Unsurprisingly, the WTA draw at the Madrid Open is very strong. French Open champion Iga Swiatek and 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina are among the top players set to feature.
Jannik Sinner continues to reign supreme in the Olympic Race to Paris, with less than two months remaining before the cycle closes. This race will determine the Top 56 players who will qualify for the Olympics tennis tournament based on their actual ranking on June 10th, the same date on which the cycle completes a full year since its inception.
Simona Halep was supposed to play at the 2024 Madrid Open this week, but she won't, as she pulled out of the tournament. Halpe returned to tennis recently at the Miami Open, where she played a fairly solid match against Paula Badosa.
Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to win the Barcelona Open yet again, but he was still content with reaching the final. Tsitsipas was absolutely on fire to start this year's clay season, winning the Monte-Carlo Masters easily last week.
Elena Rybakina was the biggest winner last weekend after capturing her third title of the season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The ice-cold Kazakh dethroned Iga Swiatek as Stuttgart champion in an epic semifinal.
Emma Raducanu was supposed to face former world number one Karolina Pliskova at the 2024 Madrid Open, but she won't as the Czech player pulled out. The Brit just had her best run in professional tennis since her triumph at the US Open in 2021.
Jannik Sinner remains in the ascendancy in the ATP Race to Turin, but a new member has joined the top three following the conclusion of the Barcelona Open.
It is a landmark day for Iga Swiatek, who begins a 100th week as World No. 1 - a feat that very few women have attained in tennis history. Swiatek's two-year, 10-match undefeated streak at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ended this past week when she lost to eventual champion Elena Rybakina, but it did not loosen her grip on the world No.
Casper Ruud won his first ATP 500 trophy on the court named after Rafael Nadal, and he paid tribute to the Spaniard after his win. Ruud put together an amazing week in Barcelona, where Nadal reigned supreme for years.
Andy Roddick was glad to see Emma Raducanu do well at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, as he thought it would help her come back to the top. The American spoke fondly about Raducanu during her maiden Grand Slam title run a few years ago, and he still holds a very favorable opinion of her.
Argentinian tennis player Federico Coria mentioned Novak Djokovic in a recent interview, admitting that the Serbian gets along well with his fellow colleagues.
Dominic Thiem endured some pretty bad losses recently, but he escaped another one in the qualifying for the 2024 Madrid Open. Thiem used to play really well at this ATP Masters 1000 event a few years ago, but nowadays, he has to play his way into the main draw through the qualifying.
World No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas was aiming for a back-to-back title on clay but lost the Barcelona Open final to World No. 6 Casper Ruud. On the Pista Rafa Nadal court on Sunday (April 21), Ruud secured an easy win with a scoreline of 7-5, 6-3. This win was the Norwegian’s first ATP 500 title, for which Tsistipas praised him after the match.
Boris Becker has confirmed that he is complying with the UK authorities with a view to returning to Wimbledon next year. The former World No. 1 endured the ignominy of becoming a high-profile tennis player to serve a prison sentence in 2022.
Rafael Nadal said Monday he will play at the Laver Cup in Berlin in September in what may be one of the 22-time Grand Slam champion's last tournaments.
Iga Swiatek marks a monumental 100th week as the women's World No. 1 and is destined to stay there for a significant period of this year's clay swing. Swiatek suffered her first-ever defeat at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, losing in a titanic battle against World no.
Rafael Nadal will return to the Laver Cup this year after last playing in 2022 alongside Roger Federer in his retirement match. While many assume that
Third-seeded Casper Ruud exacted revenge against fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas by posting a 7-5, 6-3 win on Sunday in the finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina captured her third title of the year on Sunday following a decisive 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
It has been a superb tournament so far at WTA Stuttgart, with several memorable matches. It is now time for the final between Elena Ryabkina and Marta Kostyuk.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza of Spain announced her retirement Saturday. Muguruza, who reached No. 1 on Sept. 11, 2017, has not played since a first-round loss in Lyon, France, on Jan.
Cristian Garin of Chile upset No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to move to the semifinals at the BMW Open in Munich. Garin won the tournament in 2019, and he beat Zverev in his home country on the way to that title.
Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. Emailed daily. Always free!