Garbiñe Muguruza noted after defeating Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (90 WTA) 6-1 and 6-4 in one hour and 20 minutes and achieving the Round of 16 of the Abu Dhabi tournament, that since the preseason his mind is set on the Australian Open, which begins on February 8. “Looking ahead to Australia I have been thinking … Read more
While cancellations and postponements continue unchecked for one reason or another, due to pandemic or snow, in the most diverse sports, handball, futsal, cycling, basketball or soccer, professional tennis circuits have been sheltered in an atypical calendar and in strict requirements to advance towards his first Grand Slam of the year: the Australian Open, which … Read more
With only 17 years old, Carlos Alcaraz can already say that he has won a match in a Grand Slam, although, for now, it is from the previous phase. He tried it at Roland Garros in late September, but the victory eluded him despite even having match points against Australia's Aleksandar Vukic. This time, in … Read more
The young Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will start the 2021 season this Sunday facing the Slovakian Filip Horansky in his debut in the qualifying phase of the Australian Open, first Grand Slam tournament of the year that will start in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where 16 places will be at stake to … Read more
Serbian Novak Djokovic, number one in the world in the ATP ranking, trained this Thursday as one more at the facilities of the Torremolinos Municipal Sports Board (Malaga), a town on the Costa del Sol where it has also reserved a track to exercise on Friday, according to Efe. Djokovic, born in Belgrade 33 years … Read more
Belgian David Goffin, second-seeded, began his season at the ATP 250 in Antalya on Thursday and did so with a hard-fought victory over his doubles partner, Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, before which he came back and saved up to five match balls. Goffin, who beat Herbert by 3-6, 7-5 and 6-0, was against the ropes in … Read more
Andy Roddick sees a lot of potential in the figure of Stefanos Tsitsipas, number six in the ATP rankings. The former American tennis player, in an interview for Tennis Channel, He affirms that “he is one of the best talents on the circuit” and compares his style of play neither more nor less than that … Read more
“I don't know Gasanova, I never saw her play, “Sara Sorribes said after beating Bernarda Pera in the second round in Abu Dhabi. The Russian was her rival in the second round and it mattered little to her that she was a stranger to her, because the Castellón did her job, as well as the … Read more
Sara Sorribes and Paula Badosa went brilliantly to the second round of the Abu Dhabi WTA 500 this Friday with two different and equally worthy victories. Sorribes confirmed the good feelings she had shown in the first round and beat the 26-year-old American and 62nd in the world Bernarda Pera, who won the first set … Read more
20-year-old tennis player and 29th in the world Dayana Yastremska, who has been provisionally suspended by the International Federation (ITF) due to a sample of him taken on November 24 in which a metabolic anabolic called mesterolone appears. The player flatly denies that she was doped, at least consciously. “I firmly affirm that I have … Read more