Carlos Alcaraz beaten by Alexander Zverev in ATP Finals debut
Carlos Alcaraz was beaten in three sets by Alexander Zverev on Monday as the world No 2 started his ATP Finals campaign in disappointing fashion.
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Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek win their WTA Finals opening matches in straight sets
CANCUN, Mexico: US Open champion Coco Gauff earned the first WTA Finals victory of her career on Monday night, breezing past three-time major runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-1 in a round-robin match interrupted for a little more than an hour by rain.
Top seed Rune rallies to victory in Basel after horror star
BASEL, Switzerland: Holger Rune performed under pressure for new coach Boris Becker on Tuesday, earning a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Miomir Kecmanovic to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Novak Djokovic To Open 2024 At United Cup, But No Rafael Nadal
World number one Novak Djokovic will open his 2024 season at the mixed teams United Cup in Australia, but injury-plagued Rafael Nadal was not on the Spain team announced Friday. Djokovic will spearhead Serbia at the tournament from December 29-January 7 in Sydney and Perth as he builds towards the defence of his Australian Open title. Nadal was part of the Spain team in 2023 before injuring his hip at the opening Grand Slam of the year. He has been out of action since and underwent surgery in June.
"Like Tiger In Cage": Roger Federer On Rafael Nadal's Game Personality
Swiss legend Roger Federer has compared rival and 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal's attitude on the tennis court as a "tiger in a cage". Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion spoke about his friend and professional rival Nadal in a recent ATP Tennis Podcast. The duo encountered each other in 40 high-intensity fights on court, Federer has mostly been calm and poised while Nadal was all about aggression. For over 15 years, these two players shared the upper ranks of the tennis world delighting fans with unforgettable confrontations that ended in a record of 24-16 in favour of Nadal.
Jabeur rides roller coaster on way to Zhengzhou last eight
SHANGHAI, China: World number seven Ons Jabeur defied a bad knee on Thursday to finally defeat Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) and reach the quarter-finals of the Zhengzhou Open. Playing with her right knee taped, the Tunisian three-time Grand Slam finalist failed to serve out the victory on three occasions and needed five match points to move past the 63rd-ranked Italian in just under two hours. A champion in Ningbo two weeks ago, Jabeur will next face eighth seed Daria Kasatkina, who beat home player Bai Zhuoxuan 6-2, 6-4. “It was a tough finish obviously, she’s a great player, such a fighter,” said the 29-year-old Jabeur. “So, I’m glad that I got to finish in two (sets). It would have been a different story if it was three sets.
Nadal to play Australian Open after injury, says tournament director
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal will return to Grand Slam action at the Australian Open in January, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Wednesday (Oct 11), for what will almost certainly be the Spaniard's farewell to Melbourne.
Rafael Nadal to return to grand slam tennis at Australian Open, organisers say
Rafael Nadal is set to return to grand slam tennis at the 2024 Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley has announced.