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By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 24, 2024What’s the prevailing sentiment in Novak Djokovic’s camp after his 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 shock loss to Tomas Machac? Worry is the phrase.“Of course I am worried,” the World No. stated, in quotes revealed by the ATP. “I haven't been playing good at all this year,” Djokovic stated when requested about his probabilities of profitable Roland-Garros.“You have to accept it. I don’t consider myself a favourite there. I’m going to take it match by match and see how far I can go.”Djokovic has but to succeed in a closing in 2024. He was in Geneva hoping to vary that, however struggled together with his consistency as he fell to 14-6 on the 2024 season. 🚨 MACHAC MANIA 🚨Tomas Machac defeats World No.1 Novak Djokovic for his first ever ATP Tour Final! 🤩#...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 24, 2024Roland Garros has come too quickly for Jessica Pegula and Matteo Berrettini.Both gamers withdrew forward of Thursday’s draw, saying that they weren’t capable of get better from accidents in time to make the principle draw, which begins on Sunday May 26 in Paris.Pegula, who has not performed since early April, says she plans to be prepared for the grass-court season.“Unfortunately pulling out of @rolandgarros this year,” the World No.5 wrote on Twitter. “I’m just about back to practicing normal (haven’t had any issues for weeks) but played it super safe with recovery and return to play. If I had another 5-7 days I would have been there 100 percent. So I will definitely be back for a full grass season and the rest of the summer and grind...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday May 22, 2024It was a particularly emotional day of qualifying at Roland-Garros. Hours after Dominic Thiem bid farewell to the Parisian trustworthy, his good pal Diego Schwartzman additionally performed his ultimate match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.Schwartzman fell to Frenchman Quentin Halys 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) in a second-round qualifying match, ending a superb French Open profession that featured a pair of quarterfinals and a career-best semifinal by the diminutive but dynamic Argentinian.After the match Schwartzman broke down in tears as he addressed the group in a post-match ceremony. He thanked the followers, saying: "The last match here shows how I've played my whole career here. Roland-Garros for me it's very special. I did what I know to do -...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday May 21, 2024The Roland-Garros foremost draw kicks off in 5 days, and Novak Djokovic has not arrived on the grounds but. That’s as a result of the World No.1 is in Geneva, the place he'll tackle Yannick Hanfmann in second-round motion on the Geneva Open on Wednesday night.Djokovic, 12-5 on the season and nonetheless with out an ATP title to his title, says he's in Geneva as a result of he wants matches to really feel proper forward of this 12 months’s French Open.It's not the everyday warmup for Roland-Garros, however Djokovic believes that this 12 months, given the circumstances, it's the proper preparation.“The reason why I chose to come and play is because I feel like at this moment, there is no better practice for me than match play,” stated D...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday May 20, 2024Saudi Arabia and the WTA Tour have strenghthened their working relationship.On Monday the Tour unveiled a multi-year partnership with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).The PIF will turn out to be the first-ever naming associate of the WTA Rankings. Additionally, PIF will work with the WTA to develop present initiatives and develop new alternatives for younger gamers, with the objective of boosting the profiles of the sport’s subsequent generations of stars.It’s one other step within the rising funding made by the Saudis within the sport of tennis.In February we realized that the WTA Finals can be in Saudi Arabia beginning this yr, as a part of a three-year deal that can improve the prize cash for this November's season-ending cham...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday May 20, 2024Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are at it once more.The legendary rivals have teamed up with Louis Vuitton in its "Core Values'' campaign, which was released over the weekend. The main values center on "a journey past the bodily, a dedication to excellence, and a transmission of goals."Federer and Nadal, who met 40 times during their illustrious careers on the ATP Tour, including nine major finals, were featured in a full page spread in the New York times, photographed by legendary Annie Leibovits. ¡Clase eterna!Rafa Nadal y Roger Federer caminando en las montañas Dolomitas en Italia para una campaña de Louis Vuitton.La foto fue tomada por Annie Leibovitz. pic.twitter.com/gYHYTjlkDl — Sébastien Mélières (@SbastienMlires1) May 19, 2024...

Iga Swiatek leaves Rome as the most popular participant in tennis, having reeled off 12 consecutive victories and within the course of turn into the third lady in historical past to have claimed ghe prestigious Madrid and Rome titles back-to-back. Now the massive problem of the clay season comes calling.The 22-year-old will head to Paris to attempt to turn into the second lady in historical past to say a uncommon clay-court triple by profitable Madrid, Rome and Paris in the identical season. Only 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, in 2013, has beforehand achieved the feat.Though Swiatek would be the overwhelming favourite, the three-time Roland Garros champion prefers to maintain her give attention to the controllables. She talks repeatedly about course of, about staying humble, ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 17, 2024After her gruelling win over Elina Svitolina within the spherical of 16 at Rome, Aryna Sabalenka wasn’t positive if she’d be capable of proceed enjoying in Rome resulting from a difficulty along with her decrease again. A couple of days later, the World No.2 is again in one other large last, and on the point of sq. off with Iga Swiatek for the crown.Her skill to beat large obstacles this spring is a testomony to the psychological and bodily toughness of Sabalenka.She says her again – a minimum of for the second – is not a difficulty.“I was considering retiring from the tournament,” Sabalenka stated on Thursday after her win over Danielle Collins pushed her file on the clay in 2024 to 11-2, and 25-5 for the reason that begin of 2023. “L...

  By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, May 16, 2024 On Rome's purple clay, Americans are taking purpose at a serious fable.Don't consider Americans cannot do the soiled work on clay, says Coco Gauff.More: Break-Ups and Love MatchesFollowing her 6-4, 6-3 Rome semifinal loss to world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, Gauff mentioned U.S. compatriots are rewriting the age-old narrative that Americans don't love grime.Pointing to Miami Open champion Danielle Collins' run to the Rome semifinals in addition to 14th-seeded Tommy Paul dethroning defending champion Daniil Medvedev and Hubert Hurkacz in succession to achieve his maiden Rome semifinal, Gauff mentioned individuals underestimate Americans on clay."Specifically Tommy and Danielle are people that I always root for, even though I wouldn't n...

  By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Roger Federer’s sleek goodbye moved many to tears.On June twentieth, we will relive Federer’s farewell as a feature-length documentary.More: Break-Ups and Love MatchesAmazon Prime unveiled the trailer for Federer: Twelve Final Days and it is fairly hanging.We see the emotion as Federer information his retirement announcement, we see a visible burst of the Swiss Maestro's evolution by residence video, we hear spouse Mirka's voice for the primary time in a very long time and we see Federer's Big 4 rivals convene for his emotional exit at Laver Cup in London's iconic O2 Arena.British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, whose highly-regarded 2015 documentary on singer Amy Winehouse, “Amy”, gained the Academy Award for greatest documentary, ...