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Andy Murray thanked followers for taking off - or skipping - work to observe him play within the DC Open on a Wednesday afternoon. His classic effic...

Wild playing cards might be serving to fingers to gamers.One match director's bid to promote a wild card will price him six months of his profession and a $1,000 effective.More: Washington, DC Photo GalleryBosnian coach and match director Robert Biletic has been hit with a six-month suspension from the game after accepting a cost below the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), the International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced at the moment.Biletic served as match director at an ITF 25k occasion in 2021 when he contacted a participant providing to promote a wild card into the occasion in trade for fee.That corrupt supply violates part D.1.ok of the 2021 TACP, which states: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, offer, pay or accept any money, benefit or Consideration fo...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, August 2, 2023World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz is the one one able to curbing Novak Djokovic's domination, says the Serbian famous person's coach, Goran Ivanisevic.In a new interview with Sportske, Ivanisevic praised Alcaraz as a "miracle" who performed bolder tennis on pivotal factors and deserved his epic five-set win to dethrone Djokovic within the Wimbledon ultimate.  More: Djokovic Soars By Sinner"I keep saying the same thing, he's a great creature. As a man he's phenomenal, and as a player I won't even talk, it's a miracle," Ivanisevic mentioned of Alcaraz. "The energy he brings to the field, the way he plays..."He's at all times smiling, even when he loses, he is superb."Asked if anyone can prevent 23-time Grand Slam king Djokovic from ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 2, 2023Frances Tiafoe, born and bred within the D.C. space – is completely satisfied that he’s not the one participant making a splash at this yr’s Mubadala Citi Open. The 25-year-old at all times expresses his loyalty and love for his fellow gamers from the world, which incorporates Hailey Baptiste, Robin Montgomery and up to date Wimbledon Girls’ champion Clervie Ngounoue.This yr at Roland-Garros, Tiafoe spent just a few hours courtside as he supported Ngounoue throughout her junior run in Paris, and his assist spills over into the press room as nicely.Whenever Tiafoe is requested, he alway has variety phrases for his fellow D.C. space natives.“I think tennis is great [around Washington, D.C.],” he stated earlier this week. “Obviously ...

Grey Goose might be flying excessive at Flushing Meadows once more this month.The USTA at the moment introduced that the US Open and Grey Goose vodka will prolong one of many longest-running spirits partnerships in sports, as the 2 have fun 17 years collectively in 2023 by renewing the model's US Open sponsorship.More: Washington, DC Photo Gallery Financial phrases of the deal weren't disclosed.The renewal marks one other yr that Grey Goose would be the Official Vodka of the US Open and serve the official signature cocktail of the match, the Honey Deuce. The US Open and Grey Goose first partnered in 2007 and have since offered greater than 1.8 million Honey Deuce cocktails, together with a record-breaking 405,000 in 2022, the USTA stated.In a transfer certain to excite and gas US Ope...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, August 1, 2023When Novak Djokovic blew Carlos Alcaraz out within the opening set of the Wimbledon last, some noticed inevitability.Watching the ultimate, Grigor Dimitrov noticed chance.More: Washington, DC Photo Gallery Former Wimbledon semifinalist Dimitrov stated he is not stunned Alcaraz rallied for an epic five-set victory to dethrone defending champion Djokovic and win Wimbledon.That's as a result of Dimitrov was satisfied Alcaraz would assert his aggression within the last."[I'm] not really [surprised], in a sense that, I mean, I have played Carlos two or three times already," Dimitrov instructed the media after his Mubadala Citi DC Open win over Mackenzie McDonald. "In a way, I knew what he's going to do. You know, he doesn't pull b...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday August 1, 2023He entered 2023 with only one Top 20 win to his identify – and that one got here all the best way again in 2018. But one thing has clicked for Michael Mmoh in 2023. The American saved a trio of match factors on Tuesday to earn his third Top 20 triumph of the yr, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4) over fourth-seeded (Seventeenth-ranked) Hubert Hurkacz in two hours and 57 minutes on the Citi Open.Mmoh, who defeated Thirteenth-ranked Alexander Zverev on the Australian Open in a run to the third spherical, additionally took out Twelfth-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime to succeed in the second spherical at Wimbledon.On Tuesday he was the consummate professional as he battled ferociously to maintain hard-hitting Hurkacz in verify, then saved three match fac...

World No. 10 Frances Tiafoe introduced out the celebs to Rock Creek Park as he started what he hopes is a run to a hometown title on the Mubadala Citi DC Open, beating Aslan Karatsev in two nearly-identical units, 7-6(5), 7-6(5). ...

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Jennifer Brady is again.    After an extended and sometimes tough harm layoff for the final two years, the previous 2021 Australian Open finalist performed her first WTA foremost draw match in two years at this week’s WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open occasion.   Brady, who was as soon as ranked as excessive as World No. 13, loved a simple 6-2, 6-1 opening spherical win over present World No. 28 Anhelina Kalinia.    First match again below her belt 😤@jennifurbrady95 drops 3 video games in her @mubadalacitidc opener! pic.twitter.com/HgK6tCTw66 — wta (@WTA) August 1, 2023   Brady, who admitted she was not totally certain how her first match would go, was very happy general along with her efficiency.   “I had the game plan. I...

While the United States has produced a number of stars and champions in ladies’s tennis for the previous twenty years — thanks largely to Venus and Serena Williams and their affect — the American males’s sport had lagged behind. ...