Martin Landaluce did not want to rush things and seek invitations for the qualifying draws at Majors in 2024. Instead, the Madrid native stayed at Challengers and wrapped up the season ranked 151st. Was that the right call? No doubt! Landaluce will now debut at Majors at the Australian Open. The 19-year-old Spaniard passed three…

Aryna Sabalenka, defending champion and No.1 seed, will play her Australian Open 2025 first round against the American Sloane Stephens. On the opposite side Katerina Siniakova will be the opponent of the No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek. Jasmine Paolini, No. 4 seed ended up in the lower part of the draw with Swiatek and has…

Did anyone want to see Joao Fonseca on the other side of the net in Melbourne? No! Was the fear justified? Indeed! The young Brazilian will compete in his first Australian Open main draw. Joao arrived in Melbourne after having won the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah and the Canberra Challenger crown. He faced no issues in…

LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann and PGA Tour player Nicolai Hojgaard have both accepted special invitations. It is known that LIV Golfers do not have many ways to play the Majors, and one of the ways is definitely special invitations. The well known names of this controversial Tour are hoping they could get such invitations, and…

Naomi Osaka expressed hope not to draw Caroline Garcia again at the Australian Open and exactly that happened. On Thursday, the draw for the opening Grand Slam of the year was released and it revealed that first-round action would see the two-time Australian Open champion and the Frenchwoman taking on each other.  Last year, the…

Unseeded Emma Raducanu is set for a very tricky opener at the Australian Open after suffering a setback and being forced to miss Auckland due to a back injury. On Thursday, the draw for this year’s Happy Slam was released and the 2021 US Open champion learned that she would take on world No. 27…

Mark Petchey acknowledges being labeled “a one-Slam wonder” is an extremely difficult thing to deal with but also urged Emma Raducanu to be “confident” and believe in herself to the fullest because that’s the only way how she can reach the desired heights and shut up her critics.  Since becoming a Grand Slam champion in…

John McEnroe made a very interesting point about Emma Raducanu’s struggles as the American tennis legend thinks the 22-year-old’s mentality may be causing more issues than the actual injuries.  Since winning the 2021 US Open, the British tennis star has regularly battled physical setbacks – especially during the 2022 and 2023 seasons before undergoing surgeries…

Grand Slam doubles legend Rennae Stubbs thinks Stefano Vukov’s return to Elena Rybakina’s team would also mean the end of the Kazakh’s partnership with Goran Ivanisevic because the latter would “not stand being a part of a dysfunctional relationship.” Last week, the 2022 Wimbledon winner announced through Instagram that she was bringing back her former…