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Novak Djokovic will kick off the 2025 season in Brisbane. The 24-time Major winner will compete at the ATP 250 event for the first time since 2009, seeking a good run a week before the Australian Open. Djokovic decided to play in the first week of the new year and picked Brisbane as his first…
Alexander Bublik admits Daniil Medvedev has been an absolute menace to him on the court but adds that Alexander Zverev is a matchup he likes very much. The Kazakh, ranked at No. 33 in the world, has faced the 2021 US Open champion six times so far in his career and has as many losses.…
Roger Federer’s former coach Ivan Ljubicic reveals he reached out to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray after the news of their collaboration broke out and added that he thinks the plan is to have the Briton accompanying the Serb in Grand Slams and occasionally in other big tournaments. On November 23rd, the record 24-time Major…
Tennis expert Mark Petchey says it is an absolute nonsense to even think for a second that Novak Djokovic hiring Andy Murray means the Serb has accepted that his time has gone. While everyone was stunned by the news of the two former big rivals teaming up for a partnership, the majority were also excited…
Iga Swiatek has made another change to her staff as she is parting ways with long-time PR manager Paula Wolecka and filling in that spot with Daria Sulgostowska. For the Polish tennis superstar, this is a second team change she has made over the last few months. Previously, she put a curtain on her three-year…
Fans and insiders have very high expectations on Emma Raducanu for 2025. The British player has shown positive signs in the 2024 season, defeating several high-level opponents and finally showing a good attitude on court. Emma’s life and career have totally changed since the 2021 US Open, when she shocked the whole world by winning…
Stefanos Tsitsipas opened up in a live Instagram with fans and told what he had to go through in recent months. The two-time Slam finalist won the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, which was the only highlight of a season in which he experienced many difficulties, definitively ending the collaboration with his father Apostolos (from a work…
Toni Nadal and Carlos Moya shaped Rafael Nadal’s glorious career. Moya, the late coach of the legendary 22-time Grand Slam winner, told how he realized early on that Rafa was destined for the top spot, in a special released by the ATP. “When young Rafa started to have his first successes, his parents made sure…
In the splendid setting of the Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, which will hold 15 thousand spectators, Juan Martin Del Potro gave farewell to tennis in a match against his friend and rival Novak Djokovic. And precisely for the exhibition against the Argentine, the 24-time Grand Slam champion shared deep thoughts about his emotions, especially…
Jannik Sinner still does not know his fate regarding the doping case. The world number 1 thought that this ugly story had ended in August, when ITIA had acknowledged his full innocence shortly before the start of the US Open. The previous months had been very stressful for the Italian ace, who had spent several…