bounced back and reached the title clash. Thus, Monfils wrote history books. At 38 years and…
Iga Swiatek admits she had some major concerns about how people would react to her failed doping test but after spending some time with fellow players in the locker room she realized that her explanation was accepted, at least by the majority. In late November, the ITIA announced that the world No. 2 accepted a…
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) has announced that Carla Suarez Navarro, a celebrated former professional tennis player, will take on the role of captain for Spain’s Billie Jean King Cup team for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Hailing from Gran Canaria, Suarez Navarro is set to make her coaching debut during the competition’s group…
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the two new leaders of the ATP tour and have already shown that they can make history in the sport. However, fans and insiders are wondering if any other players will be able to enter the fight between these two young champions in the coming years. Many people believed…
Over time, many characters linked to tennis, but not tennis players, have managed to enter the collective imagination of fans: one of these is certainly the now former chair umpire Carlos Bernardes, who ended his career as an umpire at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. Bernardes has seen several generations of tennis players at…
Henry Searle will seek his first Challenger title at the Lexus Nottingham Challenger. The 18-year-old ousted Mika Brunold 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 in two hours and 28 minutes for a place in his first Challenger final. The former Wimbledon junor champion entered the special list. Namely, Henry beame the fifth player born in 2006 with the Challenger final, joining…
John McEnroe has raised a criticism of the tennis system, proposing a solution, regarding the doping issues that involved Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner last year. The former American champion argued that the reputation of tennis has not been tarnished by the cases of the Polish and the Italian, highlighting how instead a figure that…
As everyone knows, Jannik Sinner is waiting to know his fate in relation to the doping case that has hit him in recent months. The dates on which the arbitration procedure between WADA and Jannik will take place before the CAS in Lausanne have finally been announced. Jannik Sinner, Australian Open 2025© Stream screenshot …
Two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka faces 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens in her AO opener on Sunday in Melbourne. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images Australian Open Melbourne ParkMelbourne, AustraliaJanuary 12-26, 2025A$86.5 million ($58.91 million U.S. dollars)Hard Court History At Stake at 2025 Australian Open Ten-time AO champion Novak Djokovic returns playing for…