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.
Tennis legend Jimmy Connors heaped praise on the Spanish Maestro Rafael Nadal’s influence in tennis. With 2024 possibly being the last year for the Spaniard, Connors revealed what the sport would be like if the 22-time Singles Grand Slam champion left. Due to recurring injuries, Nadal had hinted that 2024 would be his last year on tour.
WTA Rome Day 3 brings the seeds into play. Here, we will look at four matches on the card, including Iga Swiatek vs Bernarda Pera, and give our predictions on who will progress.
It promises to be another exciting day of WTA Rome action. Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber’s contest is one of four predicted in this article.
Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka is slowly but surely finding her game again, but the clay season might be a bit of an interruption. At WTA Rome she’s already defeated Clara Burel though and now has to take on Top 20 player Marta Kostyuk in the second round.
Italy’s No.3 Matteo Arnaldi has been a sensation this season reaching a career-high of 35 in the ATP rankings. However, his boyhood friend Jannik Sinner sits at No.2 with a Grand Slam to his name.
Paula Badosa opened up about the split with Stefanos Tsitsipas, as tennis' famous couple, Tsitsidosa, split recently. There is one thing that tennis may be missing for fans of relationships: tennis couples.
Sofia Kenin won a WTA Tour-level match again at the 2024 Italian Open in Rome for the first time since January, beating Lucia Bronzetti. Kenin recently won a match again, but that wasn't on the top WTA level.
Spanish ace Rafael Nadal is finally back on tour. Though not 100%, the Spaniard has gone two tournaments without any injuries. With the 37-year-old gearing up for his third consecutive tournament, the fans remain hopeful about his participation in the French Open. However, Nadal is quite uncertain about the Grand Slam.
Italy’s Camila Giorgi, 32, retired from tennis on Tuesday (May 7th), as per the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). She made no official announcement and silently bid adieu to the sport. Her name was included in the list of ‘Retired Players’ on the ITIA website.
A low-ranked Argentinian tennis player linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium has been suspended for five years for corruption, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Wednesday.
Matteo Berrettini won't be playing at the 2024 Italian Open in Rome, as he was forced to withdraw from the ATP Masters 1000 tournament. This year's Madrid Open was supposed to have a spectacular entry list with both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal playing along with the new stars of the game, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
Iga Swiatek is 22 but is ahead of her competitors with four Grand Slam titles in her trophy cabinet. Former American tennis player Andy Roddick believes Swiatek would join the list of greatest players in the history of tennis.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner share some similarities in their playing styles, but the Italian has not incorporated a notable area of improvement into his game.
It won’t be wrong to say that Rafael Nadal, 37, is not playing his best tennis after recovering from multiple injuries. However, anyone who has played against him at Roland Garros can describe how dangerously he moves on the court.
Naomi Osaka started her 2024 Italian Open with a good win over Clara Burel, her first win at the event in five years, as the last one came in 2019. There is a reason why Osaka hasn't won in Rome since 2019, and it's mostly because she hasn't played on clay much in the past.
Ajla Tomljanovic will return to tennis at the WTA 125 event in Parma, as she confirmed ahead of the tournament. Some time ago, Tomljanovic was really coming into her own, becoming one of the better players on the WTA Tour.
Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa is going through a tough phase in her personal life as the 26-year-old recently announced her separation from boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas.
There are a whopping 22 matches scheduled on Day 2 of the WTA Masters tournament in Rome. As always, we here at LWOT predict every single one of them for you.
Former World No. 2 Paula Badosa of Spain showed signs of her old form in beating Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva 6-2, 6-3 on the opening day of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Tuesday in Rome.
Seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev captured his second ATP title of the year and 16th of his career by outlasting Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday in the championship match of the Mutua Madrid Open.
On the brink of defeat, Poland's Iga Swiatek saved three championship points and rallied to win the Muta Madrid Open title with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) victory Saturday over defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a matchup of the top two ranked players in the world.
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner withdrew from his home country's Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Saturday, citing a hip injury. The tournament begins Wednesday.
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