Coco Gauff acknowledges she is perfectly aware that the strategy against her is to target her forehand side but also adds that she has upped her aggressiveness on that side so her rivals don’t feel as comfortable doing that.  When the American was going through a crisis in 2023, many identified her forehand as the…

Home favorite Emma Navarro created a miraculous comeback in her Indian Wells opener but didn’t manage to do so against Donna Vekic as the No. 19 seed claimed a 7-6 (5) 6-1 win.  After saving two consecutive match points and recovering from a 3-5 third-set deficit against Sorana Cirstea, the American struggled heavily on her…

Zheng Qinwen didn’t have to think much when asked if she would rather win a Grand Slam or reach the world No. 1 title as the 22-year-old admitted that as a kid she only dreamed of lifting a Major title and nothing else. At the start of 2024, the Chinese tennis star came only one…

Mirra Andreeva may have beaten Elena Rybakina just last month but the 17-year-old doesn’t expect to have an easy job at all when they meet again in Indian Wells. In a rematch of last month’s WTA 1000 final in Dubai, the Russian destroyed Clara Tauson 6-3 6-0. Now in the Indian Wells round-of-16, the 17-year-old…

Karl Vilips, in just his fourth competition on the PGA Tour, the third of the season, won his first title on the circuit by winning the Puerto Rico Open with 262 (65 67 66 64, -26), beating by three shots the Danish Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, second with 265 (-23) and Joseph Bramlett, third with 267 (-21).…

Aryna Sabalenka suggests she would prefer to have a shorter gap between the Australian Open and the French Open, a move which would at the same time make a bigger between Roland Garros and Wimbledon.  After losing the Australian Open final to Madison Keys, the world No. 1 competed in the opening two WTA 1000…

Scottish Calum Hill won the Joburg Open with 266 (69 66 69 62, -14) shots, a DP World Tour event organized in collaboration with the Sunshine Tour and played on the Houghton Golf Club course (par 70), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 30-year-old from Kirkcaldy finished the tournament tied with South Africans Jacques Kruyswijk (266…

Mirra Andreeva doesn’t agree at all that Indian Wells’ courts are similar to the ones at the French Open but also isn’t denying Novak Djokovic’s claim that the ball bounces high in the desert. After years of hearing that their hard-court was one of the slowest on the Tour, the Indian Wells organizers made a…

Madison Keys complicated things but ultimately managed to beat Elise Mertens 6-2 6-7 (8) 6-4 and avoid what would have been an absolutely shocking loss in the Indian Wells third round. The American, who entered the clash riding a 13-match winning streak, claimed breaks in the fourth and eighth games to bag the first set.…

Sergiy Stakhovsky says he has adjusted to living in a war-zone life and claims he is ready to “die for Ukraine” if that will help his country defend its land.  When the war started over three years ago, the former four-time ATP champion returned to Ukraine and voluntarily joined the military reserves. Unfortunately for him,…