While the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports are considering banning all representatives of their country from participating in competitions in which Russians or Belarusians are engaged – “the representatives of the aggressor countries” –the Ukrainian Tennis Federation has just sent them an open letter on Monday. “We risk...
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Miami: hit in the abdominals, Arthur Rinderknech gives up
After ten minutes and sixteen points (including twelve lost), no need to have done tennis sup, Wednesday, at the start of the program, to guess that Arthur Rinderknech was going to have trouble reaching the second round of the Miami Masters 1000. Moreover, the Frenchman asked, at 3-0 for the Japanese Taro Daniel (30 years...
2024 season: the ATP formalizes its calendar
The ATP formalized its calendar for the 2024 season on Wednesday, an Olympic year where, as often, you have to know how to use the shoehorn so that everything fits more or less in the boxes. The United Cup, second in name, will start the year well in Australia, as in January, with its mixed...
Miami: affected in the ribs, Iga Swiatek withdraws
She had admitted, shortly after her defeat against Elena Rybakina, in the semi-finals of Indian Wells (6-2, 6-2), last week, that she had not been able to fully defend her chances and intended to land with his staff to decide what to do next. Iga Swiatek was really physically affected in California. A rib injury...
Caroline Garcia advances to the round of 16 by controlling Leylah Fernandez
Nothing is done easily, for the moment, in California, for Caroline Garcia, winner of her first two games in three sets. The world No. 5, however, played a rather solid third round on Monday, in Indian Wells, to defeat (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1) Canadian Leylah Fernandez (49th WTA) in 2h13. After a shy start to...
Donna Vekic stronger than Caroline Garcia in Monterrey final
While she argued clean and promising matches to reach the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Monterrey, Caroline Garcia missed the last episode on Sunday, scoring only two of her sixteen break points, against the Croatian Donna Vekic, who won in 2h29 (6 -4, 3-6, 7-5). The world number five had however launched her...
Challenger de Pau: Luca Van Assche overthrows Ugo Humbert in the final
At the end of an extended Franco-French final, the longest in the history of the ATP Challengers tournaments, Luca Van Assche saved two match points, in the final tie-break, before winning against Ugo Humbert, at the Terega Open Pau Pyrénées (7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) in 3h56). This is the most beautiful professional trophy won...
100% French final between Ugo Humbert and Luca Van Assche at the Challenger de Pau
With three French in the last four, the odds were good, and it’s now official: the Challenger ATP 125 tournament in Pau will indeed end with a 100% FFT final. Just before Ugo Humbert (89th) outclasses (6-1, 6-2) the Japanese Kaichi Uchida (172nd, first-round winner of Arthur Fils and, in the quarters, of Laurent Lokoli)...
In Dubai, Novak Djokovic signs a twentieth consecutive victory on the ATP circuit
Unbeaten since the start of the year, Novak Djokovic is now on a series of twenty straight victories (Masters 2022 included), after his success, this Thursday, in the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 in Dubai, against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (6-3, 7-5 in 1h21). You can measure the strength of the winner of the last...
In Dubai, Alexander Zverev returns to the last four
The level of play and the feelings continue to return, slowly but surely, on the side of Alexander Zverev, scorer on Thursday, in the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 in Dubai, the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (7-5, 6- 4 in 1h52). Seriously injured in the right ankle in the semi-finals of the last Roland-Garros (three torn...