Saturday, July 27, 2024

Tennis

French Open hopes to avoid clash with US Open

The Director of the French Open, Guy Forget, has revealed that he is working hand in hand with tennis authorities to make sure the dates of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament do not clash with those of the US...

Simona Halep wins Prague Open title

Romanian tennis star, Simona Halep won the 2020 Prague Open title after recording a straight-sets win over Elise Mertens on Sunday (August 16). The world number two, who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in February before the WTA...

Nadal and Djokovic make progress at Rome Masters

Spanish tennis great, Rafael Nadal is on course for a 10th Internazionali d'Italia title as he comfortably beat Dusan Lajovic to join top seed Novak Djokovic in the last eight. Competing in his first tournament since February, Nadal has...

Serena “shooked” over postponement of Wimbledon

Twenty three time Grand Slam champion, Serena Wiliams has reacted to the cancelation of the 2020 Wimbledon Championships.The Championships was cancelled on Wednesday following the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic that has hit the global sporting calendar.Williams took...

Tennis star tests positive for COVID-19 at Palermo Open

The Palermo Open suffered a big blow as a tennis player scheduled to take part in the competition tested positive for COVID-19.Making the announcement ahead of the first WTA tournament since March, event organisers in Sicily said the player...

Serena responds to Federer’s WTA, ATP idea

Tennis legend, Serena Williams has responded to comments made by 20-time Grand Slam winner, Roger Federer that the WTA and ATP tours should be merged.Federer raised more than a few eyebrows on Wednesday when he wrote on Twitter that...

Barty defends Miami title

World number one Ash Barty on Saturday retained the WTA Miami Open title after her Canadian opponent Bianca Andreescu retired injured in the second set of the final.  Barty was well in command of the showpiece, leading 6-3 4-0, when...

Meltzer slams Djokovic over Players Council comments

Former professional tennis player Jurgen Meltzer has criticized Novak Djokovic over his recent comments about the ATP Players Council.Meltzer claims Djokovic's comments are nothing more than ‘absolute nonsense’ by Jurgen Meltzer as the Serbian star accused the ATP of...

Federer knocked out of Qatar Open

Roger Federer has been knocked out of the Qatar Open. He was beaten in the last eight by Nikoloz Basilashvili who dug deep to win in three sets. An impressive 3-6 6-1 7-5 triumph took Basilashvili through at the expense...

Serena Williams pleased with comeback

The first tennis grand slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open is set to kick off in one week and after two weeks of hard or soft quarantine, players are in search of match minutes and tournament organizers...
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