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[ad_1] Saudi Arabia has reportedly made a bombshell $2 billion USD ($A3bn) offer to unite the men’s and women’s tennis tours, according to The Telegraph. The offer was reportedly tabled to the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournament bosses on Saturday, and has a 90-day expiration date – pushing the tours to make a decision quickly … Read more
[ad_1] Russia’s Andrey Rublev was defaulted from the Dubai ATP tournament for allegedly using obscene language in an angry tirade at a line umpire on Friday, gifting Alexander Bublik a place in the final. Most of the deciding set was dominated by arguments between Bublik and chair umpire Miriam Bley over the timing of the … Read more
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced a “multi-year strategic partnership” with the ATP, the governing body of men’s tennis, extending the kingdom’s influence on international sport. In a joint statement, the two bodies said that the partnership marked “a significant shared commitment to enhancing global tennis”. Since 2021, PIF has invested heavily … Read more
[ad_1] Andy Murray suggested he may retire within the next “few months” after winning his opening match in Dubai on Monday. The former world number one battled back from a set down to beat Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 and reach the second round. The 36-year-old, who snapped a six-match losing streak in Doha … Read more
[ad_1] Australian tennis star Jordan Thompson is into the final of the Los Cabos Open after delivering a stunning upset victory over No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev. Thompson beat the German 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) in a three hour, 40-minute thriller in Los Cabos to move one step closer to the $AUD1.3 million prize on … Read more
[ad_1] We’ve seen plenty of wild tennis meltdowns throughout the years: from John McEnroe to Nick Kyrgios. But we’ve never seen one quite like Botic van de Zandschulp when he played French fan favourite and former world number six Gale Monfils in Doha overnight. The 28-year-old Dutchman was once ranked as high as 22nd in … Read more
[ad_1] Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner powered to his first Rotterdam Open title on Sunday, breaking down a determined defensive effort from Australia’s Alex de Minaur to win 7-5, 6-4 in a high-quality battle. The win extended the Italian top seed’s unbeaten streak to 15 — including his run to glory in Melbourne — and … Read more
[ad_1] Australian star Alex de Minaur is into the semi finals in Rotterdam after he exacted revenge on second seed Andrey Rublev. De Minaur ousted the Russian 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3 to book a clash against Grigor Dimitrov in the final four as the Aussie got one back over Rublev for knocking him out of … Read more
[ad_1] Science will tell you that an echo cannot last forever; that eventually, it’ll run out of energy. But that’s untrue. We just saw one return after 16 years. Jannik Sinner’s stunning Australian Open semi-final win over 10-time champion Novak Djokovic marks a potential changing of the guard in tennis; the 22-year-old stopping the greatest … Read more
[ad_1] We would never want to suggest that the Australian Open would play favourites. But we’re sure they wouldn’t mind Daniil Medvedev notching up a win in Friday night’s semi-final. That’s because the noise around Alexander Zverev, the sixth seed playing under a dark cloud of multiple domestic violence accusations and an impending trial, will … Read more