Sunday, September 8, 2024

Tennis

2020 Wimbledon walks tight rope as postponement looms

The third Grand Slam on the tennis calendar, Wimbledon looks likely to be cancelled this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic It has been announced that The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC) will hold an...

Andy Murray returns to the court in June

Three-time Grand Slam champion, Andy Murray will return to action on June 23 and compete in a six-day tournament organised by brother Jamie. Jamie who is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles and mixed doubles champion has created a behind-closed-doors tournament...

Roger Federer wants ATP and WTA tours merged

Twenty-time grand slam champion, Roger Federer has called for the ATP and WTA tours to merge.Federer wants the governing bodies of men’s and women’s tennis – the ATP and WTA – to merge following the effects of the coronavirus...

Osaka wins Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka claimed her second Australian Open title in three years after a straight-sets victory over American Jennifer Brady on Saturday.Osaka became the first woman since Monica Seles to win her first four Grand Slam finals with a...

Nadal proud to win 1000 matches

World number Rafael Nadal is pleased that he accomplished the feat of winning 1,000 matches as a professional even as he joked that the only negative of bringing up his landmark career win was that it means he is...

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...

Djokovic wins Australian Open men’s final

Novak Djokovic secured his 18th grand slam title with a resounding straight-sets win over Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final on Sunday (February 21).The Serbian star closed to within two major crowns of men's record holders Roger Federer...

2021 French Open may be postponed

Next month's French Open could be postponed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to France's minister of sports.  France entered its third national lockdown on Saturday in a bid to halt another surge of COVID-19 cases, which had threatened...

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...

Nadal knocked out of Rome masters

Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Internazionali d'Italia. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Argentina's Diego Schwartzman on Saturday (September 19), a defeat which represents a major blow to the Spaniard's French Open...
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