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Daniil Medvedev suffered a troublesome loss to Tommy Paul on Tuesday in Rome, however the Russian likes the way in which he's enjoying on clay and nonetheless sees himself with an excellent probability to make a deep run in Paris this 12 months.Asked to interrupt down this 12 months's Roland Garros favorites by a reporter, Medvedev stated that Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz ought to be thought-about No.1 and No.2, given how effectively they'll play on clay.“I think if Novak and Carlos play, they're two big favorites,” he stated. “They like the surface. They can win Grand Slams.”But, Medvedev says, this 12 months’s important attract Paris could possibly be extra extensive open than it has been in almost 20 years. With Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner nonetheless working via critical acciden...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanYoungster | Monday May 13, 2024Same Andy Murray, totally different racquet? Returning to the courtroom this week on the Bordeaux Challenger, the three-time main champion is sporting some new gear.Murray’s acquired a Yonex racquet – and a few Yonex swag besides. Avant son entrée en lice au @BNPPprimrose, @andy_murray est actuellement à l'entrainement sur le courtroom 1 de la @VillaPrimroseBx. L'occasion de constater que le Britannique, côté raquette, joue désormais avec @yonex_com. pic.twitter.com/w8h5Hwly6e — So Tennis (@sotennis1) May 13, 2024 Per journalist Simon Cambers, the change has been confirmed by the 36-year-old’s staff. Really attention-grabbing transfer from @andy_murray - affirmation from his staff that he has been testing a @yonex_tennis racqu...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday May 11, 2024Novak Djokovic’s loss in Rome at this time has opened the door for Jannik Sinner to overhaul the 24-time Grand Slam champion on the prime of the ATP rankings. Djokovic, who fell to Alejandro Tabilo 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday, drops 130 factors from his rating complete, leaving him 1090 factors away from Sinner as Roland Garros commences.But the World No.1 is defending 2000 factors from final 12 months’s French Open, whereas Sinner is barely defending 45.That signifies that Sinner will open the match with an 865-point lead over Djokovic within the stay rankings. In different phrases, Djokovic might want to outperform the Italian by 865 factors to stay at No.1 on the Monday after Roland Garros. If:- Djokovic doesn't attain the French Open clos...

  By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, May 11, 2024 Supreme problem-solver Novak Djokovic took a heads up strategy to his Rome return. The world No. 1 was almost beaned by a water bottle that fell from a fan's bag yesterday.Today, Djokovic confirmed inventive response."Today, I came prepared," Djokovic captioned video of him sporting a bicycle helmet over his trademark baseball cap for cover as he walked onto the event grounds to signal autographs for followers. The Grand Slam king confirmed a humorousness hours after this scary scene as he departed courtroom. New angle, all clear now, Novak is ok 👇 pic.twitter.com/LWhhpTN0DY — Saša Ozmo (@ozmo_sasa) May 10, 2024 Of course, Djokovic famously celebrated Halloween in Paris years again by masking up as Darth Vader.We shall see...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 10, 2024Sebastian Korda has a message for the cluster of followers that harassed him over the course of his 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4 win over Italy’s Flavio Cobolli on Friday: It’s all good.The American took to Twitter to provide a shout out to the ornery followers after his two hour and 43-minute triumph, saying: “Shoutout to the fans behind me for talking inappropriately about my girlfriend, family and team for 2.5hrs. Thank you for the extra motivation – still love y’all!” Shoutout to the followers behind me for speaking inappropriately about my girlfriend, household and workforce for two.5hrs. Thank you for the additional motivation 🙏💪Still love yall🇮🇹❤️ https://t.co/sJxT2KmsT1 — Sebastian Korda (@SebiKorda) May 10, 2024 Twenty seventh-ranked Ko...

  By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, May 9, 2024 New York space juniors can play for a scholarship to the Johnny Mac Tennis Project.Sportime, the house of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, and the Johnny Mac Tennis Project current their annual scholarship tryout and athletic scouting mix at Sportime Randall's Island, Saturday June fifteenth.Tryout for gamers ages 8-16, Sportime, JMTA and JMTP will award full and partial scholarships to chose tryout and mix contributors for the 2024-2025 season at Sportime Randall's Island.For the eleventh 12 months, younger hopefuls from throughout the tri-state space can be out in pressure at Sportime Randall's Island, the flagship location of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA), on Saturday, June fifteenth, as JMTA coaches search to find untap...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, May 8, 2024Rome is a pink clay feast.MSG Networks is serving up dwell Rome motion day by day for the primary six days of the match.More: Richard Evans on Hall of Fame InductionMSG Networks is televising dwell males's and ladies's Italian Open protection day by day from 8 a.m. to midday.The community's protection started at present, Wednesday, May eighth and continues day by day by Monday, May thirteenth.Beginning Sunday, May twenty sixth, MSG Networks will televise 36 hours of dwell protection from Roland Garros.Photo credit score: Internazionali BNL d'Italia Facebook !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!...

By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, May 7, 2024Celebrate American grass court docket tennis—and famous Grand Slam champions—in Newport this summer time.Tickets are actually out there for the 2024 Infosys Hall of Fame Open, to be held July 14-21 on the historic grass courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.More: Richard Evans on Hall of Fame InductionIndividual day experiences and packages for the ATP Tour’s solely grass court docket match performed exterior of Europe are actually out there at infosyshalloffameopen.com. Single-session tickets begin at $48 for adults, with collection tickets together with entry to the identical seats for all seven days of the match beginning at $409. All ticketed followers obtain limitless entry to the museum, fan village, Sipsmith Lawn, and o...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday May 6, 2024Iga Swiatek is opening the hole between herself and the remainder of the sphere within the WTA rankings desk. The four-time main champion, coming into her 102nd whole week atop the rankings, is now 3412 factors away from No.2-ranked Aryna Sabalenka within the rankings.The Pole defeated Sabalenka in an exciting three-set closing in Madrid on Saturday, claiming her twentieth profession title and enhancing to 71-10 lifetime on clay.There was little or no motion contained in the Top 10 on this week’s WTA rankings. Marketa Vondrousova (+1 to No.6), Zheng Qinwen (+1 to No.7) and Maria Sakkari (-2 to No.8) have been the one movers. 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂 🩶🩷@iga_swiatek | @WTA | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/jtYHwM7U8Y — #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 5...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday May 5, 2024How did Iga Swiatek climate the challenges of an in-form Aryna Sabalenka and beat again the strain going through three championship factors on her technique to a dramatic 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7) triumph at Madrid?By getting unfastened and taking a web page from the King of Clay's playbook.The World No.1 says she took inspiration from Rafael Nadal’s unimaginable comeback within the 2022 Australian Open remaining, the place the Spaniard rallied from a two set and break deficit to defeat Daniil Medevev for what was his twenty first main title."I remember exactly when he was playing Medvedev in Australia, and it clicked for him," Swiatek advised reporters after profitable her twentieth title. "He also struggled for a bit of time, he was tense, and...