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The last Grand Slam of the year is over, and there were a lot of surprises at Flushing Meadows this year. Even though it started as a “sad” tournament, with the lack of a lot of big names, we can say that we had plenty of fun at the US Open. From the surprising runner […] READ MORE
Fabio Fognini is not having his best days at the moment. His verbal abuse of a female umpire in the US Open first round cost him plenty. Back at home, where he is having time to meditate on what happened, he concducted an exclusive interview with Sky Sport, the Italian-leading sports media outlet. In this […] READ MORE
Bad news for world #26 Fabio Fognini. After yesterday’s $24,000 fine, troubles aren’t over for the Italian, as US Open director Brian Earley decided to disqualify him from the tournament. All the points and the full prize money he earned (72,000 $) have been “confiscated” Crucial for him have been the insults to the chair […] READ MORE
The first day of the US Open is done and dusted and good things are just around the corner. Yesterday, The US Open set an all-time Opening Day record attendance. 61,839 tennis fans came to Flashing Meadows between the day and night sessions. A capacity of 38,068 people attended the day session and 23,771 filled […] READ MORE
Heading to the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, there are plenty of good players with real potential to watch for in the qualifying rounds. Which ones of them will make it to the main draw, and who can make a run once they get there? 1. Denis Shapovalov The spotlight of […] READ MORE
Let’s discover an underrated young talent, Italian 21-year-old Matteo Berrettini. To become a tennis player is not easy; there are a lot of sacrifices to make and in the end only few lucky ones manage to get through all these difficulties. One of the toughest passages to do is becoming a professional player and end […] READ MORE
Yesterday’s breaking news was the announcement of Stan Wawrinka regarding his withdrawals from Montreal and Cincinnati “After much backwards and forwards and consultations with my doctors and my team unfortunately I have decided to skip Canada and Cincinnati to be on the safe side even though I’ve been battling hard to make these Events,” said […] READ MORE
Remember the crazy Fabio Fognini we all knew? He may be gone… This week Fabio Fognini took the Swiss Open title in Gstaad, winning his fifth career title, all on clay. This can be considered a great victory because it came in a different way; the Fognini we saw in Switzerland this week has been […] READ MORE
Heading to the US swing, we can say we had a pretty decent first half of the season, which showed, a bit unexpectedly, the return of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at their best level of shape and game. Federer and Nadal dominated these first seven months of 2017, winning all three Grand Slam of […] READ MORE