Raducanu exited the Stuttgart Open in the quarter-finals but that encouraging form deserted her on Wednesday as she was crushed 6-2 6-2 by her Argentinian opponent, who is ranked 83.
Rafael Nadal didn’t need much effort as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over American teenager Darwin Blanch in the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday.
World number six Casper Ruud reached his fourth final of the year with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Tomas Etcheverry in the Barcelona Open on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal begins his Madrid Open farewell with a comfortable
Coco Gauff came alive in her first outdoor red-clay event of the 2024 season, putting down an emphatic 6-0, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus to score her first double-bagel of her career at the Mutua Madrid Open. "I know everyone's here to see Rafa so I was just trying to get off the court for you guys!" Gauff joked after the match. The reigning US Open champion looked shaky on the indoor clay at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, but sent an incredible opening salvo to the field with her play at the...
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina ended world number one Iga Swiatek's recent
Rafael Nadal enjoys a winning start at the Barcelona Open as he returns from another long-term injury in what could be his final year before retirement.
The Spaniard claimed his first victory over a top-20 opponent since 2022
Coco Gauff, who was named to TIME magazine's 2024 Women of the Year list, is hoping for peace in Gaza and that Israeli hostages taken by Hamas are released, but the young tennis star fears the worst as the conflict continues. Speaking to the magazine in an article published Wednesday, the 2023 U.S. Open champion addressed the ongoing war which began on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants attacked Israel’s southern border, killing more than 1,200 people, with some 250 others taken hostage. "I don’t...
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Emma Raducanu's winning run came to an end in a 7-6 (2), 6-3 loss to top-ranked Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Friday. Raducanu, ranked 303rd, had produced some of her best form since winning the 2021 U.S. Open as she won two Billie Jean King Cup matches last week and followed up with two wins to reach the Stuttgart quarterfinals. That form wasn't quite enough to beat the top-ranked Swiatek, who is on course to win the Stuttgart...
Emma Raducanu will face world number one Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open after beating Linda Noskova in straight sets.
Rafael Nadal dominated promising 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch to claim a masterful 6-1 6-0 victory in the opening round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday. Lefty Blanch was making just his second ATP Masters 1000 appearance in the space of five weeks after his tour-level debut on home soil in Miami. But his 37-year-old idol Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion and a record five-time winner in Madrid, was in no mood for handing out gifts as he wrapped up victory in just 63 minutes. How...