Sunday, December 22, 2024

Tennis

Medvedev wins Paris title

Daniil Medvedev came from a set down to defeat Alexander Zverev to win the Paris Masters title on Sunday (November 8). Alexander Zverev took the first set at the Accorhotels indoor arena 7-5 but the Russian star stormed back.   The...

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...

Djokovic in line judge drama at French Open

Serbia Tennis star, Novak Djokovic was involved in a moment of drama as he accidentally hit a line judge with an errant shot in his fourth round match against Russian, Karen Khachanov. Djokovic progressed into his 14th Roland Garros quarter-final...

Djokovic secures 2020 Rome Masters title

Serbian tennis star, Novak Djokovic won a record-breaking title at the Internazionali d'Italia on Monday (September 21) with a straight sets victory over Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman. The world number one defeated Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3 in Monday's final, the same...

Halep claims Internazionali d’Italia title

Romanian tennis star Simona Halep has won the 2020 Internazionali d'Italia title in an injury-marred final round victory over Karolina Pliskova. Halep was leading the two-time defending champion 6-0 2-1 in Rome when Pliskova retired in tears because 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...

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...

Naomi Osaka’s huge US open win

Naomi Osaka demonstrated her growing maturity to fight back against Victoria Azarenka in a compelling US Open final and claim her third Grand Slam title. Japanese fourth seed Osaka, 22, won 1-6 6-3 6-3 for her second US Open...

Djokovic will be bad guy for rest of his career says McEnroe

World number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic will be viewed as a "bad guy" for the rest of his career after striking a line judge in the throat with a ball, according to seven-time Grand Slam winner, John McEnroe....

Xverev slams Navratilova

German tennis star, Alexander Zverev has taken the time to respond to tennis legend, Martina Navratilova after criticism of his performance as he qualified for the US Open semi-finals. Zverev, who is seeded fifth in the Grand Slam, defeated...