For the first time in her career, Paula Badosa faces a tournament as defending champion. The Spanish took the WTA 1,000 trophy from Indian Wells last year and in 2022 she starts among the favorites, a responsibility that she tries to mitigate. “I try to fool myself by saying that I won it in October … Read more
Old rockers never die, as a song magnificently performed by Miguel Ríos used to say and that will resound again at the Wizink Center in Madrid in the near future. Not even after hip surgery. This is the case of Andy Murray, who refuses to leave a sport that gave him so much joy when … Read more
Jaume Munar imposed his experience in ATP matches to beat Juncheng Shang in two sets (6-3 and 6-4 in 1h40)a tennis player who has gone down in history for being the first Chinese to compete in the main draw of a Masters 1,000 and therefore the first to participate in Indian Wells. At 17, he … Read more
Rafa Nadal continues to prepare for his debut at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the first Masters 1,000 and He continues to do so with demanding training sessions to claim his fourth title in California and his 37th Masters 1,000, which would allow him to equal Djokovic. The Balearic tennis player, who this … Read more
Aryna Sabalenka, born in Belarus, a country that supports Russia in the offensive against Ukraineexpressed his support for the Ukrainian players and assured that he will have no problem wearing the ribbon with the colors of the country’s flag that these days suffers a military invasion, and that world tennis governing bodies make available to … Read more
Marta Kotyuk starred in one of the most emotional moments of the day Thursday at the WTA Indian Wells 1000 after her victory against the Belgian of Ukrainian origin Maryna Zanevska after a battle of more than three hours that fell on the side of the Ukrainian, who could not avoid tears at the end … Read more
The Spanish tennis player Nuria Párrizas could not overcome the first round of the Indian Wells Masters 1,000 despite demonstrating a great capacity for resistance against a tough rival like the American Shelby Rogers. Párrizas fell to Rogers 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (3) after almost three hours of play. The meeting did not start well for … Read more
The Swedish Mats Wilander, a member of the Tennis Hall of Fame, has stated in Eurosport his astonishment at the magnificent start of Rafa Nadal in this 2022. “Not in a million years would I have thought that Rafael Nadal could do that”said the extenista. Wilander, who describes the one from Manacor as “the king … Read more
Pablo Andújar could not reverse the curse that haunts him in Indian Wells and lost against Fabio Fognini, who came from behind to beat him in two sets: 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3 in 2h06. The man from Cuenca has not won a match at the 1,000 American Masters since 2013, when he beat American Steve … Read more
Alexander Zverev tries to definitively close the episode he starred in at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, when he was expelled from the tournament after insulting the chair umpire and hitting the chair with rackets at the end of a doubles match. Zverev assures that it is still taking its toll on him and … Read more