It’s a strong quarterfinal lineup at the ATP 250 in Munich with six of the top eight seeds making the last eight, including two Germans. Amidst all the rain delays and snowstorms, the schedule is still going as planned.
Coco Gauff could have imagined herself playing basketball and trying to guard superstar Caitlin Clark in another life. The 20-year-old American is a great athlete who is naturally gifted but also worked to become one of the best tennis players in the world.
Four superb quarterfinal matches are scheduled at the WTA Rouen Open, with teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva, former US Open champion Sloane Stephens and home favourite Caroline Garcia among those set to feature.
No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland swept past Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
The last eight at the ATP 500 in Barcelona has a very strange feel to it without a single Spaniard making us this far, having been so accustomed to the likes of Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, and more recently Carlos Alcaraz contending for the title.
Venus Williams "could be sitting with 15-20 Grand Slams" but for one limiting factor, according to her former childhood coach Rick Macci. There is no doubt that Venus Williams, who is still playing at 43, is among the best female tennis players in history.
Paula Badosa was forced to retire with a left thigh injury in the middle of the third set of her second-round match against Aryna Sabalenka at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament.
Third-seeded Casper Ruud defeated 14th-seeded Jordan Thompson 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Thursday in Spain.
Emma Raducanu continued her tremendous clay streak by securing win number four in a row against teenage sensation Linda Noskova. Noskova and Raducanu had played against each other before this meeting at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, and the Czech player won that match.
Emma Raducanu is not assured a main draw spot for this year's Roland Garros because of her low ranking and might potentially need to play qualifying. The entry list for this year's Roland Garros women's tournament was released.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has now won eight matches in a row, continuing to be dominant on clay and booking the 2024 Barcelona Open quarter-final. Tsitsipas, of course, is no stranger to doing really well on clay, having won three ATP Masters 1000 titles on the surface, including the recently concluded Monte-Carlo Masters.
Iga Swiatek opened her 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a win over Elise Mertens to stay undefeated at the WTA 500 event. The Pole has been a tremendous performer at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in the past, going undefeated in her previous two attempts.
Holger Rune started his 2024 Munich Open campaign with a win over Daniel Elahi Galan, which is exactly what the defending champion was looking for. The first trophy of Rune's career came in Munich two years ago, and since then, he's added another one.
Emma Raducanu was the star of the British team at the 2024 BJK Cup qualifiers. Fighting for a place in the Finals scheduled in November, the Britons were up against team France.
It was an anti-climatic end to the second-round clash between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The two ladies had put on a great show, splitting the first two sets among them.
No. 3 seed Coco Gauff outlasted Sachia Vickery for a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win on Wednesday in an all-American, second-round match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the third round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Wednesday in Spain.
Rafael Nadal's comeback effort ended Wednesday with a second-round loss to No. 4 seed Alex De Minaur at the Barcelona Open in Spain. Competing for the first time since early January, Nadal began his Spanish homecoming Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Italy's Flavio Cobolli.
Czech 19-year-old Linda Noskova fired eight aces and took down No. 8 seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany.
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