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Posted by: Smithy501 1st January 2024, 01:04 PM

The 2024 Tennis Thread where you can discuss all things to do with Tennis.

Posted by: Smithy501 2nd January 2024, 02:36 PM

ATP:

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
3. Danill Medevedev
4. Jannik Sinner (Italy)
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
7. Alexander Zverev (Germany)
8. Holger Rune (Norway)
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
10. Taylor Fritz (USA)
11. Casper Ruud (Norway)
12. Alex de Minaur (Australia)
13. Tommy Paul (USA)
14. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
15. Karen Khachanov
16. Frances Tiafoe (USA)
17. Ben Shelton (USA)
18. Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)
19. Nicolas Jarry (Chile)
20. Ugo Humbert (France)

Brits in Top 200:

38. Dan Evans
42. Andy Murray
61. Jack Draper
108. Liam Broady
160. Jan Choinski
179. Ryan Peniston
199. Billy Harris

Posted by: Smithy501 2nd January 2024, 02:41 PM

WTA:

1. Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Coco Gauff (USA)
4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
5. Jessica Pegula (USA)
6. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
7. Marketa Vondrousova (Czechia)
8. Maria Sakkari (Greece)
9. Karolina Muchova (Czechia)
10. Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia)
11. Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Brazil)
12. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
13. Madison Keys (USA)
14. Qinwen Zheng (China)
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Veronika Kudermetova
17. Petra Kvitova (Czechia)
18. Daria Kasatkina
19. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
20. Caroline Garcia (France)

Brits in Top 200:

57. Katie Boulter
99. Jodie Burrage
120. Harriet Dart
139. Heather Watson
189. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki

Posted by: Dobbo 3rd January 2024, 10:17 AM

It will be interesting to see how Osaka and Raducanu get on this year. I think the former can still win some slams in her career but the latter is finished imo.

Posted by: CoolHand501 5th January 2024, 04:28 PM

US Open champion Coco Gauff brushed aside Varvara Gracheva to reach the Auckland Classic semi-finals as she builds toward the Australian Open.

It took Gauff, 19, just 52 minutes to seal a 6-1 6-1 quarter-final win and set up a last-four meeting with fellow American Emma Navarro.

The Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne on 14 January.

Meanwhile, Briton Harriet Dart has reached the biggest final of her career at the Canberra International.

Dart, 27, beat American Katie Volynets 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the WTA 125 series tournament, which is the rung immediately below the full WTA Tour.

Posted by: CoolHand501 5th January 2024, 04:32 PM

Rafael Nadal failed to convert three match points as he fell to a quarter-final defeat against Australian Jordan Thompson at the Brisbane International.

Nadal, 37, went close to sealing a straight-set victory but lost 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to 29-year-old Thompson.

It was Nadal's third match since returning to action after almost a year out with a hip injury.

Thompson will face world number 14 Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Posted by: CoolHand501 9th January 2024, 10:17 AM

Britain's Emma Raducanu withdrew from a charity match on Tuesday that was part of her Australian Open build-up.

The 2021 US Open champion is set to make her Grand Slam return next week in Melbourne after missing much of 2023 following ankle and wrist surgeries.

She woke up a "little sore" after a two-hour practice session on Monday and chose to rest instead.

Earlier, original opponent Naomi Osaka pulled out and was replaced by Donna Vekic for the match at Melbourne Park.

Posted by: CoolHand501 9th January 2024, 10:17 AM

Britain's Billy Harris came back from a set down to keep alive his hopes of qualifying for the Australian Open, while Ryan Peniston also progressed.

The 28-year-old Harris, who has never made the main draw of the men's singles at a Grand Slam, recovered to beat Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov 0-6 6-2 6-2 and set up a meeting with David Goffin.

Peniston won a final-set tie-break to beat Elias Ymer 6-1 4-6 7-6 (10-7).

But Lily Miyazaki was beaten on the first day of action in Melbourne.

Miyazaki lost to Australian 18-year-old Melisa Ercan, who was able to overcome calf cramps to edge a second-set tie-break and seal a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) win.

