Category: Tennis
Jack Draper: ‘I contemplated what my life would be if I didn’t have tennis’
Over the past couple of years, at the beginning of each new tennis season, the ATP Tour charges some of its top players with predicting [more…]
USTA ordered to pay former top junior tennis player $9m in sexual abuse case
A tennis player has been awarded $9m in damages after she accused the US Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she [more…]
Andrey Rublev overcomes illness to win first ever Madrid Open title – video
Despite sleepless nights struggling with a fever, Andrey Rublev found a way to fight back and win the Madrid Open for the first time. Rublev [more…]
Double fault: Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court
I have spent the week and a half since seeing Challengers on the brink of throwing a racquet-trashing, expletive-scattering, McEnroe-style tantrum. Is Hawkeye working? Did [more…]
Andrey Rublev seals recovery from slump with Madrid Open final triumph
Andrey Rublev overcame an opening set wobble to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the final of the Madrid Open on Sunday to win [more…]
With a bit of Saudi topspin, tennis fans can overlook its brutal repression of women | Catherine Bennett
If a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, occasionally, placate progressives, news of an extreme example [more…]
Iga Swiatek wins three-set duel against Aryna Sabalenka to take Madrid crown
Iga Swiatek may still be in the early years of her career, still in the process of learning her craft, gaining new tools while yet [more…]
Challengers got everything right about my sport – apart from the sexiness | Andrea Petkovic
On a hot spring day in Munich, I went to a small movie theatre in the basement of an apartment building, dreading the prospect of [more…]
Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka set up Madrid Open final rematch
Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys on Thursday to book a rematch with Aryna Sabalenka in the Madrid Open final. Top seed Swiatek [more…]
Alcaraz’s dream of third consecutive Madrid Open ends with loss – video
Carlos Alcaraz’s hopes of becoming the first player to win three straight Madrid Open titles came undone as the second seed was beaten in front [more…]