The big surprise on Friday at the WTA 1,000 in Miami was given by a 16-year-old girl born in the Czech Republic named Linda Fruhvirtova. Invited by the organization, this player, who was a junior semifinalist last year at Wimbledon, where she was won by the Spanish Ane Mintegi, ultimately champion, the Belgian Elise Mertens, … Read more
The tennis world continues to look askance at Daniil Medvedev as a result of the invasion that Russia is carrying out in Ukraine since last February 24 and that the Russian tennis player has not yet publicly condemned, although he has expressed his desire to end the conflict once and for all. In the press … Read more
Paula Badosa has reached a level that allows her to unclog complicated games on days of little brilliance. It does it with claw, by category. This is how the number six in the world ended the resistance of the Czech Marie Bouzkova (23 years old and 86th) to beat her by a double 7-5 in … Read more
The best and the worst. Nick Kyrgios, facing Rafa Nadal, in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells, showed both sides of him. In the sports field, he allowed a glimpse of the great tennis player that he has inside; in the extra-sports, his indomitable character. He took the Spaniard to the third set and, while he … Read more
Ashleigh Barty, who announced her retirement from tennis on Wednesday, already has a successor as number one in the world ranking: it will be Iga Swiatekwhich will rise to the top of the rankings on April 4 when it is updated and the Australian leaves it at her own request. The 20-year-old Pole obtained the … Read more
Nick Kyrgios does not win to pay fines in his checkered career. Well, actually yes, because the Australian accumulates more than nine and a half million dollars in earnings. Now he will have to part with a good amount to face the sanction imposed by the ATP for throwing the racket and nearly hitting a … Read more
Pablo Carreño was happy at the Masters 1,000 in Miamito which he returned four years after being a semifinalist in 2018 (Alexander Zverev eliminated him) and did it in a big way, with a overwhelming victory in two sets against the former top-10 David Goffin: 6-3 and 6-2 in 69 minutes. The 31-year-old Belgian, who … Read more
Paula Badosa begins her journey this Friday at the Miami Open, the WTA 1,000 in Miami. After staying at the gates of the final in Indian Wells, the Spanish tennis player wants to continue with her great start to the season and hurry up the remote options she has to climb to number one in … Read more
Tommy Robredo runs between the vineyards, dressed in shorts, and heads for an improvised clay track that Vilarnau, Godó’s new sponsor, has set up. He hits the ball with David Ferrer and announces, right after, that it will be his last tournament. At home and before his people. At 39 years old, he leaves professional … Read more
Novak Djokovic continues to gradually outline his calendar for the 2022 season. A calendar in which the Serbian could not play in the Australian Open after his visa was denied due to not being vaccinated. A reason that also caused the Serbian to not be able to compete in the Masters 1,000 in Indian Wells … Read more