Davis Cup group stage moved to September
The Davis Cup Finals group stage has been moved forwards to September this year, with the knockout rounds still to be played two months later, organisers announced on Thursday.
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Hady Habib: Lebanese college tennis star embracing arduous climb through pro ranks
For more than a decade, Tunisian Malek Jaziri and Egyptian Mohamed Safwat have been the leading Arab players on the men’s tennis tour, but a new protagonist has emerged from the region, looking to make his way to the top of the sport.
Does India need ATP 250 events in wake of poor show by singles players? Yes we do, say former stars
ATP World Tour event at home is the best opportunity the Indian singles players could have, to earn points, move up the ranking ladder apart from filling their pockets with decent prize money to survive on the Pro circuit. However, the heavy investment which is no less than Rs 15 crore each year, has not been utilised by the current generation of India players as none of them has managed to cross even the second round in four editions of the Tata Open Maharashtra. The lanky and fit Ramkumar Ramanathan has made the second round twice (2018, 2019) while Prajnesh Gunneswaran (2020) and Yuki Bhambri (2018) cleared the first round once each.
Prajnesh keen to regain title at Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger
Prajnesh Gunneswaran is keen to regain the Bengaluru Open title which he won in the 2018 as the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association gears up to host back-to-back ATP Challenger events starting Sunday with the qualifiers. "I have great memories of Bengaluru. I practiced at the KSLTA for a fairly long period and I have had a good outing at the Challengers," Prajnesh said.
Nadal, ganador del Open de Australia: Djokovic y Federer felicitan al campeón
¡Djokovic felicita a Nadal!
Daniil Medvedev the Mimic, Danielle Collins climbs high, Angella Okutoyi makes history - Australian Open Diary
Medvedev the copycat? There is so much to unpack from Daniil Medvedev’s four-hour 42-minute comeback victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in Wednesday’s quarter-final, but perhaps one of the oddest parts of that encounter was the Russian mimicking his opponent’s grunt for the majority of the match. Ad/> It wasn’t clear if Medvedev was trolling Auger-Aliassime, or was trying to get into his head, but the world No.2 later explained he has a habit of subconsciously mimicking those around him.