Professional Tennis
On Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic met in a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon Championship. While it was a repeat of the 2023 final, this one played out much differently. A year after outlasting Djokovic in a thrilling five-set affair, Alcaraz repeated as champion, this time beating the nine-time champion 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) to…
The championship match in Ladies’ Singles at this year’s Wimbledon Championships is all set after the seventh-seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy and the 31st seed Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic won their respective semifinals on Thursday. Both players were forced to come back from a set down in their semifinal, with Paolini advancing first in…
Taylor Fritz is one of the last eight players remaining at Wimbledon. The American is into the quarterfinals in London for the second time in his career after defeating 13th seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3 on Monday. The victory marks Fritz’s fourth major quarterfinal overall, and he joins compatriot Tommy Paul in…
Last year, Coco Gauff experienced the greatest moment of her professional life right here in New York. With the eyes of the sporting world upon her, the American came back from a set down to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the finals of the U.S. Open. The victory sealed the first major title…
The USTA today announced the American players that will represent the U.S. Olympic Tennis Team for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The women’s team includes singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 17 Emma Navarro, and doubles No. 11 Desirae Krawczyk. Coached by USTA Head of Women’s…
The 2024 French Open came to a close this weekend in Paris, and on both the men’s side we had a first-time champion while on the women’s side, one player continued her dominance on the red clay. Iga Swiatek continued her Roland Garros reign, completing a dominant fortnight was a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Italy’s…
With spring, it’s time for the clay court season on the ATP and WTA Tours, which is highlighted by the signature red clay of Roland Garros and the year’s second major: the French Open. A year ago, Novak Djokovic was the men’s singles champion and hoisted the fourth French Open title of his career to…
In what will most likely be the final French Open for Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard now knows who is first-round opponent will be. The 14-time Roland Garros champion will square off against fourth-seed Alexander Zverev to kick off his fortnight in Paris. In their previous 10 matchups against one another, Nadal is 7-3 against Zverev….
It was a weekend of firsts for both Andrey Rublev and Iga Swiatek in Madrid, as each player won the Mutua Madrid Open titles for the first time, with Rublev claiming the men’s singles title on Sunday while Swiatek earned her women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek battled past the player directly beneath her in…
Italy’s Lucas Nardi scored the biggest win of his career on Monday as the 20-year-old upset top-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. Nardi, a lucky loser, became the lowest-ranked player (No. 123) to defeat Djokovic at the ATP Masters 1000 or Grand…