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Ageless Djokovic: Still king of tennis at 36, eyes future after dominating year

Ageless Djokovic: Still king of tennis at 36, eyes future after dominating year

Novak Djokovic dominated 2023 with 3 Grand Slam wins. Djokovic remains unsure about his retirement. Djokovic sees reinvention and further pushing his limits. By competing in and winning three of the four Grand Slam finals, Novak Djokovic dominated the 2023 season. As time goes on, rumors that the Serbian player, who turns 37 next year, … Read more

Nadal hint at possible return but not to win title

Nadal hint at possible return but not to win title

Nadal was injured in 2023, out of the top 10 rankings. He missed major tournaments and had hip surgeries. he hinted at a potential return in 2024. Rafael Nadal, the renowned Spanish tennis legend with 22 Grand Slam victories, sustained an injury during the 2023 Australian Open in January and has been sidelined since then, … Read more

Exciting Matches Ahead: Djokovic and Alcaraz at US Open 2023

Djokovic and Alcaraz

They faced off at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and Cincinnati. Djokovic still competes well despite being older.  Djokovic hopes to keep playing at a high level. Serbian tennis sensation Novak Djokovic is eager for a fresh clash with Carlos Alcaraz at the 2023 US Open. As the last Grand Slam event of the year kicks off, … Read more

Rafael Nadal ruled out for up to eight weeks with hip injury

Rafael Nadal injury

Rafael Nadal ruled out for up to eight weeks with hip injury. The player was knocked out of Australian Open in second round. Suffered his worst showing at a Grand Slam in seven years. Rafael Nadal, who unexpectedly exited the Australian Open in the second round, announced on Thursday that he will be out for … Read more

Novak Djokovic easily defeated Roberto Carballes

Novak Djokovic

Serb was disqualified from last year’s tournament. The 35-year-old is aiming for a record-tying 22nd major victory. Becomes just the third player in history to win at least 10 titles. Novak Djokovic was greeted with deafening applause as he easily defeated Spanish opponent Roberto Carballes Baena to begin his quest for a tenth Australian Open … Read more

Nadal braced for make-or-break week after French Open triumph

French Open

Rafael Nadal faces make-or-break week as he attempts to find permanent cure for chronic foot injury. Spaniard wins 14th French Open title with pain-killing injections in his troublesome left foot. Coco Gauff loses doubles final to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open with daily pain-killing injections in his troublesome … Read more

Three talking points from the 2022 French Open

French Open

Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud to win French Open title at Roland Garros. Iga Swiatek equalled Venus Williams’ record for longest unbeaten run by a woman in the 21st century. Organisers have been hit with criticism over the scheduling of matches this year. Rafael Nadal powered to his 14th French Open title on Sunday after … Read more

French Open champion Nadal up to fourth in ATP rankings

ATP rankings

 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

Swiatek extends lead on top of WTA rankings

WTA rankings

Iga Swiatek reaches at the top of the WTA rankings. Swiatek took world number one ranking after Ashleigh Barty’s retirement. American Coco Gauff moves up 10 places to 13th in the latest rankings. Poland’s Iga Swiatek extended her lead at the top of the WTA rankings released on Monday after her French Open triumph in … Read more

Gauff runner-up at French Open for second time

French Open

Gauff loses second French Open final to Garcia and Mladenovic. The American teenager lost the singles final to Iga Swiatek on Saturday. She was partnered with American partner Jessica Pegula at Roland Garros. Coco Gauff suffered a second heartbreaking French Open final defeat when she and American partner Jessica Pegula were beaten by Caroline Garcia … Read more

Rafael Nadal aims to be French Open’s oldest champion

rafael nadal

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

Shibahara, Koolhof win French Open mixed title

French Open

Ena Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof win French Open mixed doubles title. Pair only agreed to play together after he reached out to her on Instagram. Beat Ulrikke Eikeri and Joran Vliegen 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 for their first Grand Slam trophy. Ena Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof won the French Open mixed doubles title on Thursday after … Read more

Rafael Nadal looks to reach his 14th French Open final

rafael nadal

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

‘I wish I was was a man’, say Zheng Qinwen as her French Open title fades away

zheng qinwen

Zheng Qinwen of China said bad stomach aches hindered her chances of winning the French Open on Monday against world number one Iga Swiatek and made her “wishing I was a man.” Zheng, who is only 19 years old and is competing in her debut Roland Garros, dominated the first set against the top seed before … Read more

