ALMATY – Terence Atmane’s season hit rock bottom in qualifying at the Shanghai Masters. Overcome by frustration, the Frenchman angrily hurled his racket into the stands, and it did not take long for people to single him out on social
The news that Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils had split caused a stir because of the reasons the Ukrainian gave. “Everyone knows how much Ukraine means to me. What I have rarely spoken about is what the war has done
ALMATY – Another player born in the 1980s is retiring from tennis in 2026. Mikhail Kukushkin joins Gael Monfils, Stanislas Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Roberto Bautista Agut. “It’s a strange feeling because I’ve been doing this my whole life, but
Sometimes love simply isn’t enough. Or at least that is what Elina Svitolina tried to explain this morning when she announced on social media that her marriage to former tennis player Gaël Monfils had come to an end. The current
SANTIAGO, Chile — Anita is coming home. Anita Lizana, the great pioneer of Latin American tennis and champion of the 1937 US Open. It took 89 years for Chileans to finally inherit one of the most important trophies in their
ALMATY – Autograph sessions, commercial photo shoots and a prime-time exhibition match. That is how Alexander Bublik is spending the days leading up to his debut in Almaty, the city hosting Kazakhstan’s biggest tennis tournament, in the country that took
There is no single way to approach retirement. Some turn to golf, others devote themselves to family, and some even try to stay involved in the sport because they don’t know how to do anything else. Gastón Gaudio, however, chose
Alejandro Davidovich did not need a press conference to send a message. All he needed was a marker pen and a camera. Two words. “I’m here,” he wrote on the camera lens on Tuesday after beating Frances Tiafoe in the
Tennis’ power brokers had found their perfect partner in the Middle East, but suddenly they faced a problem they had not anticipated: despite being the wealthiest region on the planet, it is also one of the most geopolitically unstable. Less
The most successful players in the history of the sport knew how to say no to exhibitions in order to prioritise rest and focus on winning Grand Slams, Mark Philippoussis recalls. The Australian adds his voice to the endless debate
MADRID — John McEnroe raised an eyebrow when David Broncano, the host of La Revuelta, one of the most-watched talk shows in Spain, threw a comment his way. “Look John, Spain’s population is ten times smaller than the United States,
Novak Djokovic beat three Top 10 players in the same week, Alexander Zverev secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking, while Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner moved between injuries and records. The script for 2026 was impossible to predict. 2024
