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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…
Alexander Zverev entered the Australian Open as one of the favorites. World no. 2 passed six obstacles and reached his third Major final. However, the defending champion Jannik Sinner proved too strong, sealing the deal in straight sets and extending his reign. Speaking about the Melbourne final following his win at the Miami Open, Alexander…
Iga Swiatek reveals her recent social media letter was mostly directed at Polish people as she wanted to point out some things and hopefully see a change in how she gets treated and supported back home. After failing to end her title drought during the Middle East swing – which has usually been a happy…
Taylor Fritz knows he has a very significant chance at the Miami Open this year. The American ace has not shined in this first segment of the season, partly due to a knee injury that forced him to miss the Acapulco ATP 500 and did not allow him to be at his best at the…
Nick Kyrgios says John Isner was telling the truth when the former American tennis star described Rafael Nadal as “a horrible practice partner.” The American, who launched a tennis podcast last summer along with Jack Sock, Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson, decided to tell one interesting story from the 2017 China Open on his show’s…
Iga Swiatek went through a very unpleasant situation before her Miami Open third-round match as a person described as an obsessed critic and hater came to her practice session and hurled some pretty disgusting and personal insults. Before beating Elise Mertens 7-6 (2) 6-1, the five-time Grand Slam champion hit the practice court to do…
Viktor Hovland returned to success on the PGA Tour, winning the 2025 Valspar Championship with a stunning performance that ended a drought of almost two years of victories. On the difficult Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort, the Norwegian closed the tournament at -11 (273 total shots: 70-67-69-67), beating his American rival Justin Thomas by just…
No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula has reached the Miami Open quarterfinal for the fourth successive year after routing 23rd-seeded Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-3 in an hour and 23 minutes of play. Throughout the entire match, the American tennis star was putting major pressure on the Ukrainian’s serve and that resulted in 19 break point opportunities…