Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud climb one and two places to fourth and sixth respectively. Novak Djokovic remains top of the ATP rankings Alexander Zverev reaches third. French Open winner Rafael Nadal and beaten finalist Casper Ruud climbed one and two places to fourth and sixth respectively in the ATP rankings released Monday. Nadal routed … Read more
Rafael Nadal will compete in his 14th Roland Garros final on Sunday. Casper Ruud is the first Norwegian to reach a Grand Slam final. Ruud was only six years old when Nadal won the tournament in 2002 Rafael Nadal will become the oldest man to win the French Open if he defeats Casper Ruud, whose … Read more
Casper Ruud is a professional tennis player from Norway who attained his career high position of world No. 10 in singles on September 13, 2021. Casper Ruud beat Marin Cilic in the semifinals to become the first Dutchman to reach the final. Cilic took the opening set 6-3 and appeared to be the more comfortable … Read more
The Spaniard is battling a persistent, long-term foot problem. Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in five sets to reach his 15th French Open semifinal. The victory was Nadal’s 110th in 17 years at Roland Garros. Rafael Nadal hopes to celebrate his 36th birthday on Friday by advancing to his 14th French Open final, which he … Read more
Marin Cilic and Casper Ruud reach the semifinals of the French Open. The 33-year-old Croat defeated Andrey Rublev and Holger Rune respectively. Rafael Nadal will face Alexander Zverev in the second semifinal on Friday. Marin Cilic and Casper Ruud advanced to the semifinals of the French Open for the first time as a result of two dominating … Read more
Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo hints not change starting time. Night sessions in Paris are broadcasted by Amazon Prime. 10 matches were scheduled at 9pm at this year’s Roland Garros. French Open night sessions will remain despite the reservations of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic whose epic quarter-final clash ended at 1:15 Wednesday morning in front … Read more
Former world number one and two-time Grand Slam title winner Amelie Mauresmo said Wednesday that women’s matches had less appeal at the French Open when it came to controversial night session scheduling. Of the 10 night matches at this year’s Roland Garros, only one has featured a women’s tie when home player Alize Cornet faced … Read more
Tennis legends Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet in a thrilling Roland-Garros quarterfinal on Tuesday, May 31, in a battle worthy of the French Open championship. Despite winning 13 French Open titles and only losing three times in his career, Nadal will enter the match as a favorite. After missing the Australian Open, world … Read more
Novak Djokovic installed a likely zone-very last assembly with vintage rival Rafael Nadal on the French Open with an excellent straight-sets victory over Diego Schwartzman on Sunday. The reigning champion, bidding to equal Nadal’s guys’ document of 21 Grand Slam titles, eased to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3victory in his remaining-sixteen tie in opposition to 15th … Read more
Rafael Nadal beat Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-1 6-4 to advance to the third round of the French Open. In what was their first meeting, the 13-time champion in Paris breezed through the Frenchman in two hours and nine minutes, putting to rest any questions about his form following his recent injury scare in Rome and … Read more
In the second round at Roland Garros on Wednesday, reigning champion Novak Djokovic will face his long-time former coach, Slovakia’s Alex Molcan, while Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz attempt to keep their French Open title hopes alive. Following working with Marian Vajda since he was a teenager in 2006, world number one Djokovic parted ways … Read more
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal begin their Roland Garros campaigns. In the first of ten-night sessions, Djokovic takes on Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan, who debuted at Roland Garros last year when a pandemic curfew forced most late matches to be played in front of empty bleachers. The world number … Read more
With 41 Grand Slam titles between them, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will try to disrupt the increasing buzz surrounding teenage wonder Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open starting on Sunday. Because all three are in the top half of the draw, only one will advance to the Roland Garros final. In the quarter-finals, defending … Read more
The WTA has decided to offer ranking points for next month’s UK grass-court events, following the ATP’s lead. However, due to the All England Club and the LTA’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players during the invasion of Ukraine, Wimbledon could still lose points. The decision is reported to be tightly balanced, with results from … Read more
