Elena Rybakina gave a small, contained fistpump on the final point of her match on Saturday against Ons Jabeur. The reaction was fitting for an opening round match, or even winning a set during a match. However, it was the biggest final point of her young career, as the 17th seed representing Kazakhstan had…
The women’s singles final at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, and it will feature two first-time finalists. Third-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur will take on Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s final after both won their respective semifinals on Thursday. Jabeur was up first, and she defeated good friend Tatiana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Jabeur is the…
The second day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships were played on Tuesday, and recent French Open finalists Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff both advanced into the second round, but did so much differently. The top-seeded Swiatek needed just one hour and 15 minutes to defeat Croatia’s Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3. “It’s my first match…
The first day of the 2022 Wimbledon main draw got underway on Monday, and defending champion Novak Djokovic was tested but was able to advance to the second round. The Serb dropped the second set to South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon but did move to 17-0 in Wimbledon first-round matches by posting a 6-3, 3-6,…
The USTA will allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2022 US Open, but only under a neutral flag. Alongside the other Grand Slams, the ITF, the ATP and the WTA, the USTA, which owns and operates the US Open, has previously condemned, and continues to condemn, the unprovoked and…
Earlier this month, American Coco Gauff graduated from high school, and was able to celebrate doing so while in Paris preparing for the French Open. Fast-forward a little more than a week and the 18-year-old’s time in Paris is not done yet as she powered her way into the semifinals on Tuesday. Gauff ousted…
As he watched his backhand slice drop onto the court inside Hard Rock Stadium and inside the line, Carlos Alcaraz fell to his back and put his hands on his head. After shaking hands with Casper Ruud, his defeated opponent, the Spanish teenager climbed into the stands and hugged members of his coaching team…
The Mutua Madrid Open wrapped up this weekend, with Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur claiming the Women’s Singles title on Saturday, and Spain’s own Carlos Alcaraz winning the Men’s Singles title on Sunday. Alcaraz continued his spectacular 2022 season with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over third-ranked Alexander Zverev. The win was Zverev’s second Masters 1000 title…
Former World No. 5 Kevin Anderson announced his retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday. In a multi-part post to Twitter, Anderson said: “Today I finally arrived at the difficult decision to retire from professional tennis. There are so many people who helped me along the way, and believed that a kid from South Africa…
After being found guilty earlier this month of hiding assets in regards to his bankruptcy filing in 2017, German tennis legend Boris Becker was sentenced in a London court on Friday. The six-time major champion and former world No. 1 was sentenced to two-and-a-half years by a jury in London’s Southwark Crown Court on…