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,…

Even before the start of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, Carlos Alcaraz was considered as the top favorite to lift the trophy. The Spanish ace has triumphed in California in the last two editions and the absence of Jannik Sinner had further increased his chances of prevailing for the third year in a row. His…

Novak Djokovic experienced an early Indian Wells loss for the second straight year. The five-time champion faced a lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round and suffered a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 loss in two hours and one minute.  Thus, the 24-time Major winner notched his third consecutive defeat and extended his poor…

Xander Schauffele, competing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, felt he wouldn’t shine. Coming back from a long injury is always a tough moment, so it’s hard to expect superior performances. The American golfer was primarily focused on playing the tournament without pain and injury, and it seems he succeeded in that.  The 31-year-old looked back…

The Indian Wells tournament has always had a very special value for Taylor Fritz, who grew up in these areas and used to go to see the event with his family when he was a child. The American ace has always dreamed of winning the ‘BNP Paribas Open’ – which is often referred to as…