Posted by: CoolHand501 11th January 2024, 03:14 PM

Australian Open Men's Singles:

Novak Djokovic 11-10f
Carlos Alcaraz 10-3
Jannik Sinner 13-2
Daniil Medvedev 9-1
Alexander Zverev 25-1
Alex De Minaur 28-1
Holger Rune 28-1
Andrey Rublev 40-1
Ben Shelton 40-1
Grigor Dimitrov 40-1
Stefanos Tsitspas 40-1
Casper Ruud 50-1
Hubert Hurkacz 80-1
Jack Draper 80-1
Sebastian Korda 80-1
Taylor Fritz 80-1
Francis Tiafoe 100-1

Posted by: CoolHand501 11th January 2024, 03:17 PM

Australian Open Women's Singles:


Iga Swiatek 23/10f
A.Sabalenka 9/2
E.Rybakina 5/1
Coco Gauff 6/1
J.Pegula 20/1
Mirra Andreeva 20/1
N.Osaka 28/1
Qinwen Zheng 33/1
E.Svitolina 40/1
M.Sakkari 40/1
O.Jabeur 40/1
B.Krejcikova 50/1
E.Raducanu 50/1
J.Ostapenko 50/1
M.Vondrousova 50/1
B.H.Maia 66/1
C.Garcia 66/1
Leylah Fernandez 66/1
Liudmila Samsonova 66/1
V.Azarenka 66/1
V.Kudermetova 66/1
A.Pavlyuchenkova 80/1
C.Wozniacki 80/1
D.Kasatkina 80/1
Danielle Collins 80/1
Ka.Pliskova 80/1
Linda Noskova 80/1
A.Kalinskaya 100/1

Posted by: Dobbo 11th January 2024, 03:49 PM

I think the winners will be the same as last year.

Posted by: Herbs 11th January 2024, 03:50 PM

Love that Jack Draper is high in the odds vs his ranking. He will be top 20 by the end of the year

Posted by: Dobbo 18th January 2024, 11:19 AM

All the Brits being useless as is the norm now! Even Norrie was super lucky to progress.

Posted by: King Rollo 18th January 2024, 12:20 PM

That was a remarkable final set tie-break just now between Blinkova and Rybakina going to 22-20 and lasting 31 minutes.

Posted by: Dobbo 18th January 2024, 01:53 PM

I imagine the tie-break lasted longer than all three sets individually!

Posted by: Herbs 18th January 2024, 03:20 PM

Canny believe Draper went out against someone he thrashed only a week ago!

Not surprising on the other Brits and don’t think Norrie will get much further

Posted by: J❄️hq 20th January 2024, 09:42 AM

Norrie gets his first win over Ruud, to make the 4th round in Australia for the first time

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 20th January 2024, 08:27 PM

Nice to see Norrie still in - I imagine a match against Zverev will be difficult though!

I know the Women's singles is often a lot less predictable but that's a lot of the top seeds out already!

Posted by: Dobbo 22nd January 2024, 09:38 AM

That's a shame for Norrie to play so well but kinda throw it away at the end.

Posted by: Bjork 22nd January 2024, 12:02 PM

crazy how 8 out of top 9 are in the Men's Q - all but Rune
but only 2 women in the top 9 make the Women's Q - only Sabalenka and Coco

Posted by: Dobbo 22nd January 2024, 12:16 PM

That's how it goes pretty much every slam^

Posted by: CoolHand501 22nd January 2024, 04:36 PM

Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska said she felt like her "heart was going to jump out of her body" after she knocked out Victoria Azarenka to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Yastremska, 23, won 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 against two-time champion Azarenka to move past the last 16 at a Grand Slam event for the first time.

But she will not face an all-Ukrainian quarter-final after Elina Svitolina retired injured against Linda Noskova.

Svitolina stopped due to a back issue.

The Wimbledon semi-finalist had to quit when she trailed 3-0 to the Czech teenager, who also advanced into her first Grand Slam quarter-final.

Posted by: CoolHand501 22nd January 2024, 04:37 PM

Second seed Carlos Alcaraz said he played "almost perfectly" in his fourth-round win over Serb Miomir Kecmanovic at the Australian Open.

The two-time Grand Slam champion won 6-4 6-4 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals for the first time at Melbourne Park.

"I'm feeling better and better every day," said Alcaraz, 20, who will play sixth seed Alexander Zverev next.

Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev defeated Portugal's Nuno Borges and Pole Hubert Hurkacz beat wildcard Arthur Cazaux.

Germany's Zverev advanced with a five-set victory against British number one Cameron Norrie.

Posted by: CoolHand501 22nd January 2024, 04:38 PM

The all-British pairing of Heather Watson and Joe Salisbury moved into the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open.

