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MIAMI GARDENS, Florida: Former US Open champions Emma Raducanu and Sloane Stephens were knocked out of the Miami Open on Wednesday, hours after No. 1-ranked and defending champion Iga Swiatek pulled out of the tournament because of a rib injury.
The clay-court season is nearly upon us, with the elite of men's and women's tennis preparing to head to Europe for just over two months on the dirt. It could become one of the most significant periods in tennis history, with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — tied on 22 Grand Slams — both set to make a return to action, having both missed the 'Sunshine Swing' in America.
World Snooker Tour chairman Steve Dawson has responded to Ronnie O’Sullivan after the world No. 1 claimed the sport “is in the worst place it has ever been”. O’Sullivan criticised snooker at the WST Classic, particularly for the amount of prize money that is given out at tournaments.
Emma Raducanu went out of the Miami Open in the first round after losing in three sets to Canada's Bianca Andreescu. In a battle of the former US Open champions — Andreescu in 2019, Raducanu in 2021 — it was the Canadian who prevailed, with her baseline dominance ultimately proving the bedrock for her victory, despite an excellent second-set fightback from her British opponent.
Canada's Bianca Andreescu won a matchup of former U.S. Open champions and moved on to the second round of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Britain's Emma Raducanu on Wednesday,
The ATP Tour has released its calendar for 2024 and it features some significant changes to the current season. The calendar has been altered due to the Paris 2024 Olympics, which will include a one-week tennis event played at Roland Garros, the home of the French Open. Ad The post-US Open Asia swing will continue after events including the Shanghai Masters and China Open which return later this year, and there will be five 12-day ATP Masters 1000 events.
Iga Swiatek's absence from the Miami Open due to a rib injury «might be a good thing for her tennis», believes Mats Wilander. Swiatek lost comprehensively in the semi-finals of last week's Indian Wells to Elena Rybakina, and talked after that match of the problems she had experienced in coping with the muscle strain. Ad It looked doubtful she would compete in Miami, and that proved the case as she announced her withdrawal on Wednesday.
Qatar has become an established venue for high-level international sport. In tennis, both the WTA and ATP tours had their respective tournaments in Doha in February. And beach volleyball World's Beach Pro Tour Finals were held in Doha for the first time.