Women’s Withdrawals: The women’s draw was decimated before balls were even hit, with three seeds in the bottom section pulling out due to injury or illness. Ekatarina Alexandrova, Victoria Azarenka, and Aryna Sabalenka, all deciding that skipping the event was better for their health. Three lucky losers were able toContinue Reading
Ash Barty will be returning to Wimbledon this year….in a playing capacity! Sadly the 3-time Grand Slam champion won’t be making any professional comeback, but Wimbledon has announced that the Queenslander will play an exhibition doubles event at the place of her greatest triumph in 2021. Less than a yearContinue Reading
Nicolas Jarry and Tommy Paul treated us with an entertaining 2nd semifinal in Rome. Both guys put on a hard-hitting show with spectacular points and a beautiful warm embrace at the end. What it always should be about. Embed from Getty Images The quality was up and down from bothContinue Reading
World number 1, Novak Djokovic has been upset in his third-round match-up by Chilean, and world No. 29, Alejandro Tabilo in the Italian Open in Rome. However, Djokovic hinted that there may have been reasons for his lack-lustre display, which saw him go down in straight sets, 2-6 3-6. WasContinue Reading
Aryna Sabalenka produced a stunning comeback, in what was one of the best matches of the season, to keep her back-to-back title dream alive at the Mutua Madrid Open. The world number 2 defeated the world No.4, Elena Rybakina 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) in the semi-finals. Rybakina was on a 16Continue Reading
Madison Keys has stormed her way into the Madrid Masters semi-finals, with a roller coaster display against Ons Jabeur in quarterfinals. The 0-6, 7-5, 6-1 scoreline pretty much sums up the match. Keys dropped the first eight games but managed to wrestle back the momentum in the second set, beforeContinue Reading
Rafael Nadal has exacted revenge over Australian, Alex de Minaur at the Madrid Masters, with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 victory over the on Saturday ensuring the Spanish crowd is able to see him play at least one more time, in his farewell to the event. tournament but admitted he stillContinue Reading
Here are my 9 takeaways from the tennis week: Rybakina Is a Threat on Every Surface: We know she’s won Wimbledon, and came very close to winning the Australian Open, but now the number 1 Kazakhstan player has added another clay title to her resume. Taking out Iga Swiatek, en-routeContinue Reading
Embed from Getty Images Spanish two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza has retired from professional tennis at age 30. Using the lead up to the Madrid Masters as the perfect backdrop, Muguruza announced, “I feel that it is time to retire and open up a new chapter in my life,” the former worldContinue Reading
Embed from Getty Images Alex de Minaur is relishing a ‘once in a lifetime’ victory after overcoming the clay court maestro Rafael Nadal in what could potentially mark the end of Nadal’s era at the Barcelona Open. Nadal, in just his third match of the year after a lengthy injuryContinue Reading
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