It ensures there will be at least one Briton in the semi-finals as Watson and Salisbury face Britain's Neal Skupski and American Desirae Krawczyk next.

Elsewhere on Monday, Skupski went out of the men's doubles in the third round, as did Lloyd Glasspool.

Jamie Murray and Russia's Yana Sizikova lost in round two of the mixed doubles.

They were beaten 6-3 6-4 by the sixth-seeded pairing of Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and American Nathaniel Lammons.

Watson and Salisbury, in the mixed doubles as alternates, gained a 6-3 6-2 win over eighth seeds Ellen Perez of Australia and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands.

In the men's doubles, Skupski and Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez, the fifth seeds, lost 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 in the third round to Uruguay's Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic.

Glasspool and Rojer were the 11th seeds but fell to a 3-6 6-4 7-6 (10-3) loss to Monaco's Hugo Nys and Poland's Jan Zielinski.

Posted by: CoolHand501 23rd January 2024, 02:59 PM

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka set up a tantalising Australian Open semi-final against American teenager Coco Gauff after overpowering Barbora Krejcikova in a straight-set victory.

Sabalenka's 6-2 6-3 win confirmed a repeat of September's thrilling US Open final, in which Gauff came back from a set down to win a first major title.

Gauff, 19, scraped past Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in three sets in Melbourne.

The American made 51 unforced errors but won 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2.

Posted by: Dobbo 23rd January 2024, 03:08 PM

Rublev is a serious glass ceiling-style choker isn't he, TEN quarter finals in slams now and yet he's lost them all. And I thought Pegula's record was bad!

Posted by: Bjork 25th January 2024, 10:35 AM

how painful it was to see Alcaraz yesterday :/ not sure if it was nerves but he played dreadful

semis will be interesting, on one hand, Sinner-Djokovic, hope Sinner can beat him although he doesn't seem to be physically 100%... on the other hand, always nice to see Medvedev-Zverev as they kinda hate each other's guts

Posted by: Bjork 26th January 2024, 08:59 AM

wow Sinner destroyed Djokovic yay! we love to see it!

Posted by: Dobbo 26th January 2024, 09:08 AM

First time in 10 years there'll be a new name on the trophy, didn't watch the game but the scoreline suggests it was a very comprehensive and thoroughly deserved victory for Sinner.

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 26th January 2024, 10:01 AM

Always nice to get some new faces (so to say) at the pointy end of the tournament.

Posted by: J❄️hq 26th January 2024, 04:44 PM

Zverev loses another major Grand Slam match from being two sets up, oh what a shame

Will be supporting Medvedev in the final, but wouldn't be mad with Sinner winning either. Ending Djokovic's AO streak without even having to face a break point sounds like he was really impressive!

Posted by: Dobbo 26th January 2024, 06:19 PM

Zverev has a mental block against Med it seems, highlighted in the Break Point Netflix series.

Posted by: Dobbo 29th January 2024, 09:10 AM

Well that final was quite the ride. Med looking imperious then letting Sinner get back in the game. As soon as Sinner won the third set there was only ever gonna be one winner. Still, unbelievable effort from Med breaking 2 records: one for most sets ever played at a grand slam and the other for most minutes on court at a grand slam (over 24 hours!) Unfortunately he also now has the "dishonour" of becoming the first player in grand slam history to lose 2 finals after being 2 sets up. And 4 losses in finals from 5 appearances is becoming very Murray-like.

It will interesting now to see if Sinner & Alcaraz becoming the dominant duo. It would be pretty funny if so as it would mean we'd skip the entire 1990s born generation and move straight from the 80s players dominating into a post-millennial rivalry.

Posted by: Bjork 29th January 2024, 02:02 PM

Kinda felt sorry for Medvedev, he played so so so much better at the start but then he was not there 100% physically and specially in the 5th he had no chance

Posted by: CoolHand501 29th January 2024, 04:37 PM

ATP Ranking Movements:

7. Holger Rune (Denmark)
8. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
9. Taylor Fritz (USA)
10. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
11. Alex de Minaur (Australia)
12. Casper Ruud (Norway)
14. Frances Tiafoe (USA)
15 Tommy Paul (USA)
17. Adrian Mannarino (France)
18. Karen Khachanov
19. Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)
20. Nicolas Jarry (Chile)

Posted by: CoolHand501 29th January 2024, 04:41 PM

WTA Ranking Movements:

3. Coco Gauff (USA)
4. Jessica Pegula (USA)
5. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
7. Qinwen Zheng (China)
8. Marketa Vondrouova (Czech Republic)
9. Maria Sakkari (Greece)
10. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
12. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
13. Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Brazil)
14. Daria Kasatkina
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Veronika Kudermetova
17. Madison Keys (USA)
19. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
20. Caroline Garcia (France)

Posted by: CoolHand501 30th January 2024, 02:34 PM

Tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert have "turned their backs on women" by opposing plans to stage women's events in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's ambassador to the United States has claimed.