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal eye greatest quarterfinal clash in French Open

novak djokovic

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are only a game away from the 59th meeting as they eye for the quarterfinal clash of the French Open. They will face their respective opponents in the fourth-round final game on Sunday. world number 5 Nadal, who has 13 Roland Garros titles to his name, will take on Canadian … Read more

Kenya’s Okutoyi aiming to be ‘Serena of Africa’ at French Open

angella okutoyi

Angella Okutoyi’s journey to Roland Garros’ red clay courts has been long and arduous, but the 18-year-old Kenyan has no doubts about her objective. “The French Open is the big stage,” she told AFP. “My goal is to do better than I did in Australia… and if I can win the tournament why not?” High … Read more

Old friend awaits Djokovic as Nadal, Alcaraz star at French Open

novak djokovic

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

French Open: Osaka eliminated after first-round loss to Anisimova

French Open

Naomi Osaka, four-time grand slam champion, lost 7-5 6-4 to Amanda Anisimova in the first round of the French Open on Monday. After her third-round victory at the Australian Open in January, the 20-year-old Anisimova, a surprise semifinalist at Roland Garros three years ago, has now beaten Osaka in back-to-back major slams. A tense, seesawing … Read more

The 2022 French Open bracket, full draw, and seedings for Roland-Garros

French Open

The French Open, the second Grand Slam of 2022, is currently underway in Paris. The men’s bracket will feature defending champion Novak Djokovic and 13-time winner Rafael Nadal, who won a record 21st major singles championship in Australia in January. However, emerging star Carlos Alcaraz could be the one to watch. Because of the draw, … Read more

Tennis: French Open results – 3rd update

Tennis

French Open results on Monday, the second day of the 2022 event at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding; gamers representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing underneath the name or flag in their nations till in addition note):   Men 1st rd Borna Gojo (CRO) bt Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-7 (4/7), … Read more

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal begin their French Open campaign

novak djokovic

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

Djokovic, Nadal to disrupt Alcaraz hype at French Open

novak djokovic

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

French Open: Alcaraz aims for first Grand Slam victory

French Open

Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish tennis sensation, has set his sights on the forthcoming French Open at Roland Garros. The 19-year-old has yet to win a Grand Slam in his career, but he seems confident in his ability to do so in the lucrative clay-court tournament. Alcaraz was eliminated in the third round of the Australian … Read more

Emma Raducanu, what happened to her? Form, coaching changes, and ranking ahead of the US Open champion’s first appearance at the French Open

WTA

The 19-year-first old’s season on the WTA Tour has been a steep learning curve since then. Since then, Raducanu has dealt with injury, illness, coaching changes, setbacks, and some notable victories as he adjusts to the unrelenting demands of elite-level tennis. We’ve summed up her story so far ahead of her highly anticipated Roland Garros … Read more

Sizzling Swiatek cements number one spot ahead of French Open

iga swiatek

Iga Swiatek, who won her fifth tournament in a row in Rome on Sunday, will be the top seed at the French Open after securing her world number one position on Monday. In the current WTA rankings, the 20-year-old Pole, who won the Roland Garros crown in 2020, is over 2,000 points ahead of defending … Read more

Djokovic makes it 370 weeks at number one

novak djokovic

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

Djokovic turns spotlight on Alcaraz ahead of Roland Garros

Djokovic

Novak Djokovic hailed Carlos Alcaraz on Monday, calling him the “best player” of the season so far and one of the “primary favourites” for Roland Garros. Djokovic, who will play Russia’s Aslan Karatsev in the first round of the Rome tournament, lost to Alcaraz in the Madrid semi-finals last weekend and paid respect to him … Read more

Alcaraz cruises past Carreno Busta to win Barcelona Open

barcelona

Carlos Alcaraz won the Barcelona Open on Sunday, confirming his standing as one of the most promising emerging talents in men’s tennis. He defeated fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. Alcaraz defeated Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2 to win his fourth career title and third this year, establishing himself as a potential candidate for the French Open, … Read more