Author: Miles Cooper

Simona Halep has realized her opening opponent on the Transylvania Open and is formally set to start out her 2025 season in entrance of her house followers. On Saturday, the draw for the WTA 250 match in Cluj-Napoca was revealed.  The Romanian former world No. 1, who shall be a fan favourite, will play towards world No. 66 Lucia Bronzetti within the first spherical.  For Halep, this shall be her first WTA match since late October, when she misplaced within the Hong Kong Open first spherical. Simply earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season, the two-time Grand Slam champion…

Emma Raducanu will not play within the Abu Dhabi Open qualifying however not as a result of she withdrew, however as a result of the event upgraded her wildcard to a most important draw one. On Thursday, it was introduced that the previous world No. 10 acquired a qualifying wildcard for the WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi.  However when the qualifying draw was launched on Friday, Raducanu’s identify wasn’t on it.  That led to some questioning if she once more determined to ditch qualifying.  Nonetheless, that is not the case as she made the primary draw straight and can…

Lleyton Hewitt is upset a bit to not have Nick Kyrgios this week however is not ruling out the 2022 Wimbledon finalist’s return to the Davis Cup sooner or later. Between 2013 and 2019, the 29-year-old repeatedly competed within the Davis Cup. However then attributable to what he felt was disrespectful conduct from some Australian tennis followers, he determined to cease representing his nation within the group competitors. Nonetheless, that ended earlier this yr when Australian Davis Cup group captain Hewitt confirmed that Kyrgios agreed to play of their qualifiers tie towards Sweden. Sadly for all events, the previous world…

Dominic Thiem admits it wasn’t very nice for him to listen to the announcer itemizing all of Rafael Nadal’s French Open titles simply earlier than their finals and the gang going loopy as that solely made him extra tense than he already was.  In 2018, the Austrian made his maiden Grand Slam closing at Roland Garros.  There, he met the Spanish tennis icon, who routinely dealt with him 6-4 6-3 6-2 for his eleventh French Open title. The next yr, Thiem put up one other large run on the Parisian Slam and even beat Novak Djokovic en route to creating…

Anastasia Potapova is opening up about her divorce from Alexander Shevchenko because the Russian admitted that there have been “problems” that they sadly could not resolve as a pair.  In 2022, the Thirty third-ranked WTA star and the ATP world No. 75 began courting and it did not take lengthy earlier than they turned one of the in style tennis {couples} on the Tour. Already in 2023 September, the 24-year-old Kazakh participant proposed to the 23-year-old and she or he stated sure. Shortly after the engagement, the marriage additionally got here as Potapova and Shevchenko tied the knot in December…

Tim Henman thinks Emma Raducanu should concentrate on two issues within the upcoming interval and that is bringing in a brand new coach and in addition specializing in enhancing her health degree as a result of she merely must play extra. After struggling an early setback and lacking Auckland because of a again damage, the world No. 56 gained two Australian Open matches however then acquired annihilated 1-6 0-6 by Iga Swiatek. A few days later, it was introduced that coach Nick Cavaday was leaving her group as a result of he was coping with some well being points and…

Roger Federer’s agent Tony Godsick says the best way Jannik Sinner carries himself on and off the court docket reminds him of the Swiss tennis icon and likewise added that the 23-year-old is on “the right path” to perhaps even go down as among the best ever.  Prior to now 13 months, the Italian has been undoubtedly the most effective and most dominant participant within the sport, having gained three Grand Slams – three Masters occasions – the ATP Finals – and he additionally completed 2024 with an excellent 73-6 file. Jannik Sinner© Australian Open/YouTube   Other than the well-documented…

Jesper de Jong vs. (2) Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime is with out query among the finest indoor hard-court gamers on the earth. 5 of his six ATP titles have come indoors and he has additionally reached 4 different indoor finals. The one exception is the match Auger-Aliassime simply gained just a few weeks in the past in Adelaide, the place he triumphed on outside onerous courts. The Twenty third-ranked Canadian misplaced from two units up in opposition to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in spherical two of the Australian Open, however he’s again on monitor in Montpellier with straight-set victories over Arthur Cazaux and…

Mark Petchey has been one of many largest defenders of Emma Raducanu for the previous few years however now even he’s saying that he seen some “awkwardness” within the Briton’s sport and urged her to handle sure issues and rework her sport. Though the 22-year-old managed to win her first two Australian Open matches, she sprayed a complete of twenty-two double faults throughout the matches in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova. Alexandrova and Anisimova perhaps did not punish the 2021 US Open champion for her inconsistent serving however Iga Swiatek did precisely that of their third-round assembly. In…

No. 1 seed Karolina Muchova has been by way of to the Linz semifinal after overcoming sixth-seeded Anastasia Potapova in three units 6-3 3-6 6-3. By way of the primary set and a half, the 2023 French Open runner-up seemed to be in management and it appeared like she would get the job executed in two units. However then, she didn’t convert on some second-set possibilities and ended up discovering herself in a decider. Nonetheless, Muchova saved her composure and delivered within the third set to e book a semifinal ticket. On Saturday, the Czech will battle in opposition to…