Last week, the pair wrote an opinion piece outlining their opposition to hosting the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia.

The WTA is considering moving the season-ending tournament to Riyadh.

Posted by: CoolHand501 30th January 2024, 02:37 PM

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is to appeal against the decision that Briton Tara Moore was not to blame for a positive doping test.

Moore, 31, was ranked as Britain's leading women's doubles player when she was provisionally banned in May 2022, but always maintained her innocence.

She tested positive for nandrolone and boldenone while competing in Bogota, Colombia the previous month.

Posted by: CoolHand501 30th January 2024, 02:41 PM

Andy Murray suffered a first-round exit at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, but Katie Boulter won to reach the Linz Open second round.

Murray was beaten 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 by France's Benoit Paire.

The 36-year-old, who was also beaten in the first round at the Australian Open, has now won only one of his last eight matches.

British number one Boulter cruised past Italian sixth seed Jasmine Paolini in straight sets in Austria.

Posted by: CoolHand501 31st January 2024, 03:21 PM

Posted by: CoolHand501 31st January 2024, 11:49 PM

Jodie Burrage made it through to the quarter-finals of the Linz Open but fellow Briton Katie Boulter was knocked out in Austria.

British number two Burrage beat Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to reach the last eight of a WTA 500 event for the first time.

She will play Jelena Ostapenko or Clara Tauson in the next round.

British number one Boulter, 27, suffered a 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 defeat by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Posted by: ukchartstatsfan 3rd February 2024, 01:32 AM

British number two Jodie Burrage has been knocked out of the Linz Open after losing to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the quarter-finals.

Top seed Ostapenko won 6-1 6-2 to progress to the last four in Austria.

Posted by: Mack. 18th February 2024, 06:47 PM

Jannik Sinner will climb to a career-high third in the world ranking after beating Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win the Rotterdam Open.

The Australian Open champion will become Italy's highest-ranked male player in history after beating world number 11 De Minaur 7-5 6-4.

It is a 12th career title for Sinner, who has now won 15 consecutive matches.

"I'm really proud of the level I played at throughout this whole week," said the 22-year-old.

"We have done a really good job some weeks ago [at the Australian Open] and now we did a very, very good job here."

The Italian has not lost since a straight-set defeat to Novak Djokovic at the ATP Tour finals in November.

Posted by: Mack. 18th February 2024, 06:53 PM

World number one Iga Swiatek claimed the Qatar Open title for the third year in a row with a straight-set victory over Elena Rybakina.

Poland's Swiatek trailed by a double break in the first set but regrouped to beat Kazakhstan's Rybakina 7-6 (10-8) 6-2 in Doha.

Swiatek lost her three matches against Rybakina in 2023.

It is four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek's first WTA title of the year and her 18th overall.

She is the first player to win a WTA singles title three times in a row since American Serena Williams claimed the Miami Open from 2013 to 2015

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 19th February 2024, 08:09 PM

Well done to her! Hopefully that will translate into a good performance in the remaining Grand Slams.

Posted by: Dobbo 20th February 2024, 09:10 AM

She'll only win the French at best.

Posted by: Mack. 20th February 2024, 01:32 PM

British number one Cameron Norrie started the defence of his ATP Rio Open title with a routine 6-3 6-2 win over over Bolivian Hugo Dellien in Brazil.

Norrie, 28, made light work of an opponent who gave him a tough time at the quarter-final stage in 2023.

It took Norrie, who offered up just one break point in the match, one hour and 21 minutes to seal victory.

He will meet Chile's Tomas Barrios Vera for the first time in his career in the next round.

