Month: March 2019

Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic be returning to the Dallas Challenger after an eight-year absence as he has withdrawn from the American Challenger event. The Dallas Challenger is due to take place from February 04-10. In his lone appearance at the Dallas Challenger — which came in 2011 — the 26-year-old was forced to retireRead moreRead more

In a press conference at the Australian Open after his win over Kei Nishikori, commented on his comeback to the highest level. The Serb believes that his commitment and dedication were the keys to give himself a shot to play for the biggest trophies again. I think it always has to start or go backRead moreRead more

In an interview to Nine, the seven-time Grand Slam winner admitted he was surprised with seeing losing in three sets to Karolina Pliskova at the Australian Open. Serena came back from being a set and a break down. 6-4 3-2 down I just thought it was maybe not her day, at 37 sometimes you wakeRead moreRead more

The Swiss Davis Cup team captain feels confident ahead of the tie against Russia on Friday and Saturday. Speaking to reporters, Luthi, who has been coach since 2008, said: Russia can even win the title. They have very good and young players, two of them (Khachanov and Medvedev) are in the top 20. Obviously weRead moreRead more

Channel Nine commentator believes that should have not been given a 15-month doping ban. The Russian player stopped competing in a very important moment of her career, as she took Meldonium. It was an emotional reaction not based on the facts, Smith said ahead of the Sharapovas three-set loss to Ashleigh Barty on Sunday. TheRead moreRead more

Seven-time former champion looked like she was on course to win her eighth Australian Open and 24th Grand Slam title but had other ideas. The seventh seed made an unexpected comeback from *5-1 and four match points down to oust Williams 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a two-hour-10-minute long roller-coaster. At first, it was Pliskova whoRead moreRead more

Spanish tennis star Roberto Bautista Agut admitted to feeling disappointed after losing to rising Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open quarter-final. No. 14 seed Tsitsipas beat world No. 24 Bautista Agut 7-5 4-6 6-4 7-6 (2) to reach his maiden Grand Slam semi-final. The Spaniard broke Tsitsipas in the opening game of theRead moreRead more

The six-time Grand Slam doubles winner commented on Novak Djokovics dominance in the Australian Open final against. In an interview to NOL, Eltingh said: How Djokovic played against Nadal on Sunday, was scary good. He was unstoppable and almost made no unforced errors, he was very consistent. Djokovic had a perfect balance between a winningRead moreRead more

Rising Russian star Daniil Medvedev claims he entered his Davis Cup clash against Swiss Henri Laaksonen expecting a tough encounter. Medvedev, ranked at No. 16 in the world, was tasted heavily by world No. 142 Laaksonen but managed to avoid a shock defeat as he won 7-6 (8) 6-7 (6) 6-2 on an indoor-clay surfaceRead moreRead more

retired from tennis at the 2012 US Open and from that his life was quite calm, with family and foundation. He also worked as a commentator at Wimbledon once, but he prefers to stay with his closest ones in the United States. Having a family changed me, the former world No. 1 confessed speaking toRead moreRead more