Rafael Nadal has been dealt a horrendous hand in what could be his last French Open, drawn against fourth seed Alexander Zverev in the first round. The Spanish tennis legend is battling hip and abdominal injuries in what looms as his final season on tour and threatened to pull out of Roland Garros if he … Read more
Serena Williams has dropped a cryptic teaser to tennis fans around the globe, almost two years after she stepped away from the game. Williams last graced the court in a professional match at the 2022 US Open where she bowed out in the third round to Aussie Ajla Tomljanovic. She had flagged a month earlier … Read more
ROME — ROME (AP) — Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title Sunday and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago. Zverev opened the match with three straight aces on the red clay court … Read more
Cruz Hewitt has been selected to make his debut for Australia in the Junior Davis Cup, following in the team tennis footsteps of his illustrious dad Lleyton. Lleyton is the captain of the senior Davis Cup squad in the ‘World Cup of tennis’ event that has long been one of the favourite parts of his … Read more
Fifteen days before he is scheduled to play in what will likely be his final French Open, Rafael Nadal is so unsatisfied with his level of tennis that he’s still debating whether or not to go to Roland Garros. Nadal’s surgically repaired hip and his 37-year-old legs didn’t provide him with the necessary means to … Read more
ROME — Novak Djokovic took a little while to get going in his first match in nearly a month. He cleaned up his game after dropping his first two service games with some sloppy play, though, and completed a 6-3, 6-1 win over left-handed French qualifier Corentin Moutet in his opening match at the Italian … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. — A tennis player was awarded $9 million in damages by a jury in federal court in Florida after accusing the U.S. Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her at one of its training centers when she was a teenager. The lawsuit, filed by Kylie … Read more
ROME — Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the Italian Open on Friday because of the right forearm injury that already prompted him to pull out of tournaments in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. The announcement comes two days after Alcaraz’s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss … Read more
Rafael Nadal has played his last ever tennis match on home soil. The legendary Spaniard went down in two sets to 31st-ranked Czech star Jiri Lehecka in two sets, 5-7, 4-6, in the round of 16 at the Madrid Open, an event Nadal has won five times. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Rafael Nadal bids farewell … Read more
A little-known Argentine tennis player has received the gift of a lifetime after pushing Rafael Nadal to three sets at the Madrid Open. Nadal, playing at his home tournament for the last time, sealed a 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 victory over Pedro Cachin in just over three hours and was somewhat surprised with a daring … Read more