Posted by: Bjork 21st February 2024, 05:43 PM

too bad about Alcaraz's injury :/ hope it's nto serious

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 21st February 2024, 09:51 PM

Aye, unfortunate for him as the top seed hope he's able to recover quickly.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 23rd February 2024, 08:19 PM

Norrie is into the Quarter Finals now - the only seeded player left in his half of the draw!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 26th February 2024, 08:24 PM

Sebastián Báez won the Rio Open in the end! Norrie lost to Mariano Navone in the semis, giving an all-Argentinial final.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 28th February 2024, 08:25 PM

Just seen the article on Andy Murray potentially retiring after the summer but still hoping to take part in the Olympics. Good on him if he's able to make it in, even if he doesn't do as well as he's done in the past!

Posted by: J❄️hq 29th February 2024, 10:25 AM

I would like Andy's swan song to be either at Wimbledon or the US Open really, so I hope he would keep going until the latter if he does the Olympics this year. I know he's won gold a couple of times, but it's not exactly the pinnacle of tennis.

Katie Boulter and Jack Draper are both through to quarter-finals, of San Diego and Acapulco respectively. Hopefully at least one can make it further.

Posted by: J❄️hq 2nd March 2024, 10:42 AM

They both made it to the semi-finals Draper went out to defending champion De Minaur, with Katie Boulter to play today, and she's already secured a new career high inside the top 40.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 2nd March 2024, 08:41 PM

Congrats to both of them! All the best for Boulter against Navarro tonight.

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd March 2024, 03:30 PM

Katie Boulter is into the final now. I watched her semi-final until the rain came at 6-3 1-0. I was glad to wake up this morning to see that the interruption didn't halt her momentum. I think she'll have a better chance of a title win against Kostyuk than she would have had if Pegula had made the final.

Posted by: Herbs 4th March 2024, 10:47 AM

And Katie wins her first WTA 500 title

Her and Jack Draper also get their highest rankings (27 & 37 respectively)

Posted by: J❄️hq 4th March 2024, 11:19 AM

Fantastic for Katie, now the #1 in British tennis, ahead of Norrie.

How cute for her and Alex De Minaur to both win titles the same weekend.

Posted by: King Rollo 4th March 2024, 05:55 PM

That's a great win for her. I hope she can build on that for the rest of the year.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 5th March 2024, 09:27 PM

Well done to Katie! Hopefully more will come her way as the year goes on.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 7th March 2024, 08:45 PM

Just seen that Simona Halep will be back in action in Miami now her four-year doping ban has been reduced to nine months.

Posted by: Bjork 12th March 2024, 08:41 AM

oh Djokovic out in Indian Wells after losing to some Italian I've never ever heard before

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 12th March 2024, 08:00 PM

The world number 123 apparently! Just listening to his interview now - sounds like he just wasn't on form at all that day unfortunately.

Posted by: Mack. 21st March 2024, 09:17 PM

Britain's Katie Boulter is through to the Miami Open third round after teenage opponent Brenda Fruhvirtova was forced to pull out through illness.

Boulter, who is Britain's leading women's player after a strong start to 2024, led 7-6 (7-5) 1-0 when 16-year-old Fruhvirtova decided to stop.

After leading by an early break, the Czech started to suffer in the Florida heat and twice asked to see a doctor.

"To win like that, I'll take it but I want her to get better," said Boulter.

Posted by: Bjork 25th March 2024, 09:01 AM

Alcaraz was fantastic in Indian Wells, saw the match against Medvedev and he's on another level

Posted by: Mack. 27th March 2024, 01:54 PM

World number one Novak Djokovic has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic.

Former Wimbledon champion Ivanisevic became Djokovic's main coach in March 2022, having worked with him alongside long-time mentor Marian Vajda since 2018.

Serb Djokovic has won a joint-record 24 Grand Slam singles titles but has made a disappointing start to 2024.

"Goran and I decided to stop working together a few days ago," Djokovic said on Instagram.

Posted by: Bjork 27th March 2024, 02:06 PM

wasn't expecting that

Posted by: Mack. 28th March 2024, 07:26 PM

Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner reached the Miami semi-finals by ending Tomas Machac's stunning run at the ATP Masters event.

Second seed Sinner used his explosive power and precision to win 6-4 6-2 against his 60th-ranked Czech opponent.

Machac beat Andy Murray and Andrey Rublev to play a first Masters quarter-final but Sinner's level was too good.

The 22-year-old Italian will face third seed Daniil Medvedev in a rematch of January's Australian Open final.

Posted by: King Rollo 30th March 2024, 09:34 PM

That's a big surprise, Danielle Collins winning Miami, she's ranked number 53. It's her last year before retiring so well done to her.

