Major League Baseball has announced that on Tuesday, Jon Rahm, an alumnus of Arizona State University and resident of Phoenix, will have the honour of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Game 4 of the World Series
Scott Jamieson expressed his satisfaction after securing his DP World Tour card for the upcoming season with an impressive display on the back-nine during the final round of the 2023 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
The Catalan started with a coup de ventaja and maintained the lead in the championship for 14 hours, in which he had achieved five birdies, but Pastor led this moment with four and an eagle
A group of 21 top women’s tennis players have banded together to demand sweeping changes in the sport, according to The Athletic. The stage for this historic stand was set during the China Open in early October, where heated discussions and player meetings took place. The core of their demands revolves around higher pay, a […]
The Francilienne based in Dallas (Texas) is now within sandwedge range of the American Lilia Vu, 8th at the Aramco Team Series -Riyadh, but also of the new n°1, the Chinese Ruoning Yin, 17th at the Maybank Championship
The Spanish Jorge Campillo, who went to the last day of the Cathar Masters as provisional leader, cannot re-edit his 2020 victory after losing in the first day of defeat to the Finnish Sami Valimaki.
The American Alison Lee dominated with 187 (61 61 65, -29) shots the last event of the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF, a match in which Virginia Elena Carta offered a good performance finishing 11th with 202 (65 69 68, -14)
Marketa Vondrousova is making her WTA Finals debut, but due to the tournament’s last-minute organization, the experience is way worse than she imagined it would be. After losing her Chetumal Group opener to Iga Swiatek, the reigning Wimbledon champion voiced her frustration with the facilities in Cancun. Seventh-seeded Vondrousova secured a 5-2 lead, with Swiatek […]
The Swiss Elena Moosmann won with 207 (67 70 70, -9) shots the Santander Golf Tour, the last seasonal stage of the LET Access where Erika De Martini finished 21st with 216 (72 70 74, par)
Ons Jabeur is the latest player voicing her frustration with conditions at the WTA Finals in Cancun. The Tunisian, who is scheduled to kick off her campaign at the prestigious tournament on Monday, praised the dedicated workers in Mexico, but slammed the WTA, just like Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina did earlier. Players consider it […]
Day 1 of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun is in the books. Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka secured opening wins in the tournament’s group stage. The fifth-seeded Pegula kicked off the event with a 7-5 6-2 victory over the fourth-seeded Rybakina in the Bacalar Group on a windy Sunday night. Rybakina was serving for the […]
On Saturday in Cancun, players dedicated their time to interviews and practice sessions in preparation for the tournament starting on Sunday, October 29th. Photographer Jimmie48 caught up with Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari, and other tennis stars getting ready for the prestigious Tour event. This is […]
Former world No.5 Daniela Hantuchova, who retired six years ago, thinks that women’s tennis players should be more grateful for their paychecks and stop complaining about prize money. The 40-year-old Hantuchova, who earned close to $10.5 million during her 18 years on the WTA Tour, said in a recent interview for a Czech tennis portal: […]
The 2023 season’s most successful women’s tennis players gathered for the glamorous WTA Finals draw ceremony at the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun on Friday. The gala’s dress code theme prominently featured an elegant fusion of white and red. Eight players featured in the singles field are divided into the Bacalar and Chetumal groups. The […]
World No.15 Liudmila Samsonova considers Iga Swiatek the real world number one WTA player, as she revealed in a recent interview at a K-Swiss event in Zhuhai, China. Asked about the best women’s tennis player right now, without hesitation Samsonova responded: “Iga.” Then the Russian reaffirmed her claim: 100%. I’m feeling she’s the real number […]
Men’s tennis in France isn’t what it used to be. But the veteran Adrian Mannarino is still winning, and the teenager Arthur Fils is quickly finding his form.
Upon her arrival in Cancun for the WTA Finals, world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka was taken aback by the inadequate resources available for players to properly prepare for this prestigious tournament. Her coach Anton Dubrov posted on his Instagram story a video of one practice court and wrote: “Two practice courts til Saturday, one stringer on […]
Speaking to Bloomberg’s Jason Kelly, Maria Sharapova expressed her admiration for Coco Gauff‘s impressive skills and outstanding character, identifying them as particularly positive aspects within the new generation of women’s tennis players. The retired five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova is optimistic about the future of American tennis, especially now that the 19-year-old Gauff is the […]
Victoria Azarenka and Kim Clijsters will join Venus Williams for the November 10-12 San Antonio International Team Tennis Championships, replacing Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin. Tournament director Tim Stallard regretfully announced that Svitolina will be unable to compete due to a foot injury sustained at Wimbledon, while Kenin will be in Spain on the same […]
Win or lose, tennis players are bullied by bettors. Insulting and threatening messages are part of everyday lives of WTA stars and the latest to point to this type of abuse is Daria Kasatkina, who showed several abusive messages that hit her inbox after she reached the semifinals of the Huafa Technology WTA Elite Trophy. […]
Angelique Kerber will have an action-packed schedule when she returns to the circuit at the start of the 2024 season. The latest tournament the former world No.1 has been confirmed for is the January 8-13 Adelaide International. The 35-year-old Kerber stepped away from competition before the 2022 US Open, announcing pregnancy by humorously noting that […]
Andy Murray is unable to reach his first ATP Tour quarter-final since February after Tomas Martin Etcheverry fights back to win a gruelling contest in Basel.
Naomi Osaka is posting selfies while lying on a beautiful beach, but even though she smiles in those pictures her recent Instagram captions hint that she and her baby daddy Cordae are going through a rough patch or have even broken up. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 大坂なおみ🇭🇹🇯🇵 (@naomiosaka) […]
Venus Williams played just ten matches in 2023, her last one being a first-round loss at the US Open. Still recovering from injury sustained at Wimbledon, the tennis legend will not be ready in time for the 2024 Australian Open, but plans to make a comeback on home soil in spring. Despite her body often […]
In an interview with Bloomberg’s Jason Kelly, Maria Sharapova pointed out the great disparity in prize money between men’s and women’s tennis, saying that equal pay at Grand Slams is amazing but at most tournaments there still is a dramatic difference in checks received by the WTA and ATP players. Highlighting the problem of unequal […]
In April, Garbine Muguruza announced an extended break from tennis to enjoy her private life. At the time, we knew that she would miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon. We’re in mid-October now and the two-time Grand Slam champion still doesn’t plan to return to competition. The former world No.1 Muguruza played her last match at […]
World No.24 Zheng Qinwen defeated Barbora Krejcikova 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the final of the Bank of Communications Zhengzhou Open, making this the first year in Tour history that Chinese players have won four titles. Even before Zheng’s Zhengzhou Open title, the 2023 season had become the first to have three WTA title winners from […]
World No.60 Leylah Fernandez of Canada rallied from a set down to beat Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open and clinch her third career singles title. Making her debut appearance at Hong Kong, Fernandez defeated Victoria Azarenka, Mirra Andreeva, Linda Fruhvirtova, Anna Blinkova, and […]
American Jessica Pegula of half-Korean descent eased past Yuan Yue of China in the final of the Hana Bank Korea Open to win her fourth career title and second this season. The world No.4 Pegula raced through the first set and further solidified her advantage with a double break early in the second set of […]