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NEW YORK — Men and ladies will use the identical tennis ball this 12 months on the U.S. Open, satisfying some ladies who complained final 12 months they had been hitting an inferior product. ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 17, 2023The professional tennis circuit is a journey and the journey is over for Alexis Musialek.The former world No. 255 Musialek has been banned from tennis for all times after being discovered responsible of fixing 9 matches between 2016 and 2018 and for failing to cooperate with an investigation by withholding proof, the International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced right now.Venus: Best Level of Year In addition to his lifetime ban, which started on August fifth, Musialek was hit with a $50,000 effective.The 35-year-old Frenchman was accused of 39 violations of the tennis anti-corruption program. Musialek denied the costs in opposition to him.Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Raj Parker discovered Musialek "contrived the outcom...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023As Tommy Paul continues to make waves on the ATP Tour and nudge nearer to the Top 10, the 26-year-old says the rating isn't actually on his thoughts. It’s the wins that he's after.“I think everyone else pays attention to it a lot more than I do,” he informed reporters, in accordance with Andrew Eichenholz of ATPTour.com. “It's hard to not hear it. Like when I first showed up here, I see Frances and he's in the locker room like, ‘Man, if anyone's going to bump me out of the Top 10, I wanted it to be you.’ I was like, ‘Dude, I wasn't even thinking about that.’”Instead Paul is considering going through World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz for the second time in as many weeks. He produced a surprisingly good effort final week in Toronto and too...

By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Wednesday August 16, 2023Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro hoped to make one final stand on the match of his best profession triumph. Sadly, for him and tennis followers that gained’t occur this yr.The 2009 US Open winner and former World No. 3 del Potro took to social media to disclose that he hoped to play a farewell match at this yr's last main in New York. However his ongoing knee harm will forestall the 34-year-old Argentinian star from finishing his want.“As you know, my desire to return to such a special court like the one at the US Open had me very excited,” del Potro wrote in Spanish. “I pursued every possible means in order to get there, but my body is not 100 percent with me to let me feel comfortable and content to share in such a ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023It seems that in Cincinnati, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the Queen Bee.During his 7-6(3), 7-6(2) victory over Ben Shelton on the Western and Southern Open on Wednesday, Stefanos Tsitsipas was bothered by a bee whereas getting ready to serve. Later, he was bothered by a heckler imitating a bee as he continued to lock down his serve throughout the contest.“There’s a person imitating a bee behind me,” he informed umpire Nacho Forcadell. “It’s a buzz, proper earlier than I serve." “There’s a person imitating a bee behind me” 🐝The most bee-zarre factor you’ll see at the moment 😂#CincyTennis @steftsitsipas pic.twitter.com/t2W50fvo51 — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 16, 2023 Tsitsipas first approached the chair, then approached the followers,...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, August 16, 2023The US Open area has misplaced a former champion.Marin Cilic, who defeated Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori in succession to win the 2014 US Open title, has withdrawn from the Flushing Meadows main. Cilic, who underwent knee surgical procedure final January, has been restricted to 2 matches as he rehabs from surgical procedure. The US Open begins on August twenty eighth.Venus: Best Level of Year Canadian left-hander Denis Shapovalov additionally pulled out of the Open attributable to a power knee damage.Following his fourth-round Wimbledon loss to Roman Safiullin final month, Shapovalov conceded his knee ache was "unbearable" and mentioned if he opted to relaxation the knee, quite than bear surgical procedure, then he would s...

NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams might be again within the U.S. Open at age 43, and Caroline Wozniacki will be a part of her within the discipline for her return to Grand Slam tennis. ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023Former Grand Slam champions and World No.1s Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki have been awarded 2023 US Open wild playing cards. The pair be a part of an inventory of eight wild card recipients introduced by the match on Wednesday.43-year-old Williams, a seven-time main champion, will make her twenty fourth look at Flushing Meadows. She final received a match in Queens in 2019, and final reached the second week in 2017, when she powered to the semis.Williams is a four-time US Open finalist, and received titles in 2000 and 2001. SHEESH! 😱@Venuseswilliams will make her twenty fourth major draw look on the US Open. pic.twitter.com/A5NEILmaNC — US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 16, 2023 Wozniacki, making her 14th look, final recei...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Wednesay, August 16, 2023Coco Gauff has a well-earned repute as one in every of tennis' quickest gamers.Many followers might not know concerning the 19-year-old Gauff's hands-on ability.Venus: Best Level of Year In an interview along with her racquet sponsor, Head, Gauff revealed her hidden expertise."I can walk on my hands," Gauff mentioned. "A lot of people don't know that, but I can do that."The 2022 Roland Garros runner-up is not joking.Here's a take a look at Gauff strolling on her fingers sideline-to-sideline on courtroom.Photo credit score: Rob Carr/Getty !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=!0;n.version='2.0';n....

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023American John Isner heads an inventory of eight principal draw males’s singles wild playing cards on the 2023 US Open.38-year-old Isner, a two-time quarterfinalist, will probably be joined by Alex Michelsen, Michael Mmoh, Steve Johnson, Ethan Quinn and Learner Tien, in addition to France’s Benjamin Bonzi and Australian Rinky Hijikata, as a part of reciprocal agreements. Check out the complete checklist of untamed card recipients for the US Open! ⤵️ — US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 16, 2023 The 2023 US Open will probably be performed August 28-September 10 on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.Isner, ranked 106, owns 16 ATP Tour singles titles and has been ranked as excessive as No. 8 on the earth...