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A quarter of the way through 2024, chaos is the order of the day in tennis

[ad_1] Go back to last September. Jannik Sinner has just lost in the round of 16 at the U.S. Open to Alexander Zverev in a sweaty, five-set mess. He’s never made the final of a Grand Slam. He has won just one of the tournaments that sit just below that level, and that only in…

Danielle Collins is on fire. She’s quitting tennis at the end of the year anyway.

[ad_1] MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Danielle Collins wants to make one thing perfectly clear. She’s serious about this whole quitting tennis thing. Really. The fiery 30-year-old Floridian — who has rolled into the quarterfinals of the Miami Open, the closest thing she has to a home tournament on the tennis tour — has heard all…

Carlos Alcaraz is making magic again. Watch out.

[ad_1] It happens every time that guy Carlos Alcaraz takes the court. One outrageously zany point where he does something that people who have been watching tennis for decades will swear on the life of their favorite doubles partner that they have never seen before. And they are probably right because even as he muddled…

Carlos Alcaraz hasn’t won a title since Wimbledon. So what’s going wrong?

[ad_1] Let’s start with a big qualifier: Carlos Alcaraz is probably going to be just fine. He’s 20 years old. He’s already won two Grand Slam titles, with neither of them coming on clay, which may be his best surface and is certainly the one he is most familiar with. At 19, he became the…

Rafael Nadal is ready to play again. In America. On hard courts. Should he?

[ad_1] For more than a month, the smoke signals out of Rafael Nadal’s camp have kept the tennis world on its toes, sparking predictions of everything from a triumphant spring on the red clay of Paris to him never playing another competitive match following yet another hip injury in Australia in January. The only thing…

‘How did I get here?’ To Princeton from Tibet, one tennis player’s remarkable road

[ad_1] PRINCETON, N.J. — His name is Fnu Nidunjianzan. Except it’s not. Because Fnu isn’t technically a name; it’s an acronym. Fnu stands for First Name Unknown, and it’s how Tibetans, who don’t follow traditional first name/surname structure, identify themselves in order to fill out pesky documents, such as U.S. visas. Nidunjianzan grew up playing…

Saudi Arabia deal close to host WTA Finals — and other tennis events may follow

[ad_1] Barring another last-minute pivot, the women’s professional tennis tour is preparing to announce that the season-ending WTA Tour Finals will take place in Saudi Arabia, marking the latest step in the country’s huge investment in elite sport. WTA Tour chief executive Steve Simon has been holding talks with Saudi officials for the past year…

What we learned at the Australian Open: From Prizmic’s promise to the elephant in the room

[ad_1] If this month’s Australian Open is anything to go by, 2024 promises to be a high-octane year. The first Grand Slam of the season delivered. In the men’s singles, Jannik Sinner roared back from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev and win his first major title, and Aryna Sabalenka underlined her potential to…

Zheng Qinwen, China’s new tennis star with a heart-wrenching backstory and big forehand

[ad_1] Zheng Qinwen has reached her first Grand Slam final. In fact, she is the first person from China to do so in 10 years. Zheng grew up watching the last Chinese Grand Slam winner, Li Na, and has said she has watched the 2014 Australian Open final ‘at least 10 times.’ If you have…

Why Coco Gauff is so tough to face – told by those who have

[ad_1] First, some numbers. Coco Gauff is 34-4 since she got a tough draw at Wimbledon and lost in the first round to 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin. She had a 16-match win streak from the middle of August to early October. She is undefeated in 2024, a perfect 10-0, winning 20 of 22…