Brandon Holt’s two-week India sojourn had the sweetest of endings as he clinched the Bengaluru Open singles title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Shintaro Mochizuki at the KLSTA courts here on Sunday. It was only Holt’s second ATP Challenger title — both of which have come this year — and he will be richer…
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz lost for just the second time this year on Thursday when 25th-ranked Jiri Lehecka beat him 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. Alcaraz’s only other defeat in 2025 was to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 21-year-old Spaniard, ranked No. 3, won the Rotterdam Open earlier this month….
Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban for doping having tested positive for a banned substance last year following a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it said on Saturday (February 15, 2025). WADA had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against an independent tribunal’s decision in…
Elena Rybakina said on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) that she was “disappointed” with the WTA Tour’s decision to ban her former coach Stefano Vukov following the governing body’s investigation into a potential breach of its code of conduct. “I’m just disappointed with the situation, and how the process went. I’m not going to comment much…
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension. Halep used a microphone to address the crowd in Cluj-napoca, Romania, following her 6-1, 6-1 loss to Lucia…
Jannik Sinner claimed his second consecutive Australian Open championship on Sunday (January 26, 2025), never facing a single break point and using his complete game to outplay and frustrate Alexander Zverev for a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in the final. Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, is the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the…
The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu on Saturday (January 18, 2025). Swiatek won the final 11 games of the match to beat 2021 U.S. Open champion Raducanu 6-1, 6-0 and become…
Novak Djokovic added yet another record to his lengthy list, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam matches played in tennis history by reaching 430 on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) at the Australian Open in what was a tougher-than-expected second-round victory. Djokovic improved to 379-51 for his career at major tournaments, a…
Hugo Gaston has been one of the bright players in the world of tennis. The 24-year-old Frenchman was No.2 in the world as a junior in 2018. Two years later, playing his first French Open at the Roland Garros, Gaston beat Stan Wawrinka in the third round in five sets. It took Dominik Thiem five…
World number one Jannik Sinner said his off-court turmoil over doping accusations was \”heartbreaking\”, after winning the Davis Cup with Italy on Sunday to complete a stellar year. The 23-year-old won the Australian Open, U.S. Open and ATP Finals before starring for Italy as they claimed a second consecutive Davis Cup triumph, but admitted he…
