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More than 100 kids from 10 schools took part in the second edition of the HST Academy Inter-School Tennis Championship, which concluded on Friday at the tennis section of the Italian International School in Lekki, Lagos.
MALAGA, Spain :An inspired Netherlands team made Davis Cup history as they put their nation into the final for the first time ever with a 2-0 defeat of Germany on Friday.
The last man to face, and beat, Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, converted his 10th match point Friday to finally close out a 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-3 victory over Daniel Altmaier and help the Netherlands reach its first Davis Cup final by sweeping Germany.
BENGALURU : Jannik Sinner enjoyed an unforgettable season marked by his first two Grand Slam titles and ending the year as world number one but the Italian heads into 2025 with the cloud of a potential doping ban still hanging over his head.
SINGAPORE: Singapore's women's table tennis team ended a 10-year wait to wrest back the Southeast Asian Championships title on Thursday (Nov 21).
Thanasi Kokkinakis edged Ben Shelton 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (16/14) to put Australia 1-0 up on record 32-time Davis Cup winners the United States in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Australia, who have triumphed 28 times, second only to the USA, last won the tournament in 2003 but finished as runners-up in the last two editions. Kokkinakis emerged triumphant after a gripping tie-break, saving four match points and spurning six of his own before eventually prevailing when Shelton went long.
Italy won the Billie Jean King Cup for the fifth time as Jasmine Paolini beat Rebecca Sramkova to secure a dominant 2-0 win over Slovakia on Wednesday. World number four Paolini triumphed 6-2, 6-1 in the second singles rubber to follow up Lucia Bronzetti's 6-2, 6-4 victory against Viktoria Hruncakova. Italy were runners-up to Canada in last year's final but went one better in Malaga to become world champions for the first time since 2013.
Three-time Davis Cup winners Germany eased into the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory against Canada on Wednesday. Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) to avenge Germany's defeat in the 2022 quarter-finals by eventual victors Canada. Daniel Altmaier beat Gabriel Diallo 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the opening singles rubber to send Germany ahead in the quarter-final clash. Germany, who last won the competition in 1993, will face Netherlands in the final four after they defeated Spain to bring the curtain down on Rafael Nadal's 23-year career.