Tennis
Brazilian umpire Antonio Casa has been suspended for seven years and six months after admitting to charges of corruption and betting-related violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Monday. The national-level official was also fined $8,000 and given a suspended penalty of $17,001 for breaching the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), the ITIA added. […]
Bulgarian umpire Pavel Atanasov has received a permanent ban from tennis after withdrawing his appeal for betting violations and charges of corruption, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced April 19. Tennis umpire Pavel Atanasov fined $10,000, admitted to 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program Atanasov, a national-level official, was also given […]
In a lengthy interview with Serbian media outlet Sport Klub, Novak Djokovic's now ex-coach Goran Ivanisevic talks about the reasons for the split. He points to a great deal of weariness after five years of working together. For the first time since Novak Djokovic announced their separation on March 27, Goran Ivanisevic spoke to Serbian […]
Determined and very quick, despite a sore shoulder, Caroline Garcia dominated world No.3 Coco Gauff in the last 16 of the WTA 1000 Miami on Monday (6-3, 1-6, 6-2). She hadn't beaten a top 10 player since winning the 2022 Masters title. This is perhaps the benchmark match she's been chasing since her title at […]
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who outclassed Maria Sakkari (6-4, 6-0) in Sunday's final of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells, is delighted with her reaction to her failure to win the Australian Open in January. “How do you feel after this title, the 19th of your career and 8th in the WTA 1000?” “I'm really […]
In a final identical to last year's, Spain's Carlos Alcaraz again came out on top against Russia's Daniil Medvedev (7-6 [5], 6-1). The world number two won his 13th title, his 5th in a Masters 1000. He arrived in California not really knowing what to expect. He was coming off a South American tour where […]
Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev had a memorable quarter-final encounter at Indian Wells on Thursday, but the bee invasion didn't stop the Spaniard from putting in a top-class performance (6-3, 6-1), before facing Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals. He fielded some questions after the match, which featured one of the most unusual scenes to unfold […]
After defeating world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the Round of 16 at Indian Wells, 22-year-old American Emma Navarro turned in the greatest performance of her young career and will face Maria Sakkari in her first WTA 1000 quarter-final. In the previous round, Gaël Monfils was blown away. Emma Navarro, the 22-year-old American, the sneaky […]
A fan of Novak Djokovic to the point of having a poster of the Serbian in his bedroom, Luca Nardi fulfilled a dream by beating the world number 1 (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 on Monday. It was a win that shocked the tennis world, and the […]
Novak Djokovic was beaten by Luca Nardi—who was ranked 123rd in the world—at Indian Wells (6-4, 3-6, 6-3), and the Serbian tennis star who's sitting at No.1 admitted that he's currently far from his best while acknowledging that the 20-year-old Italian had amply deserved his victory. Here's what he had to say at a press […]
