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By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, October 28, 2024Winning ugly might be key to constructing sustained  success in blustery Cancun, says Maria Sakkari.The eighth-seeded Sakkari, who opens the WTA Finals tomorrow towards top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, says windy circumstances can wreak such havoc with the ball the participant who's calm amid the chaos may have the most effective shot in Cancun.More: Sinner Stops Streaking SheltonI feel that the gamers that settle for that the wind goes to make us look and play ugly, as a result of that is the truth," Sakkari told the media in Cancun. "You can not play good tennis when it is that windy on the market. Whoever accepts it probably the most goes to have a greater end result and a greater time on the courtroom. Unfortunately climate i...

WIMBLEDON, England — The All England Club’s plan to construct an 8,000-seat stadium and 38 different courts at Wimbledon that might enable the Grand Slam to carry its qualifying event on web site has gained approval from an area planning council. ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 26, 2024Hall of Famer John McEnroe is within the building enterprise.The former world No. 1 in singles and doubles is dedicated to constructing champions in New York City.More: Sinner Stops Streaking SheltonMcEnroe just lately hosted Head, his racquet sponsor, on a go to to the John McEnroe Tennis Academy on Randall's Island the place McEnroe shared his teaching strategy.New Yorker McEnroe is invested in what he calls a significant mission: Developing a New York City tennis champion—and profitable junior and faculty gamers—heading his Johnny Mac Tennis Project.The Johnny Mac Tennis Project (JMTP), a non-profit based by John McEnroe and others, strives to enhance younger lives by eradicating the racial, financial and social obstacles...

American tennis participant Jenson Brooksby was given an 18-month suspension after an impartial tribunal decided he missed three drug assessments inside the span of a 12 months. ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday October 23, 2023Four American males rank contained in the ATP’s Top-15 for the primary time since 1997.On the power of his title run at Tokyo, 21-year-old Ben Shelton rounds out the quartet at No.15. He joins No.14 Frances Tiafoe, No.12 Tommy Paul and No.9 Taylor Fritz to match Pete Sampras (No.1), Michael Chang (No.2), Andre Agassi (No.8) and Todd Martin (No.12), the American quartet that final did the trick in 1997. We out right here 🇺🇸 https://t.co/TrFU9JOOVm — Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) October 23, 2023 Shelton has gone 14-2 in his final 16 matches – he began the season at 96 on this planet, however rose swiftly by way of a quarterfinal run on the Australian Open and a semifinal run on the US Open.“It’s definitely not sunk in yet,” Shelt...

LONDON — The Tel Aviv Open tennis event scheduled for subsequent month has been canceled due to the Israel-Hamas struggle. The ATP males’s tour stat...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday October 22, 2023With three weeks to go till this 12 months’s ATP Finals at Turin, 4 spots stay up for grabs within the race.Also Read: Rublev, Tsitsipas, Zverev Hope to Make Gains in Stacked Vienna DrawHolger Rune, who reached the ultimate final 12 months at Basel, hopes to carry on to his spot regardless of being within the throes of a hunch that has seen him lose eight of his final 9 matches, relationship again to his Wimbledon quarterfinal encounter with Carlos Alcaraz.Next week in Basel, Rune will take his place because the No.1 seed on the Swiss Indoors Basel, and stay up for a first-round conflict with Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic.It was Kecmanovic who bounced Rune from the Stockholm draw, 7-6(3), 6-2 final week.Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Hube...

TOKYO — Ben Shelton rallied from a set all the way down to beat American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Saturday on the Japan Open to succeed in his first tour ultimate. ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 19, 2024Coco Gauff made a landmark US Open title run.  Now, Gauff is making her model mark on the International Tennis Hall of Fame.More: Slumping Rune Sent PackingGauff hit a backhand bolt sealing her maiden Grand Slam title with gripping 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 overcome second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka within the US Open last.The colourful New Balance equipment Gauff wore in that title run is now on show on the International Tennis Hall of Fame."I’m incredibly honored and excited for my kit to be displayed at the International Tennis Hall of Fame,” said Gauff. “These pieces are meaningful to me, and when creating them, I had fully hoped they would serve to inspire future generations."The ITHF is the proper place for that inspiration to start.”...

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Boris Becker is returning to teaching for the primary time for the reason that six-time Grand Slam tennis winner’s launch from a British jail final 12 months, with sixth-ranked Holger Rune. ...