Posted by: J❄️hq 31st March 2024, 12:46 AM

What a fairytale for her, the biggest title of her career, in her home state, achieved before she hangs up the racket.

Once she got to the semi-finals, I could see her taking it as it will continue a pattern of Miami not having a defending women's champion in the draw into a fourth year

Posted by: King Rollo 13th April 2024, 06:54 PM

That's an impressive win for GB, beating France away from home on the clay, two wins for Emma and one for Katie. I can't get the BBC iplayer in Ireland so I couldn't watch but I was keeping an eye on the score.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 15th April 2024, 08:35 PM

Well done to them! That must be a real boost especially for Emma.

Posted by: Mack. 22nd April 2024, 04:24 PM

Casper Ruud won his first title of 2024 as he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to win the Barcelona Open.

Norwegian third seed Ruud defeated the Greek fifth seed 7-5 6-3 to claim the biggest title of his career.

It is the first time the 25-year-old, who is ranked sixth in the world, has won an ATP 500-ranked event.

"For me it means a lot, this is my biggest title that I ever won," said Ruud.

"It's something I've chased for a long time already. I've never won a 500 before or a 1000. I've been to a few finals but always came up a little bit short."

Posted by: Mack. 22nd April 2024, 04:26 PM

ATP Ranking Movements:

17. Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
18. Sebastian Baez (Argentina)
19. Karen Khachanov

Posted by: Mack. 22nd April 2024, 04:27 PM

WTA Ranking Movements:


7. Marketa Vondrousova (Czechia)
8. Qinwen Zheng (China)
13. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
14. Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Brazil)

Posted by: Mack. 24th April 2024, 12:09 AM

Harriet Dart has joined fellow Britons Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter in the main draw of the Madrid Open.

Dart, 27, beat Russia's Maria Timofeeva in her second qualifying match.

The British number two fought back from a set down to earn a 4-6 6-3 7-5 victory and will face Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the first round.

Raducanu will meet Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle in her first-round encounter on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old was set to play Karolina Pliskova in the opening round, but the former world number one pulled out of the tournament because of a wrist injury.

British number one Boulter, 27, will miss the first round and will meet the winner of the match between American wildcard Robin Montgomery and Russia's Elina Avanesyan in the second.

Posted by: Mack. 24th April 2024, 10:44 PM

Emma Raducanu said she felt "mentally and emotionally exhausted" after losing in the first round at the Madrid Open.

The 21-year-old was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle.

Raducanu helped Britain beat France in the Billie Jean King Cup before reaching her first WTA quarter-final in 19 months at the Stuttgart Open last week as she continues her comeback from an injury-hit 2023 season.

"I would say the last few weeks have been a lot," Raducanu said.

“I think from the performance today it was very clear that mentally and emotionally I was exhausted.

"I was trying to push through and I was just unable to push through today. I guess the sport is just pretty brutal.”

Raducanu, who dropped to 303rd in the world following wrist and ankle operations last year, was set to play Karolina Pliskova in her opening match - but the former world number one pulled out of the tournament because of a wrist injury.

Posted by: Mack. 25th April 2024, 12:11 AM

Rafael Nadal says he will only play at the French Open next month if he feels "capable enough to compete".

Spaniard Nadal, a 14-time champion at Roland Garros, missed the French Open for the first time in 19 years through injury in 2023.

The 37-year-old has indicated he plans to retire after the 2024 season.

He is set to make a farewell appearance at the Madrid Open this week and faces American 16-year-old Darwin Blanch in the first round on Thursday.

"If I was in Paris today, I wouldn't go out to play," Nadal said.

"I don't think I'll be able to play at 100% but it's important to be able to play for the last time in Madrid. It means a lot to me to play on this court where I've had some great moments."

Posted by: Mack. 26th April 2024, 12:40 AM

Rafael Nadal began his Madrid Open farewell with a crushing straight-set win over American teenager Darwin Blanch.

The five-time Madrid champion, who has indicated he plans to retire after the 2024 season, took just 63 minutes to complete a 6-1 6-0 victory against his 16-year-old opponent.

Nadal, 37, said this week he will only play at the French Open next month if he feels "capable enough to compete".

He will play Australian Alex de Minaur, who beat him in the second round of the Barcelona Open last week, in the next round in Madrid.

