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Qinwen Zheng is pumped for the prospect of enjoying in entrance of her dwelling followers.The Twenty fifth-ranked Zheng stated she's "really excited" for the WTA Tour's return to her native China this yr.Medvedev on Zverev: We Were Never Close Friends"I'm so happy the tournaments in China will finally be back because I'm really excited to play in front of my people," Zheng informed the media in Stuttgart. "I really miss China because it has been a long time, I never have time to come back there."Since the tournaments have began, I'll have extra time to return to my hometown and meet all my household and to indicate my tennis over there."The talented 20-year-old swept American Alycia Parks, 6-4, 6-4 in her Stuttgart opener, setting up a red-clay clash vs. world No. 1 Iga Swiat...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 18, 2023Stefanos Tsitsipas has seen the way forward for tennis.And he appears a bit like a champion with an excellent previous.Medvedev on Zverev: We Were Never Close FriendsTwo-time Monte-Carlo champion Tsitsipas says Carlos Alcaraz's good shotmaking, blinding court docket protection and burning aggressive need means he "could be the next Rafael Nadal of our tennis." Meeting the media in Barcelona in the present day, Tsitsipas mentioned whereas Nadal is absent, Alcaraz brings the identical highly effective presence to court docket as his tennis hero. "He definitely offers a lot to our sport. And when he's around, you can feel his presence and his energy and how hard he works for every point," Tsitsipas mentioned of Nadal. "A...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 17, 2023Top-ranked Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will as soon as once more characterize Team World as they bid to defend their Laver Cup title later this 12 months when the occasion involves Rogers Arena in Vancouver from September 22-24.The American duo will be part of Canadian No.1 Felix Auger-Aliassime as the primary participant to be named in Captain John McEnroe’s six-man Team World.Fritz, Tiafoe and Auger-Aliassime all performed a job in final 12 months’s historic Laver Cup at The O2 in London, which marked the tip of Roger Federer’s legendary profession.It was Team World’s first victory in 5 editions of the Laver Cup. Frances Tiafoe is looking for back-to-back Laver Cup titles as he commits to Team World for Laver Cup Van...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 17, 2023Novak Djokovic is in Banja Luka and able to take his place on the draw on the Srpska Open, however the World No.1 has instructed reporters that his proper elbow will not be in good situation for the time being.“The elbow is not in an ideal condition, but let’s say it’s good enough,” Djokovic mentioned in a press convention. “I hope it will be fully ready for the first match.” #Djokovic on elbow: It’s not splendid, but it surely’s adequate. I hope will probably be totally prepared for my first match right here. — Saša Ozmo (@ozmo_sasa) April 17, 2023 It’s the primary we’ve heard of the harm since Monte-Carlo, the place Djokovic wore a compression sleeve on his proper arm throughout his spherical of 16 loss to Lorenzo Musetti. After...

Monica Puig completed her first Boston Marathon immediately—and took one other step towards reaching the celebrities.Olympic gold-medal champion Puig, working underneath her married identify Monica Rakitt sporting bib No. 2016, accomplished the distinguished Boston Marathon in a time of three:50:46.More: LTA Seeks Reduced Fine from ATPIt is the second marathon for Puig, who accomplished the 2022 New York City Marathon with then fiance Nathan Rakitt. Puig completed the New York City Marathon in Central Park in about 4 and a half hours, so her Boston time is a substantial enchancment.Following their joint New York City Marathon run, Puit and Rakitt flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico the place they had been married. Despite posting a personal-best marathon time immediately, Puig will n...

Stan Wawrinka has seen the GOAT and shares his imaginative and prescient.Asked to establish the Big 3 champion he believes is GOAT, Stan the Man didn't hesitate.Medvedev on Zverev: We Were Never Close FriendsThree-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka names Novak Djokovic as GOAT."It always depends on what you talking about being the GOAT," Wawrinka stated. "But if I talk about the records and the most everything, I believe that Novak will end up in front of the two others."In the 2015 Roland Garros last, Wawrinka whipped 60 winners beautiful the top-seeded Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to gather his first Roland Garros championship and deny Djokovic the profession Grand Slam.Wawrinka, who partnered Roger Federer to the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medal, additionally defeated Djokovic within...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday April 16, 2023Grigor Dimitrov is within the information this Sunday, however not for his tennis, sadly...The 31-year-old, who's collaborating in subsequent week’s Barcelona Open, had his costly wristwatch stolen by a thief on a bike, who apparently yanked it off of the Bulgarian’s arm after pulling beside him in visitors.According to La Vanguardia, the occasions occurred on Friday night time on Avenida de Sarriá in Barcelona. Dimitrov reportedly reached out to regulate his car’s mirror after it had been closed by the motorcyclist. The thieves then tore off his watch, a bit valued at 70,000 euros. 🔴Unos motoristas roban al tenista Grigor Dimitrov un reloj valorado en 70.000 euros en BarcelonaEl deportista fue asaltado cuando volvía de entrenar ht...

Wimbledon's 2022 ban of Russians and Belarusians was a show of "gross arrogance" ATP Player Council member John Millman writes.A 12 months in the past, Wimbledon banned all Russians and Belarusians in condemnation of Russia's unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine. In a column he wrote for News.com.au, Millman known as out the grass-court Grand Slam for what he known as an boastful resolution.More: LTA Seeks Reduced Fine from ATP"Wimbledon usually always puts on a great tournament, but I felt they clearly missed the mark last year," Millman wrote. "Without players there is no tournament and banning more than fifty tennis stars without any consultation was a display of gross arrogance."An indication of that "arrogance" is Millman's declare that Wimbledon made it is resolution with...

Russians and Belarusians will likely be permitted to play Wimbledon and the British grass-court season.After lifting its ban on Russians and Belarusians, the LTA is looking for a monetary break from the ATP.Medvedev on Zverev: We Were Never Close FriendsLast yr, the ATP imposed a significant $1 million superb in response to the LTA banning Russian and Belarusian gamers from British grass-court tournaments final summer season.The ATP hit the LTA with the $1 million superb consisting of a $200,000 superb for every of the 5 grass-court tournaments—Queen's Club, Eastbourne, Surbiton, Nottingham and Ilkley. The ATP additionally fired a warning shot saying if the LTA took comparable motion in 2023, then it runs the chance of dropping its Tour membership.Given the LTA has lifted the ban, it...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Moday, April 17, 2023 coach is sort of a good relationship, says Andrey Rublev, once you discover one which works you stay devoted.Rublev rallied from 1-4 down within the last set to carry off Holger Rune 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 and seize his maiden Masters 1000 championship in Monte-Carlo.Medvedev on Zverev: We Were Never Close FriendsAfterward, Rublev credited his long-time coach, Fernando Vicente, and former world No. 34 Alberto Martin, who joined his teaching workforce, with serving to form his success. The core connection together with his coaches is essential to his taking part in progress, mentioned Rublev, who stored calm in the course of the stress of the Monte-Carlo last."For me is important to have connection outside the tennis, to be able to work, ...