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Naomi Osaka maybe didn’t have a desired ending to her Miami Open run but it doesn’t change the fact that she still absolutely enjoyed her time at the tournament. On Monday, the Japanese was aiming to get her fourth consecutive win but also register her first top-10 victory in 2025. And after winning the opening…
World no. 168 Stan Wawrinka is back at Challengers for the first time since October last year. The oldest player in top-200 has yet to score a win on the ATP level in 2025. The Swiss decided to step down to Challengers, starting his clay swing in Naples. The former Roland Garros champion faced a…
Taylor Fritz is through to the last 16 at the home Miami Open. The top-ranked American faced Denis Shapovalov in the third round and scored a 7-5, 6-3 victory in an hour and 26 minutes. Thus, the American defeated the Canadian for the third time in the previous four encounters. The 3rd seed claimed 19…
Novak Djokovic will return to the Madrid Masters next month. The three-time Caja Magica champion will compete in the Spanish capital for the first time since 2022 and only the second after 2019. Thus, Novak should enter the opening four Masters 1000 events of the season, making a change in comparison to 2024 and playing much…
Elena Rybakina has been spotted practicing with Stefano Vukov at a private tennis club ahead of the upcoming clay season, but while some fans are surprised, they aren’t breaching any rules since the Croatian is only not allowed to accompany the Kazakh on official tournament sites. After the Australian Open finished, the WTA confirmed that…
Boris Becker isn’t a supporter of the PTPA suing the governing bodies of tennis as the German tennis legend has stated that he “cannot take it seriously” when one of the main faces behind the lawsuit is a person who doesn’t have a tennis background. A week ago, the Novak Djokovic-led PTPA announced it was…
In a recent comment on the PTPA lawsuit against the ATP, WTA, ITF, and ITIA, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka shared her thoughts on the ongoing legal battle, acknowledging the need for a greater share of tournament revenue for players. However, she made it clear that she has kept her focus on tennis and didn’t…
Watch out On Saturday, Jakub Mensik did it again. Jack Draper was coming off an Indian Wells title, the fortnight of his career, but Mensik was a little bit better. Both sets went to tiebreaks, and twice, at six-all, the 19-year-old Czech took his serving to a new level. He won 14 of 19 tiebreak…
Iga Swiatek seemingly had one thing in mind after completing a late-night 7-6 (5) 6-3 Miami win over Elina Svitolina as the Pole couldn’t wait to crawl into her bed and get some sleep. On Monday, the Pole and Ukrainian saw the start of their match pushed back for two hours. When they got to…
Alex de Minaur battled against the young gun Joao Fonseca and his partisan Brazilian crowd at Miami Open’s Stadium. The 10th seed prevailed over a teenager 5-7, 7-5 6-3 in two hours and 31 minutes for a place in the last 16. Joao had a chance to notch another notable victory during his brilliant Miami…