The Japanese tennis player Naomi osaka, winner of the recent US Open, announced this Friday that will not play Roland Garros which begins next week due to discomfort in his hamstring muscles. “Unfortunately I won't be able to play the French Open this year. My hamstrings are still sore so I won't have enough time … Read more
Czech Karolina Pliskova, number 4 in the WTA ranking and current champion, advanced this Friday with a firm step to the cQuarterfinals of the Rome tournament after beating the Russian Anna Blinkova 6-3 and 6-4, number 65. Pliskova, who had already beaten Blinkova at the Australian Open in 2017, it took an hour and 19 … Read more
Dominic Thiem He recently revealed in an interview his good relationship with Rafa Nadal, whom he described as “the best clay court player”. “So far I have had my greatest number of encounters with him, my most epic encounter… Rafa on land is unique”, Said the winner of the US Open 2020. In addition, he … Read more
Rafa Nadal is already at home, in Manacor, where he digested his defeat at the 1000 Masters in Rome against Diego Schwartzman, a setback in his preparation that he did not expect after a very promising start to the tournament with victories and good play against good rivals like Pablo Carreño and Dusan Lajovic. The … Read more
Carlos Taberner, recent champion of the ATP Challenger of Iasi, will also be in the second qualifying round of Roland Garros after beating Italian Stefano Napolitano in the first phase in two sets pro 6-4 and 7-5. Taberner, who faced Napolitano after the last minute loss of Chilean Alejandro Tabilo due to peritonitis, it was … Read more
The friendship between Tiger Woods, a great admirer of Rafa Nadal, and the Balearic tennis player, who has already shown his sympathy for Tiger and who plays golf frequently when he takes a hole in his busy schedule, has also reached the level of sports fashion. Tiger and Nadal have collaborated in the development of … Read more
Tennis started in Hamburg with mixed feelings for Spanish tennis players. Roberto Bautista, fourth seed of the tournament, started his way on the right foot after defeating the Georgian 6-4 and 6-3 Nikoloz Basilashvili. The Castellón insisted that the game did not have much history thanks to his usual solid game, which he displayed one … Read more
Pedro Martínez is one step away from playing the final draw at Roland Garros. The Valencian prevailed Dutch Robin Haase for a double 6-4 and this Thursday he will fight for one of the places in the final table of the tournament. Martínez was very firm on serve (76% with his first service despite committing … Read more
The prior of Roland Garros, whose main draw starts on Sunday, remains controversial. The one generated by doubtful positives for coronavirus that they left out before starting Ernesto Escobedo, Denis Istomin, Damir Dzumhur, Pedja Krstin and the Spanish Bernabé Zapata. The Valencian, 23, was expelled after his coach Carlos Navarro tested positive, with whom he … Read more
Benoit Paire continues to do his thing on the ATP circuit. After his embarrassing show at the 1000 Masters in RomeWhere he fell with a crash to Benoit Sinner, the Frenchman retired during his first-round match of the Hamburg tournament when he lost 6-4, 2-0 to Norwegian Casper Ruud. With this abandonment Paire added his … Read more