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Rafael Nadal has not played tennis since retiring at last year’s Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. However, Rafa can not say no to his other sporting love: football! The Spaniard enjoyed a relaxed day with his friends at the Academy. They embraced a football match, and Rafa joked with La Liga if they needed new talents. After…
Doubles specialist Andrea Vavassori enjoyed a great singles ride at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam. The Italian passed the qualifying stage and delivered two victories in the main draw to arrange the quarter-final clash versus Carlos Alcaraz. World no. 3 scored a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory in 63 minutes. The Italian could not do much…
Karolina Muchova is withdrawing from the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha due to an unspecified injury but hopes to be ready to return to action in Dubai. After suffering a second-round exit at the Australian Open following a loss to Naomi Osaka, the Czech tennis star competed at the WTA 500 tournament in Linz last…
Rick Macci sees a silver lining in Aryna Sabalenka’s heartbreaking Australian Open final as Serena Williams’ childhood coach thinks this will only make the Belarusian mentally stronger and lead to more Grand Slam titles in her collection. After dominating the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open editions, the world No. 1 appeared to be destined to…
Novak Djokovic took a moment to pay tribute to Simona Halep as the Serb hailed the Romanian’s career as amazing after the 33-year-old walked away from pro tennis this week. After dealing with a lingering knee issue for quite some time and being limited to only a handful of tournaments since being cleared to return…
Alex de Minaur plays qualifier Mattia Bellucci for a place in the Rotterdam final. Photo credit: 2023 National Bank Open presented by Rogers ABN AMRO Rotterdam Open Rotterdam, NetherlandsFebruary 3-9, 2025 Surface: Hard CourtPrize Money: €2,134,985 Rotterdam A Crown Jewel of Indoor Tennis Since 1974 countless legends have graced the court in Rotterdam Ahoy. From…
Davide Sanguinetti has confirmed Elena Rybakina’s plan is to move forward with two coaches and that he gladly accepted to work alongside Stefano Vukov. After the Kazakh’s plans to return Vukov to her team were revealed just before the Australian Open, early rumors indicated that Goran Ivanisevic was “blindsided” by the move. And only a…
Coach Rick Macci believes Coco Gauff’s potential is “unlimited” but has identified her second serve and forehand as two shots that must be addressed in order for the American to become a dominant Grand Slam force. Even before the 20-year-old became a Major winner at the 2023 US Open, Serena Williams’ childhood coach was publicly…
Three years after claiming the Dallas Open title, Reilly Opelka plays well again at the home event. The giant server received a wild card for the main draw and defeated two rivals en route to the quarter-final. The American battled against Cameron Norrie in the second round and prevailed 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in two and a…
World no. 3 Carlos Alcaraz is safely through into the last four at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam. Like in the second round, Alcaraz enjoyed a relaxed day at the office in the quarter-final against his compatriot, Pedro Martinez. Carlos ousted Pedro 6-2, 6-1 in 70 minutes after a dominant performance on serve and…