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Novak Djokovic’s partnership with coach Andy Murray will continue at Indian Wells this week and at the Miami Open this month, the PA news agency understands.
Murray is heading out to Indian Wells, California, on Monday for the BNP Paribas Open, which starts on Wednesday, with the Miami Open following on 19 March.
Continue reading...Emma Raducanu will return to action next week at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
At the former US Open champion’s most recent tournament in Dubai last week, she was approached by a man displaying what the WTA described as “fixated behaviour” before her second-round defeat to Karolina Muchova. Raducanu was visibly distressed, hiding behind the umpire’s chair early in the contest after spotting the man in the first few rows of seats.
Continue reading...Andrey Rublev was tested early on but finished in style to beat Britain’s Jack Draper 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and win the Qatar Open on Saturday.
“It feels amazing. It’s the first time I’ve won the same title twice,” the delighted Russian said. “I’m really happy. I don’t know what else to say.”
Continue reading...The British No 1, Jack Draper, produced another gutsy display to defeat Jiri Lehecka in three sets at the Qatar Open and reach the fifth ATP Tour final of his career, while world No 2 Alexander Zverev tumbled out of he Rio Open against Francisco Comesana.
Lehecka had stunned Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals in Doha and looked on course to claim another scalp when he won the first set. Draper required a tie-break to get the match back on level terms before he showed his class in the decider to take victory by a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 score.
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Continue reading...Jack Draper reached the Qatar Open semi-finals in Doha after fighting back to beat Matteo Berrettini in three gruelling sets. The British men’s No 1, sidelined for a month with a hip injury before his return to action this week, overcame the 28-year-old Italian 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and faces Jiri Lehecka in the last four.
Draper let slip his third service game on his way to losing the first set before breaking Berrettini for the first time at 5-4 up in the second to level it up. The eighth seed broke Berrettini’s serve for the second time to move 3-1 up in the decider and that proved decisive as he then fended off break point against him to lead 5-2 before comfortably serving out for the match.
Continue reading...Women in sport are left exposed by the lack of backing that men receive, and by toxic attitudes that must be called out
If you watched any of Emma Raducanu’s Tuesday match against Karolina Muchova, it was probably only the two clips, stitched together neatly for the news highlights. Raducanu approaching the umpire. Raducanu wiping away tears with a towel.
An emotional Raducanu is an instant headline, although this wasn’t a case of injury or frustration. Having seen a man in the crowd whose off-court behaviour had already concerned her, she was doing the sensible thing and reporting it. The Daily Mail reported that she was “reduced to cowering behind the umpire’s chair”. What a brilliantly multi-purpose use of language: paternalistic readers can get heroically angry on her behalf while the others write her off as a snowflake.
Continue reading...Venus Williams has been given a wildcard entry for the BNP Paribas Open, which would make next month’s tournament in Indian Wells her first event in nearly a year.
The 44-year-old hasn’t competed anywhere on tour since a first-round loss at the Miami Open on 19 March 2024. That was less than two weeks after she lost her opening match at Indian Wells.
Continue reading...An emotional Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the Dubai Tennis Championships by Karolina Muchova, after a man in the crowd who had displayed “fixated behaviour” was ejected from the venue.
Raducanu appeared rattled and in tears as she went to the umpire’s chair after going behind 2-0 early in the encounter at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. The British player had become upset due to a man who she had seen in the front few rows of the stands.
Continue reading...Andy Murray will continue to coach Novak Djokovic through to the French Open – and possibly at Wimbledon.
Djokovic confirmed the Scot had agreed to continue their partnership, which began in the buildup to last month’s Australian Open. The 24-time grand slam champion said the collaboration was “indefinite”, opening the possibility of the former rivals also linking up at Wimbledon this summer.
Continue reading...Novak Djokovic has claimed the majority of players believe Jannik Sinner was shown “favouritism” with his three-month doping ban.
Sinner reached a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) over two positive drug tests in March last year. Sinner’s explanation that he was inadvertently contaminated with the banned substance clostebol by his physio was accepted by Wada, but the agency added that “the athlete bears responsibility for the entourage’s negligence”.
Continue reading...Emma Raducanu ended her losing run in style with a straight-sets victory over Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the Dubai Duty Free Championships.
Raducanu came into the match on the worst run of results in her career, having lost four successive matches. But the former US Open champion made the ideal start with a break of serve in the opening game and rounded off a 6-4, 6-2 victory in fine fashion with her third ace of the 90-minute contest.
Continue reading...Jannik Sinner has agreed to accept an immediate three-month doping ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) – a decision that was quickly met with criticism from inside the game, with Nick Kyrgios calling it “a sad day for tennis”.
Sinner, who successfully defended his Australian Open title last month, tested positive for the anabolic agent clostebol last year which he said had entered his system from a member of his support team through massages and sports therapy.
Continue reading...Emma Raducanu will continue to try to arrest her losing run against the best players in the world after taking another wildcard into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The former US Open champion is enduring the worst sequence of her career having lost four successive matches. Raducanu failed to capitalise on wildcard entries into tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha over the last two weeks, losing in the first round both times, to Marketa Vondrousova and Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Continue reading...The US Open’s revamped mixed doubles format is a “profound injustice” that disrespects the players, reigning champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori have said.
On Tuesday, the year’s last grand slam announced that the mixed doubles competition, which will offer a $1m winners’ prize, is scheduled for 19-20 August – the week before the singles main draw.
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