This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Mika Stojsavljevic had already lost at the Hong Kong Open. Her qualifying campaign was over, and she was preparing to leave the tournament. Then came an unexpected phone call. Leylah Fernandez had withdrawn, opening a placeContinue Reading
Just three weeks after winning her first professional singles title, India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi has achieved another significant milestone in her burgeoning career. The 17-year-old became the first Indian woman since Sania Mirza in 2012 to reach a WTA Tour-level singles quarterfinal, defeating Poland’s Weronika Falkowska 6–4, 6–3 at theContinue Reading
Two years after speaking exclusively to The Tennis Site about her injury struggles and determination to continue playing, Alice Tubello has celebrated the biggest title of her professional career. Alice Tubello has claimed her first WTA 125 title, defeating Austria’s Julia Grabher 3–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(2) in a dramatic final atContinue Reading
Alexander Ritschard was 22 when doctors told him they had come within minutes of amputating his right arm. He was studying at the University of Virginia in 2015 when he experienced a sharp pain in his shoulder during a gym session. What initially appeared to be a minor injury turnedContinue Reading
The 17-year-old has followed her first professional title with another victory over a tournament’s top seed. After years of promising junior results, the Indian teenager is beginning to make her mark on the professional circuit. Ten days after winning her first professional singles title, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi found herself facingContinue Reading
Kristina Liutova arrived at the Memphis Classic in July having never played a WTA main-draw match. Seven days later, she was holding the winners trophy aloft. The 16-year-old Russian had started 2026 ranked No. 714 in the world, competing on the ITF World Tennis Tour with little attention beyond thoseContinue Reading
This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Nine singles titles in one season should be enough to convince anyone that Matthew Dellavedova knows how to win a tennis tournament. The Australian has spent much of 2026 doing precisely that, collecting trophies across theContinue Reading
Alexander Blockx began 2026 outside the world’s top 100 and needing to qualify for the Australian Open. Eight months later, the 21-year-old Belgian is a US Open quarter-finalist, a Masters 1000 semi-finalist and one of the most convincing examples yet that the next generation of men’s tennis is arriving asContinue Reading
When Jan Kumstat walked through the corridors of Rod Laver Arena before the 2024 Australian Open boys’ final, he took out his phone and started filming. He was 17, playing his first junior Grand Slam tournament, and surrounded by photographs of champions who had walked the same path before him.Continue Reading
Having just turned 20 years old a few months ago, Rei Sakamoto is already making history in Japanese tennis. The Nagoya native, standing at 6’4″ (193 cm) with a powerful serve and forehand, captured his first ATP Tour victory at the 2026 Miami Open with a trademark “samurai” celebration thatContinue Reading
