There are still five months to go to the usual dates for the Australian Open, the only Grand Slam that has been played, for now, in 2020, and its organizers are already studying different scenarios that depend on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. Craig Tiley, tournament director, spoke of the creation of a long … Read more
Serena Williams skirted disaster in her first official post-lockdown appearance at the Top Seed Open in Lexington (Kentucky, USA). The American, first favorite of the tournament on a hard court that is played without an audience, had to go back a match that had turned ugly against his compatriot Bernarda Pera (25 years and 60th … Read more
The organizers of the Davis cup they must have breathed a sigh of relief when it was played the qualifying round, on March 6 and 7. The coronavirus was already hitting hard, but it had not yet displayed its greatest virulence, and the qualifiers could be played with the only incidence that two of them, … Read more
Canadian Leylah Fernandez starred in one of the great surprises of the day this Tuesday at the Lexington tournament after defeating American Sloane Stephens, champion of the US Open 2017 and finalist at Roland Garros 2018, 6-3 and 6-3 after one hour and 13 minutes of play. At 17, Fernandez, number 120 in the WTA … Read more
The Ecuadorian tennis player Gonzalo Escobar, 431 singles and 69 in the world in doubles, has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus, although both he and his family are fine. “On Saturday I did a routine PCR test to be able to play the Nicolás Febres-Cordero tournament in Ballenita. Today I received the … Read more
Italian Sara Errani, current world number 167 and former number 5, qualified for the quarterfinals this Wednesday at the Palermo Ladies Open After coming back in more than two hours of play against the Czech Kristina Pliskova and chained her 180th victory on clay, a record among active players. The day of the Palermo club … Read more
Roger Federer continues his recovery after the two operations he underwent on his knee and that will prevent him from competing for the remainder of the 2020 season. Federer has spent the circuit break at his home in Switzerland accompanied by his wife and children and made this reflection on what he has learned in … Read more
French Fiona Ferro, number 53 of the world at the beginning of the week, achieved his second title this Sunday WTA by winning in its second final, the tournament in Palermo (Italy), to Estonian Anett Kontaveit, 22 in the world and who started as fourth head serial. Ferro, 23, premiered its record in July of … Read more
Dominic Thiem is the only tennis player who, to this day, seems like he could break the tyranny on the men's circuit of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The Austrian has already positioned himself as number three in the world and has reached several Grand Slam finals showing that he is ready to … Read more
Players who compete in the United States Open, scheduled for August 31 to September 13, will then be able to travel to Rome and play the Italian Masters 1000, from September 20 to 27, without having to spend two weeks in quarantine, as long as they certify their negative in a test carried out maximum … Read more