2025 Australian Open Day 6: Djokovic Faces Machac Test; Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula
Posted by Staff on January 16th, 2025 @ 10:36 pm
Daniil Medvedev won’t be back in the Australian Open final after falling in five last night to teen Lerner Tien. But Novak Djokovic still has designs on getting back and playing for a 25th Slam.
The Serb, who hasn’t looked particularly good thus far against low-level competition, will actually face a …
2025 Australian Open Day 2: Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz, Kyrgios, Gauff
Posted by Staff on January 12th, 2025 @ 8:22 pm
An absolutely loaded schedule is in store on the second day at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic opens play in the evening as he begins his quest for a 25th Slam and 11th Australian Open title. The Serb meets 19-year-old American Nishesh Basavareddy.
New rivals Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are also part of this blockbuster schedule. Sinner begins …
2025 Australian Open Seeds: Favorites Sinner, Sabalenka Head List, Djokovic No. 7
Posted by Staff on January 8th, 2025 @ 12:10 am
The Australian Open announced the seedings for the upcoming event. The tournament went by the rankings meaning defending champion Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz are the top four seeds.
Ten-time champion Novak Djokovic is all the way down as a No. 7 seed, his lowest in Melbourne since the 2018 when he was No. 14.
Men’s Seeds
1 Jannik Sinner (ITA)
2 Alexander Zverev (GER)
3 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
4 Taylor Fritz …
Djokovic Moves To 20-0 Against Monfils, Will Face Opelka In Brisbane QF
Posted by Staff on January 2nd, 2025 @ 8:22 pm
Novak Djokovic moved to 20-0 against Gael Monfils and moved into the quarterfinals of Brisbane.
The former world No. 1 eased past the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3 after a similar scoreline in his opener 48 hours earlier.
“We have been playing for many years. I have known Gael since I was 15. We played quite a …
Novak Djokovic Victorious In 2025 Debut; Kyrgios Falls
Posted by Staff on December 31st, 2024 @ 2:17 pm
Novak Djokovic made a strong start to his 2025 season Tuesday night in Brisbane easing past Australia’s Rinky Hijikata in Brisbane 6-3, 6-3.
“I think the match was really solid,” Djokovic said after the win. “Hijikata played well. After he was Love-3 down he started to raise his game. I started off extremely well …
SHOCK: Iga Swiatek Suspended One Month For Doping Violation
Posted by Staff on November 28th, 2024 @ 11:46 am
Iga Swiatek has been suspended for one month due to a doping violation, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced today.
Swiatek initially tested posted for the banned substance trimetazidine (“TMZ”) on Monday, August 12 just before the start of the Cincinnati Masters.
Swiatek was notified of the positive test and a provisional suspension a month later after the US Open on September 12. She then withdrew from Asian swing (Korea, Beijing, Wuhan) …
Sinner Finishes 2024 A Winner Leading Italy To Davis Cup Title
Posted by Staff on November 25th, 2024 @ 12:56 am
Jannik Sinner capped his incredible, historic, 2024 season leading Italy to a third Davis Cup title in a 2-0 win over the Netherlands.
In the Sunday final in Malaga, Matteo Berrettini got the heavily-favored Italians on the board with a defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, …
Novak Djokovic Hires Andy Murray To Be His Coach… LOL
Posted by Staff on November 23rd, 2024 @ 5:38 pm
Kim Sears might be the happiest woman in the world today. News has broken that her husband, Andy Murray, won’t home in retirement as much as previously thought. The former No. 1 figures to be back on tennis tour, earning money, and serving as, of all things, coach to Novak Djokovic.
“They called us game changers, risk takers, history makers,” Djokovic said of his relationship with Murray. “I thought our story …
Rafael Nadal’s Emotional Retirement Ceremony With Full Speech [Video]
Posted by Staff on November 20th, 2024 @ 1:19 am
After the Spain’s doubles loss to the Netherland to give the Dutch the tie, the Davis Cup held a special ceremony to honor the retiring Rafael Nadal.
“I would like to be remembered as a good person, from a small village in Mallorca,” he said during his speech.
“I had the luck that my uncle …
Rafael Nadal Final Match Highlights [Video]
Posted by Staff on November 20th, 2024 @ 1:12 am
November 19, 2024 will go down as the last day that Rafael Nadal played a professional tennis match.
The 38-year-old walked on the court in a surprise move to play No. 2 singles against the tricky Botic van de Zandschulp.
Nadal hadn’t played singles since his loss to Novak Djokovic at the Paris Olympics. …
Legend Rafael Nadal Closes Career As Spain Falls To The Netherlands In Davis Cup
Posted by Staff on November 20th, 2024 @ 1:01 am
It was a tough day for Rafael Nadal who watched on the sideline as his Spanish doubles team lost the deciding tie to the Netherlands Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain.
Nadal had earlier began the tie with a surprise entry in the No. 2 singles. But the star …
Nadal Begins Farewell Tuesday In Spain Against Netherlands In Davis Cup
Posted by Staff on November 19th, 2024 @ 2:09 am
Rafael Nadal’s final week as a pro begins Tuesday in Spain where his home country faces the Netherlands in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie.
“I cannot predict what’s going on. If I am on court, hopefully [I will] not [be emotional], because at the end I am not here for retiring. I’m here to …
Sinner Soars To ATP Finals Title, Beats Fritz Again
Posted by Staff on November 17th, 2024 @ 9:10 pm
Jannik Sinner wrapped up 2024 tour calendar as the clear No. 1 player in the world and the clear best player on hard courts after collecting the ATP Finals title easing past Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4.
“For sure it was a very high-quality week, starting from the beginning, trying to understand the …
Sinner Rolls Into ATP Finals Title Match, Fritz Survives Zverev In Thriller
Posted by Staff on November 16th, 2024 @ 6:38 pm
Home hero Jannik Sinner cruised into his second straight ATP Finals championship match on Saturday blasting past Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-2.
“I felt I was returning well in the first games of each set and then when going up a break I tried to be very concentrated with …
2024 ATP Finals SF: Alcaraz Out; Sinner v Ruud, Zverev v Fritz
Posted by Staff on November 15th, 2024 @ 6:48 pm
Carlos Alcaraz won make the weekend at the ATP Finals. The Spanish superstar lost in straight sets to Alexander Zverev and then was eliminated when Casper Ruud won the opening set against Andrey Rublev later in the day.
Alcaraz fell to Ruud in his opener in part due to a gastro issue, and the loss today did him in. He’s yet …