Victoria Azarenka has the perfect word to describe tennis technology
Mar 26, 2024 · Victoria Azarenka miffed by technology issue at the Miami Open. One could even imagine a tournament final being postponed a day or so if there was a major outage. In 2025, all ATP tournaments, except the French Open because the Grand Slam chose not to have electronic line calling as the event is played on clay, will do away with linespeople and ...
Tennis News: Taylor Fritz's disappointment and Novak Djokovic's …
Sep 28, 2024 · Taylor Fritz has normally been the highest-ranked American for the last few years. Every so often, a player such as Frances Tiafoe will pass him by, but Fritz is the most consistent player Americans have, and he has the most upside due to his bombastic serve and ability to move around the court well.. Fritz has never been able to maintain as high of a level of fantastic tennis as have players ...
Madison Keys makes interesting change, and Jessica Pegula marks …
Apr 30, 2024 · Like Keys, Jessica Pegula has dealt with injuries in 2024 and has been missed on the court. Because of her supreme consistency of advancing to the latter rounds of practically every tournament she has entered in the past few years, Pegula is marking a significant career milestone. Pegula, 30, is celebrating her 100th consecutive week in the WTA ...
Tennis News: Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek
Oct 10, 2024 · Elena Rybakina gets a new coach and Aryna Sabalenka needs Iga Swiatek. Rybakina knows Zovko as he holds a coaching role within the Kazakh Tennis Federation. This should help smooth the transition to a new full-time coach sometime in 2025. Two other top-ranked WTA players, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, are a much-needed rivalry in women's ...
Peyton Stearns wins maiden WTA title in Rabat
May 25, 2024 · Peyton Stearns won her first WTA title at Rabat on Saturday. Stearns, an NCAA champion, faced Mayar Sherif, another NCAA player, in the finals and many were concerned what Stearns had left in the tank after spending an additional 4 1/2 hours on the court than her opponent this week. Sherif did not drop a set the entire week before the final.
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Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula reunite for Indian Wells doubles win
Mar 11, 2024 · Tennis fans have missed the doubles pairing of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula. We have not seen them play together since the WTA Finals in November 2023. Five months later at the BNP Paribas Open, the duo reunited and got a win over the all-American team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin. Their next match is against another all-American ...
Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands rise from alternates to …
Apr 1, 2024 · For the second straight year, an all-American female doubles team wins the Miami Open. Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula lifted the trophy in 2023, but the improbable team of Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands are the 2024 champions.. Kenin and Mattek Sands are not an improbable team because of their skill and reputation; …
Report: Aryna Sabalenka's boyfriend has died in Miami - Lob and …
Mar 19, 2024 · Various media outlets, including Eurosport and ESPN, are reporting that Aryna Sabalenka's boyfriend, former professional hockey player, Konstantin Koltsov, 42, has died in Miami. It is unclear what might have happened, and limited information is available. Sabalenka, 25, and Koltsov have reportedly been together for three years.
Filipina teenager Alex Eala gets biggest win of her career at …
Apr 23, 2024 · 18-year-old Filipina tennis player Alex Eala, ranked 170th in the world, came from a set down to defeat Lesia Tsurkeno in the biggest win of her career 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Mutura Madrid Open. Eala turned pro in 2020 and previously trained at Rafael Nadal's academy.. Tsurenko, 34, is a veteran of the WTA Tour with four career titles, a US Open quarterfinal appearance in 2018 ...