A huge amount of ITF events going on last week, with Renata Zarazua and Taylah Preston taking out the big W100 events. Zarazua now has 12 professional titles, and Preston has 8, as she gets back towards her career high of 134. Welles Newman, Ksenia Smirnova, and Rinko Matsuda allContinue Reading
The ATP Challenger Tour was again spread around the globe for another week. Great to see Leandro Riedi win his first title in nearly two years. He’s a player who has had top 100 potential, but hasn’t quite got there yet. ROman Safiullin continued his remarkable run of seven ChallengerContinue Reading
Two debut winners on the ITF Tour, with Margaux Maquet, and Valentina Ivanov lifting their first trophy. Sara Sorribes Tormo won her first title since coming back from a 6 month layoff last season. With 2 WTA titles under her belt, this is her 11th ITF title. Alice Tubello movesContinue Reading
James Duckworth came from a set down, and an extended rain delay at 5-5 in the second set, to take the Mexico City title, and move back into the top 70. Raphael Collignon took out his second Challenger title of the year, and 6th overall, as he tries to breakContinue Reading
Plenty of ITF tournaments and results last week, as usual. On the women’s side, Jeline Vandromme cruised through her W75 final without dropping a game to take her 6th ITF title, reaching a career high ranking of 222. Only one debut title winner last week, which was Carson Tanguilig, whoContinue Reading
The ATP has long had a clear hierarchy about where the various level of events sit: Grand Slams at the pinnacle, followed by the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments as the premier non-major stops. The ATP 500’s and 250’s get shuffled down the pecking order. Yet in the last coupleContinue Reading
Aryna Sabalenka claimed her second consecutive Miami title, defeating Coco Gauff, completing the Sunshine Double, after also winning Indian Wells earlier in the month. She now becomes just the fifth woman to achieve this in the same season. Sabalenka improved her 2026 record to 23-1, and moved to 7-6 inContinue Reading
Asunción 75, Clay: Gianluca Cadenasso (ITA) def. Franco Roncadelli (URU), 7–6(7–5), 6–0 Cuernavaca 75, Hard: Michael Mmoh (USA) def. Taro Daniel (JPN), 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 Murcia 75, Clay: Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) def. Roberto Carballés Baena (ESP), 6–4, 6–3 Zadar 75, Clay: Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def. Arthur Géa (FRA), 2–1Continue Reading
ITF Women’s Tour: Kofu 75, Hard: Sofia Costoulas (BEL) def. YeXin Ma (CHN), 7-5, 6-3 Maribor 75, Hard: Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) def. Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL), 6-3, 6-3 Chihuahua 50, Clay: Julieta Pareja (USA) def. Kayla Cross (CAN), 6-3, 7-6(5) Maanshan 35, Hard: Xiyu Wang (CHN) def. Kristiana Sidorova (RUS), 6-4,Continue Reading
A couple of big 175 events on the ATP Challenger Tour last week, with Ethan Quinn and Mariano Navone taking the titles in hard fought finals. Quinn moves up to a career high 56 on the back of that performance. Toby Samuel also keeps moving up the rankings with backContinue Reading
