Category: Tennis
‘Worth all the wait’: Casper Ruud secures biggest title of his career at Barcelona Open – video
Casper Ruud earned the 11th and biggest ATP Tour title of his career at the Barcelona Open as he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3 to [more…]
Land of the dinosaurs: baseline of sexism overshadows tennis in Madrid
When the female tennis players head back to Spain’s capital for the Madrid Open this week, they may be forgiven for letting out a collective [more…]
The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success? | David Goldblatt
Paris 1924 was the sixth and last Olympics presided over by Baron de Coubertin, the modern movement’s founder. He had good reason to be pleased [more…]
Former Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza retires from tennis
Spain’s former world number 1 and Wimbledon and French Open champion Garbiñe Muguruza announced her retirement at a news conference on Saturday, making the extended [more…]
‘I hope she will do it’: Iga Swiatek backs Emma Raducanu to win more titles
Emma Raducanu’s progress in the Stuttgart Open was halted in straight sets by the world No 1, Iga Swiatek. The Polish four-time grand slam champion, [more…]
Jelena Dokic: ‘I was a woman with nothing to aspire to, no goals and dreams left’
When Jelena Dokic released her biography Unbreakable nearly seven years ago, she had no idea of the impact it would have on people, let alone [more…]
Emma Raducanu continues hot streak to see off Linda Noskova in Stuttgart
Emma Raducanu says the best is yet to come as she continued her excellent form by making it through to the quarter-final of the Stuttgart [more…]
Rafael Nadal’s comeback ends in second-round defeat by Alex de Minaur
Rafael Nadal’s comeback effort ended on Wednesday with a second-round loss to the No 4 seed Alex de Minaur at the Barcelona Open. Competing for [more…]
Andy Murray on French Open entry list but Emma Raducanu not in the draw
Andy Murray has been included in the entry list for next month’s French Open but Emma Raducanu, fresh from her success in Great Britain’s qualification [more…]
‘Back in business’: Nadal makes winning return at Barcelona Open – video highlights
Rafael Nadal made a winning return to the court with victory over Flavio Cobolli in the first round of the Barcelona Open. The 37-year-old was [more…]
