LINZ, AUSTRIA (AFP) – US Open champion Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the WTA event in Linz on Tuesday (Nov 9), losing her second round match 6-1, 6-7 (0/7), 7-5 to world number 106 Wang Xinyu. The 18-year-old top seed Raducanu, who is expected to announce Torben Beltz as her new coach, stunned the... » read more
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Andy Murray came through a tense second-set tie-break to edge out Norwegian qualifier Viktor Durasovic in the Stockholm Open first round on Tuesday (Nov 9). The former world number one needed three match points and saved a set point in the breaker to win 6-1, 7-6 (9/7). The injury-hit 34-year-old, still bidding... » read more
NEW YORK (AFP) – Naomi Osaka said on Friday (Nov 5) on social media she is “back” on the tennis court ...
PARIS (AFP) – Novak Djokovic, making his return to the court at the Paris Masters, seven weeks after losing the US Open final, picked up a doubles win on Monday (Nov 1), on the eve of his singles debut. Djokovic and Serbian compatriot Filip Krajinovic needed a super tie-break to beat Australians Alex de Minaur... » read more
BUCHAREST (REUTERS) – Ukrainian sixth seed Marta Kostyuk swept aside U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu for an emphatic 6-2 6-1 win to march into the last four of the Transylvania Open on Friday (Oct 29). Raducanu, who won her first two matches on the WTA tour to reach the quarter-finals, made 41 unforced errors as... » read more
BUCHAREST (REUTERS) – US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been touching base with her Romanian side this week and endearing herself to the fans by speaking their language. The crowd favourite, whose father is Romanian and her mother is Chinese, is bidding to win her first title on the WTA Tour in just her fourth... » read more
CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA (AFP) – US Open champion Emma Raducanu on Tuesday (Oct 26) claimed her first victory since her shock triumph in New York as the British teenager beat Polona Hercog at the Transylvania Open in Romania. Raducanu, 18, recovered from a set down to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 after nearly two hours and 30... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 26, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its ongoing sponsorship of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) year-end championship, where the world’s top ranked wheelchair tennis players compete from October 31 to November 7, 2021 at the United States Tennis Association (USTA)... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been announced as a new ambassador for French luxury fashion house Dior in the latest sign of her rapid elevation to A-list celebrity. The British teenager, who is also the face of jewellery brand Tiffany and Co, will represent Maria Grazia Chiuri’s womenswear collections and Dior’s... » read more
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – US Open champion Daniil Medvedev has withdrawn from next week’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow in order to focus on the remainder of the season, the Russian said in a statement on Friday (Oct 15). Medvedev, who beat Novak Djokovic in last month’s Flushing Meadows final to claim his maiden Grand Slam title,... » read more
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month’s ATP/WTA Indian Wells tournament in California, organisers confirmed on Wednesday (Sept 29). “We are disappointed that Novak will not be able to join us at the BNP Paribas Open this fall,” tournament director Tommy Haas said. Djokovic has not played since... » read more
BOSTON (REUTERS) – Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev clinched the Laver Cup for Team Europe with a 6-2 6-7(4) 10-3 win over Team World’s Reilly Opelka and Denis Shapovalov on Sunday (Sept 26) in Boston. Team Europe entered the final day of the event needing one victory from any of the four scheduled matches to... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Unstoppable Daniil Medvedev fired off 13 aces to send fourth-round opponent Dan Evans of Britain packing 6-3 6-4 6-3 in yet another sub-two-hour performance at the US Open on Sunday (Sept 5). Evans handed Medvedev the early break with a double fault in the fourth game of the first set and... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – World number five Elina Svitolina produced a solid performance to dispatch Simona Halep 6-3 6-3 in the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday (Sept 5). The 12th-seeded Romanian won an epic 33-shot rally in the second game but a dozen unforced errors in the first set handed Svitolina the... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic put on a serving masterclass to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the U.S. Open on Saturday (Sept 4). The 11th-seeded Swiss won 85 per cent of her first serve points and smacked four aces to improve to a 3-0 record against... » read more
NEW YORK (AFP) – Tokyo Olympic singles champion Alexander Zverev said on Friday (Aug 27) he plans to take legal action over accusations of domestic abuse by former girlfriend Olya Sharypova and again denied any wrongdoing. Zverev, last year’s US Open runner-up, is seeded fourth in this year’s New York Grand Slam hardcourt tennis showdown... » read more
BASEL (REUTERS) – Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery after injuring it during the grasscourt season and will miss the US Open given the rehabilitation process will rule him out of the sport for many months, he said on Sunday (Aug 15). The 40-year-old Swiss, speaking on a video posted to his Instagram account,... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Former champion Andy Murray has been added to the main draw of the US Open following the withdrawal of Swiss Stan Wawrinka, tournament organisers said on Monday (Aug 9). Murray, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, has only played a handful of ATP Tour-level events this year having missed... » read more
PARIS (AFP) – Rafael Nadal slipped out of the top three in the new ATP rankings released on Monday (Aug 9), while Jannik Sinner, who won the Washington tournament at the weekend, jumped nine places to 15th. Olympic women’s tennis champion Belinda Bencic, meanwhile, climbed one place in the latest WTA rankings but the Swiss... » read more
BERLIN (AFP) – Newly-crowned Olympic men’s tennis champion Alexander Zverev arrived home in Germany to a hero’s welcome on Tuesday (Aug 3) before turning his attention to attempting to win a first Grand Slam title at the US Open later this month. The 24-year-old touched down in Germany, two days after brushing aside Karen Khachanov... » read more