Tennis is an extremely demanding sport, one in which many talented young players go on to win nothing major before eventually leaving the circuit. Such is the story of Eugenie Bouchard, who was hailed as the greatest asset in 2014 but now plays pickleball.
Now that the battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake seems to be over, Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff gave their winners.
The tennis world has been dominated by the Big Three, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal. No other player stood a chase to even match up to the level of the Big Three.
The rest of the WTA Rome seeded players compete for the first time on Day 4 of the event. This includes a very attractive matchup between three-time Grand Slam runner-up Ons Jabeur and 2020 Australian Open runner-up Sofia Kenin.
It promises to be another exciting day of WTA Rome action, with the rest of the seeded players taking to the court for the first time on Day 4. This includes Maria Sakkari’s tough opening match against the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva.
The seeds come into play on Friday at the 2024 ATP Italian Open in Rome. World No. 13 Taylor Fritz takes on Italian legend and 2018 quarterfinalist Fabio Fognini.
Ben Shelton was among the favorites to lead the United States in the Olympics tennis tournament in singles but has elected not to play the Games. The 2024 Olympics will take place in Paris, France, and the tennis tournament is scheduled to run from July 27th to August 4th at Stade Roland Garros.
No. 3 seed Coco Gauff overcame nine double faults and handled Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Thursday in Rome.
Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka all make it through comfortably to the last 32 of the Italian Open in Rome.
Danielle Collins will not play on the WTA Tour beyond 2024, but some people have yet to accept her retirement decision. In January, Collins announced that this would be the final season of her professional career shortly after losing to Iga Swiatek in the second round of the Australian Open.
Former champion Iga Swiatek started her Italian Open campaign with a tremendous performance against Bernarda Pera. Swiatek played her best tennis last week in Rome, going all the way and beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Roger Federer has been enjoying his retirement life mostly on vacations and attending glamorous events. With no more circuit drilling, the Swiss legend has teamed up with fashion label JW ANDERSON.
In March, Andrey Rublev was disqualified after yelling at a line judge. Then he hit a 49-day slump without a win. But after much soul-seeking, he changed his mindset -- and won the Madrid Open.
2017 champion Alexander Zverev is seeded third at this year’s Italian Open. His first opponent will be Aleksandar Vukic, who defeated qualifier Diego Schwartzman in the opening round.
Rafael Nadal trailed by a set against qualifier Zizou Bergs but rallied to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his opening-round match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Thursday in Rome.
Italy’s Fabio Fognini was asked to rank the players who have retired in the last 15 years and, as expected, he chose Roger Federer for the first spot.
Naomi Osaka had never beaten a Top 20-ranked player on clay before, and she earned the win against Marta Kostyuk at the 2024 Italian Open. The Japanese player hasn't played much on clay throughout her career.
Camila Giorgi hasn't made any public proclamations, but she is listed as retired on the International Tennis Integrity Agency's website. The website lists May 7 as Giorgi's retirement date.
Portugal's Nuno Borges saved two match points while winning a marathon tiebreaker, emerging with a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (8) victory over Spain's Pedro Martinez on Wednesday in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
Naomi Osaka made her return to Rome a winning one by sailing to a 7-6 (2), 6-1 victory over Clara Burel in Wednesday's first-round match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
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