A few months after the organizers of the Cincinnati Masters confirmed their expansion plan, increasing the duration from 9 to 12 days and expanding the single player draw from 56 to 96 players in 2025, one of its sponsors, the Western & Southern Financial Group, has withdrawn from sponsoring the tournament Western & Southern Financial … Read more
As the tennis world looks forward to the remarkable 2024 season, there are hopes that the Australian Open will kick start the expectations. Tennis stars and Grand Slam winners Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, and Angelique Kerber will return to the court after maternity leave. Also, Rafael Nadal has returned from a hip injury, while Nick … Read more
This season will be one that Rafael Nadal would love to forget in a hurry. The Spaniard has missed nearly all of 2023 since he sustained a hip injury while playing against Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open back in January. The sideline meant that Nadal has missed four and a … Read more
For the first time this season, the Wimbledon Champion, Carlos Alcaraz has suffered four consecutive defeats and would not achieve his 13th quarterfinals from 14 events in 2023. Given his goal to end the year as world No. 1, it seems likely that the defeat against Jannik Sinner at the China Open semifinals and loss … Read more
When Rafael Nadal sustained a hip flexor injury during his second-round match at the Australian Open in January, it marked the first time Nadal’s wife, Maria Perello, broke down in tears while watching him struggle in pain. However, since then, the situation has changed. Rafael Nadal has resumed full outdoor training in preparation for the … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz overcoming Daniel Evans in the Shanghai Open third round meant that the Spaniard had closed the gap on Novak Djokovic to 500 points in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race to Turin. And if Alcaraz reaches the finals in Shanghai, he will leapfrog the Serbian into first place after losing the spot in the … Read more
As the end of the ATP Tours draws to end, Carlos Alcaraz, Wimbledon Champion, world No. 2 still sits behind Novak Djokovic for the top spot. The Serbian leads by 2,830 points, but as Alcarez prepares to make his debut in Shanghai Rolex Masters and the tournament offers Alcaraz a chance to cut his deficit … Read more
Jannik Sinner arrived at the China Open suggesting Carlos Alcaraz was the man to beat in the absence of Novak Djokovic from the Far East swing of the ATP Tour, but he may just have confirmed he is the man in form heading into the Shanghai Masters. Although, Jannik Sinner was ill from the start … Read more
When Boris Becker, the German former world no. 1, lifted the maiden edition of the Rolex Paris Masters in 1986, tennis lovers knew it would be one of the greatest and biggest ATP events every year. In recent years, Novak Djokovic, Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev, and even Roger Federer have won, but Rafael Nadal has … Read more
Since 2000, only three players under 21 have had 60 tour win a calendar year, Lleyton Hewitt (2001), Rafael Nadal (2005), and Novak Djokovic (2007). Now Carlos Alcaraz has joined the elite company after cruising past Lorenzo Musetti to earn a place in the quarterfinals at the China Open. Carlos Alcaraz beat Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti … Read more