Posted by: Mack. 26th April 2024, 12:45 AM

The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will switch to a knockout format this year, with the final taking place in Seville on 20 November.

An extended nine-day event will overlap briefly with the men's Davis Cup Final 8, which begins in Malaga on the eve of the Billie Jean King Cup final.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) says the aim of revamping the women's event is to “maximise the visibility” and to create a “fortnight of World Cup tennis” in Andalucia.

Posted by: Mack. 27th April 2024, 12:57 AM

Carlos Alcaraz started his Madrid Open title defence with a comfortable victory over Alexander Shevchenko.

World number three Alcaraz, 20, eased to a 6-2 6-1 win against Kazakhstan's Shevchenko.

The Wimbledon champion dominated throughout in a statement performance, with 23-year-old Shevchenko unable to match his pace and flair.

It was a welcome return to the clay for Spaniard Alcaraz after a right forearm injury caused him to withdraw from last week's Barcelona Open, although he was wearing a compression sleeve on his arm during the match.

Posted by: Mack. 27th April 2024, 12:31 PM

World number one Iga Swiatek beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Madrid Masters.

The Polish top seed, a three-time winner of the French Open, needed only one hour and 18 minutes to win a one-sided third-round match on her favoured surface.

Swiatek, runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid last year, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka or Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

Posted by: Bjork 3rd May 2024, 10:55 AM

Madrid has been such a disappointment
Alcaraz out in the Q4 after playing terrible terrible feels to me like he's afraid to hit hard and get injured
plus Sinner and Medvedev retiring...

the tournament has been saved by the ladies, some great games
the semis Rybakina-Svalaenka game was great, cannot ait for the Swiatek-Sabalenka final

Posted by: J❄️hq 3rd May 2024, 10:49 PM

Is Felix Auger-Aliassime the luckiest player ever this tournament? He's benefited from a walkover and two retirements Would be nice to see him win, I'm not really a Rublev fan

Posted by: Bjork 5th May 2024, 04:36 PM

oh my did Felix play any game?

the ladies final in Madrid was all kinds of amazing, 3 hours of nail-bitting tennis, anyone could have won

Posted by: Mack. 19th May 2024, 12:26 PM

Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from this week's French Open qualifying.

The 21-year-old, who won the US Open title in 2021, remains third alternate for the main draw at Roland Garros but is not expected to play.

No reason has been given for her withdrawal.

Posted by: Mack. 24th May 2024, 12:14 PM

French Open Men's Singles Odds: (Coral)

C.Alcaraz 11-4f
N.Djokovic 3/1
J.Sinner 9/2
A.Zverev 6/1
S.Tsitsipas 9/1
C.Ruud 12/1
R.Nadal 22/1
A.Rublev 28/1
D.Medvedev 28/1
H.Rune 40/1
N.Jarry 80/1
T.Fritz 80/1
A.Tabilo 100/1
H.Hurkacz 100/1
J-L.Struff 100/1
T.Paul 100/1

Posted by: Mack. 24th May 2024, 12:16 PM

French Open Women's Singles Odds: (Coral)

Iga Swiatek 4/6f
A.Sabalenka 5/1
C.Gauff 10/1
E.Rybakina 10/1
D.Collins 20/1
J.Ostapenko 40/1
M.Sakkari 40/1
M.Andreeva 40/1
M.Keys 50/1
O.Jabeur 50/1
Q.Zheng 50/1
E.Svitolina 66/1
B.H.Maia 80/1
D.Kasatkina 80/1
J.Paolini 80/1
M.Vondrousova 80/1
E.Navarro 100/1
L.Noskova 100/1
L.Samsonova 100/1
N.Osaka 100/1
P.Badosa 100/1

Posted by: Mack. 24th May 2024, 12:18 PM

Men's Draw:

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/results/SM?round=1

Women's Draw:

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/results/SD?round=1

Posted by: J❄️hq 24th May 2024, 12:27 PM

Not Nadal vs. Zverev being a first round match-up Earliest loss for Nadal at Roland Garros incoming?

Of course I'd love for him to defeat the evil, but Zverev just won Rome

Posted by: Dobbo 24th May 2024, 01:28 PM

Damn Nadal at 22/1 is soo tempting despite everything. Also surprised Alcaraz is that much of a favourite considering he's never won the French.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 25th May 2024, 06:50 PM

That's a crazy first-round matchup! An unseeded rider is an unseeded rider I guess, even if it is Nadal.