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When Elena Rybakina won the 2022 edition of Wimbledon, she was flying under the radar until the tournament’s latter stages. The Kazakh was seeded 17th and had never been past the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam event. Her game was perfect for the conditions though and she played a near-flawless fortnight to make sure […] READ MORE
Brandon Nakashima cemented his name on the ATP Tour during the 2022 season. The 21-year old North American collected his first ATP title in San Diego last year, alongside winning the ATP NextGen Finals in Milan. He is the fifth-youngest player inside the world’s Top 50 and has slipped under the radar compared to the […] READ MORE
Tennis remains the only major professional sport without a proper off-season, so the start of the 2023 tennis season is just weeks away. Here are ten things to look forward to in tennis in 2023. Ten Things To Look Forward To In Tennis 1.The Great Three-Generational Battle In Men’s Tennis After the era of the […] READ MORE
2022 was a truly historic year in tennis. In the men’s game, both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic broke their previous three-way tie with Roger Federer on 20 Majors to move to 22 and 21 Major victories respectively. Perhaps even more importantly, a new Major-winner – indeed, a new world #1 – emerged in Carlos […] READ MORE
The biggest moment of Frances Tiafoe’s career came in New York. He reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time defeating Diego Schwartzman, Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev back-to-back before eventually falling in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz. Though he didn’t go two wins further, it felt like a dream realised. America […] READ MORE
The title of best player in men’s tennis has changed hands a few times this year. It started in the hands of Daniil Medvedev and was quickly passed on to Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard won the Australian and French Open titles. However, a series of injuries pushed him back into the pack. Novak Djokovic […] READ MORE
The plan for the ATP Finals involves matching the top eight players in the world in a two pool round robin event to determine an unofficial “player of the year”. Round-robin matches are followed by semi-finals and finals, then the champion is crowned. The system uses ATP Tour points to determine who qualifies for the […] READ MORE
After a long-time absent from the ATP Tour and professional tennis, Roger Federer has announced his retirement after this year’s Laver Cup, the Laver Cup will mark the end of his storied career, where he has a claim to be made as the greatest of all time, despite the end of his career being marred […] READ MORE
The frontpage of Saturday’s headline was centred around the Wimbledon women’s singles final between Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur, and rightly so. Both players were contesting a Grand Slam final for the first time. And in the fortnight, the two players had become tennis stalwarts for their respective countries. Neither a Kazakh nor a Tunisian […] READ MORE
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic overcame a slow start to defeat British No. 1 Cameron Norrie 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4, reaching his 32nd Slam final. The Serb will now face unseeded Nick Kyrgios in the final on Sunday, hoping for his seventh Wimbledon title. The Road to the Semifinals Norrie’s first-ever deep run at a […] READ MORE
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