Ukrainian tennis player Stanislav Poplavskyy has been banned from the sport for life after an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) determined that there was participated “on multiple occasions” in match-fixing activities between 2015 and 2019. Poplavskyy, who was ranked 440th in the world in July 2012, has also been charged and convicted of … Read more
Carla Suárez continues to face the Hodgkin lymphoma that was diagnosed last September And he does so with the usual ability to excel that he shows on a tennis court. The Canarian player, who is undergoing treatment against the disease in Barcelona, has published this Sunday on his social networks a very special video: his … Read more
It seems that lhe ATP is not happy with how the Australian Open organizers are handling the doubts surrounding the start of the first Grand Slam of the 2021 calendar. At least that is clear from the words of Dominic Thiem's agent, Herwig Straka, in the newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Straka says that those responsible for … Read more
To recover the Chinese tournaments of the Asian tour that were spoiled this year by the pandemic, as well as having a calendar as similar as possible to the usual oneBefore the emergence of the coronavirus, they are the two main aspirations of the WTA as far as its tournament schedule for 2021 is concerned. … Read more
Since its recent creation, the Professional Tennis Players Association, the new players' union headed by Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil, is generating a lot of polarization. Some like Nadal or Federer have already publicly disapproved of the body, but there are also voices in favor. One of the last to speak has been Reilly Opelka. … Read more
A fit Andy Murray could still be competitive against the best players and tennis fans should consider themselves lucky to see the winner of three Grand Slam titles in action, The former coach of the British tennis player, Daniel Vallverdú, told Reuters. The Venezuelan coach currently coaches three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, who defeated … Read more
The 2021 season has not started and the expectation and uncertainty are already high. The delay of Australian Open, scheduled to start on February 8, can cause a domino effect when it comes to the dates of the closest tournaments, a calendar dance in which the ATP works against the clock to finalize the last … Read more
The youth tennis circuit Rafa Nadal Tour by Mapfre pLast Friday I used an end point to its 2020 edition, which already has absolute winners in each of the four categories: U-12 and U-14, male and female. From Wednesday until yesterday the last tournament of the year, the master, has been played at the Rafa … Read more
Roger Federer continues to recover from knee surgery he underwent last February and that has left him without playing a large part of the 2020 season. Despite his absence due to injury, Federer remains in the Top-10 of the ATP ranking thanks to the points achieved in 2019 and at the Australian Open this season. … Read more
As the days pass, more details are revealed about the strict quarantine protocols that tennis players must carry out before the start of the Australian Open, that despite not being officially confirmed, everything indicates that it will be next February 8. To ensure that everything runs smoothly, Tennis Australia will subject players coming from what … Read more