Emma Raducanu makes decision on playing Wimbledon as players vow to boycott Grand Slam
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Veteran players Tsonga, Simon receive French Open wild cards
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open, organisers said Tuesday. A former Australian Open runner-up, Tsonga announced earlier this season that he will retire after the clay-court Grand Slam event. Play begins at Roland Garros on May 22. Simon said he is retiring at the end of the season after 20 years of playing professional tennis.
Veteran players Tsonga, Simon receive French Open wild cards
PARIS (AP) — Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open, organizers said Tuesday.
Partidos de hoy miércoles 4 de mayo en el Mutua Madrid Open: horarios y orden de juego
Este miércoles, la Caja Mágica acogerá una jornada más del con un cartel estelar. Debutarán en el torneo favoritos como Rafa Nadal, Alexander Zverev o Stefanos Tsitsipas, y además habrá otros cinco españoles en liza: Sara Sorribes, en busca de las semifinales, y los partidos de segunda ronda de Roberto Bautista y Alejandro Davidovich, además del dobles de Marc López y Carlos Alcaraz.
Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem both lose in comeback matches after injuries at ATP Challenger event in Marbella
Stan Wawrinka’s long-awaited return to tennis ended in disappointment as he went down to Elias Ymer at an ATP Challenger event in Marbella. The three-time Grand Slam champion was beaten 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 34 minutes as he played competitively for the first time since March last year. Ad/> Wawrinka has since had two surgeries on the left foot injury he sustained in the loss to Lloyd Harris at the Qatar Open and faces a long battle to rise up the rankings having slipped to No.232 in the world.
'Novak lived through hell' - Sergiy Stakhovsky says Novak Djokovic support has raised spirits in Ukraine
Retired Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky, who joined the armed forces to help combat Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says Novak Djokovic “completely understands” the war in Ukraine having “lived through hell when he was young”. Stakhovsky left his wife and three young children in Hungary and returned to his birthplace to help try and fight Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> The 36-year-old has been working with a branch of the Ukraine armed forces that can only be used inside the city premises and reached out to the tennis community for financial support.
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andrey Rublev to clash for Marseille title
Felix Auger-Aliassime reached his second successive final on Saturday to set up a Marseille title showdown with Russia's Andrey Rublev. Canadian world number nine Auger-Aliassime, who won his maiden ATP crown at Rotterdam last weekend after eight losses in finals, defeated Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin, ranked 163 in the world, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5). Seventh-ranked Rublev downed France's Benjamin Bonzi 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in his semi-final.
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas upset in Marseille quarters
Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin took down No. 1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 6-4, Friday in the quarterfinals of the Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France.