Tennis

By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, May 22, 2023Making decided tracks by way of the Eternal City, Daniil Medvedev reached a mud landmark.Medvedev defeated Holger Rune 7-5, 7-5 within the Rome ultimate to seize his maiden clay-court championship.More: Rune Dethrones Defending Champion Djokovic in RomeWorld No. 2 Medvedev owns at ATP-best 5 titles this season. Eighteen of Medvedev's 20 profession championships have come on his favored arduous courts.The 2021 US Open champion credit two key allies for his clay breakthrough: soles and strings.Medvedev says the Tecnifibre strings he switched to initially of the season assist him generate simpler energy which suggests his flat drives preserve depth on the slower filth. The 6'6" Medvedev, who wears Lacoste shoes and clothes, said he's coming out ...

By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, May 22, 2023When Holger Rune assesses the Roland Garros subject, he sees one man as major Paris favourite.Novak Djokovic.More: Rune Dethrones Defending Champion Djokovic in RomeThe 20-year-old Rune, who defeated Djokovic within the Rome quarterfinals after stopping the Serbian famous person within the Paris Masters last final fall, says the two-time French Open champion's expertise and Slam success makes him favourite."I still think Novak is the main favorite for the event," Rune instructed the media after bowing to Daniil Medvedev within the Rome last on Sunday. "He's the one with the most slams of who's playing, the most experience." The sixth-ranked Rune cites world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 2 Medvedev, who owns an ATP-best 5 titles in 2023, as t...

ROME — Daniil Medvedev hadn’t gained a single match in his three earlier appearances on the Italian Open. Now he’s gained the match. ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday May 21, 2023Andy Murray, who just lately received a challenger title at Aix-En-Provence, has elected to name it quits on the clay season. The three-time Grand Slam champion has withdrawn from Roland-Garros, and goals to deal with resting, recovering and getting ready for the upcoming grass court docket season.Murray went 5-4 on clay this season throughout all ranges, however didn't win a single match at tour-level.After his first-round loss at Rome to Fabio Fognini, the 2016 Roland-Garros runner-up admitted that he was not sure if he needed to speculate the time in going to Paris, when his finest probabilities at doing one thing particular could be at Wimbledon. Andy Murray withdraws from French Open to be able to deal with Wimbledon https://t.co...

ROME — Martina Navratilova is doing “OK” after being recognized with throat most cancers and breast most cancers. “I’ve gone through a very difficul...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday May 20, 2023After receiving a second anti-doping cost, for sustaining “irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport”, Simona Halep has gone on the offensive.The former World No.1 and two-time main champs claims that she is being “harassed” by the ITA, and that they're out to get her for causes she doesn't perceive."Since October 7, when I got charged by the ITIA for a suspicion of doping, I have lived the worst nightmare I have ever gone through in my life,” Halep wrote on social media. “Not only has my name been soiled in the worst possible way, but I am facing a constant determination from the ITIA for a reason that I cannot understand, to prove my guilt while I haven’t EVER even thought of taking any illicit substance.” pic.twitter.com...

ROME — Holger Rune adopted up his newest victory over Novak Djokovic with one other spectacular efficiency, producing a 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 comeback win over fellow Scandinavian Casper Ruud on Saturday to achieve the Italian Open ultimate. ...

ROME — Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina beat Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 on the Italian Open on Friday to achieve the most important last of her profession - and devoted the victory to her war-torn nation. ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday May 18, 2023When it involves being a minimize above the remaining, Rafael Nadal has hit all of the excessive marks at Roland-Garros.Daniil Medvedev actually agrees. The Russian was requested on Thursday, after being knowledgeable of the Spaniard's withdrawal from the occasion in 2023, if he felt that Nadal’s document at Roland-Garros (112-3 with 14 ungodly titles!) was the perfect document in tennis. The Russian, all the time sport for an trustworthy dialog on any subject, didn't mince phrases.“In tennis, for sure,” he mentioned. “I think Novak won Australia, what, nine times, 10 this year? Still, Rafa won 14. Maybe Novak, if he makes 14 in Australia, then we going to have more talking…“For the moment, Rafa on clay in general, but especially in ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 19, 2023In an announcement recorded for the media, Iga Swiatek explains among the particulars of her proper thigh harm and the psychological course of she went by way of throughout Wednesday's quarterfinal with Elena Rybakina, through which she retired the match at 2-2 within the ultimate set.“During the second set, at the end in the tiebreaker, I felt pain in my right thigh. It was, like, pretty sudden. At the beginning I didn't really know if it was serious or not,” she stated. “We did an examination with the physio afterwards. It shouldn't be anything serious, so I'm pretty positive that I'll be back soon.”Swiatek says she didn’t remorse the choice to desert her title protection towards Rybakina, as a result of the ache was a giant concern ...