Novak Djokovic on Monday extended his reign at the top of the ATP rankings to 370 weeks, while Rafael Nadal fell to fifth place. The Spaniard was knocked out of the Italian Open in the last 16 by Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, who advanced all the way to the final before being defeated in straight sets … Read more
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has become the fifth player to claim 1000 tour-level matches after his victory over Casper Ruud in the semifinals of the Italian Open. Djokovic has joined the club along with Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafael Nadal. Welcome to the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ wins club! Djokovic is the fifth man … Read more
Novak Djokovic improved his chances of winning the French Open next week by winning his first title of the year at the Italian Open in Rome. Djokovic won the clay-court title after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 7-6 (7-5). The Serb, 34, dominated the opening set before rallying after the Greek seized a 4-1 lead in … Read more
Ons Jabeur reached the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday after bouncing again from being a game far away from defeat to conquer Maria Sakkari 1-6, 7-5, 6-1. Tunisian Jabeur made records final weekend by way of winning in Madrid to turn out to be the first Arab or African participant to assert a … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz, a teen emerging star, stunned world number one Novak Djokovic in a three-set thriller to get to the Madrid Open final. The 19-year-old Spaniard won 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-5) after defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. Alcaraz handled everything Djokovic threw at him, and wowed the home fans with some spectacular drop … Read more
With a win over Hubert Hurkacz at the Madrid Open, Novak Djokovic advanced to his second semi-final of the year. The world number one put forth a strong showing to defeat the Polish 12th seed 6-3 6-4. On a hot day in Spain, Serbia’s Djokovic did not face a break point during the 78-minute match … Read more
Andy Murray has withdrawn from his Madrid Open match against Novak Djokovic due to sickness. On Thursday, the Briton was due to compete in the tournament’s third round. “Unfortunately, Andy Murray will be unable to attend the Manolo Santana Stadium due to illness,” the organizers said in a statement. Murray defeated Dominic Thiem, the 2020 … Read more
Kevin Anderson, who climbed to range five within the ATP rankings and reached two Grand Slam finals, introduced on Tuesday he become retiring at 35, tweeting: “I gave my best.” “Today I finally arrived at the difficult decision to retire from professional tennis,” he wrote in one of a series of farewell tweets. The 2.03 … Read more
Boris Becker, a former tennis player, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Friday after a British court found him guilty of crimes related to his 2017 bankruptcy. The six-time Grand Slam champion, 54, will serve half of his sentence after being found guilty of transferring large sums of money from … Read more
Novak Djokovic will be able to defend his Wimbledon championship this summer after tournament administrators announced that players who have not been immunized against Covid-19 will be eligible to compete at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). World No. 1 was denied entry to the Australian Open in January after having his visa rejected … Read more
The Wimbledon organizers have allowed players who have not been inoculated against the Covid-19 to compete in this year’s event, which may come as welcome news for Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic and other unvaccinated players. According to Sky Sports, Sally Bolton, the All England Club’s Chief Executive, spoke out over the decision. “The requirements … Read more
World 1st Novak Djokovic turned into denied his first title of the year on Sunday, falling in 3 sets to Russia’s Andrey Rublev in the final of the Serbia Open. Second seed Rublev won thru 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0 against the top seed who had been seeking to regain prevailing form earlier than his French … Read more
Novak Djokovic, for the second day in a row, battled back from a set down against a Serbian compatriot to reach the Belgrade semi-finals on Thursday. The world number one defeated Miomir Kecmanovic, the world number 38, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Djokovic will face either third seed Karen Khachanov or Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro for a … Read more
Novak Djokovic came back from a set and a break down to overcome Laslo Djere in his ATP event opener in Belgrade on Wednesday, avoiding a third straight defeat. After trailing 4-3 in the second set, the world number one defeated his fellow Serb 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4) in three hours and 21 minutes. … Read more
