Jannik Sinner meets Pope Leo XIV© AFP Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an viewers on Wednesday with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a eager tennis participant, the Vatican stated. Sinner was invited to the Vatican alongside along with his dad and mom and a delegation from the Italian Tennis Federation….
Final 12 months’s runner-up Aryna Sabalenka survived a gritty Marta Kostyuk and an premature rain interruption to finish a 7-6(7/4), 7-6(9/7) win over the Ukrainian and attain the Madrid Open semi-finals for a fourth time on Wednesday. The highest-seeded Sabalenka wanted 84 minutes to take the opening set earlier than securing the win…
Philippines sensation Alexandra Eala’s outstanding run on the Miami Open got here to a courageous finish with a three-set loss to Jessica Pegula within the semi-finals on Thursday. In an enthralling battle over 2hrs 24mins, fourth-seeded American Pegula emerged with a 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-3 win to seal a spot in Saturday’s last…
Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz pushed again on a lawsuit in opposition to the ATP Tour filed by the Novak Djokovic-led tennis gamers union on Wednesday, saying he doesn’t help the transfer. The Spaniard world quantity three, talking forward of the Miami Open, stated he had not been given any discover of the authorized…
Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva toppled world primary Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to seize her second WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells. Andreeva, who final month grow to be the youngest ever participant to win an elite 1000 degree crown along with her triumph in Dubai, ended a irritating run in…
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, on the comeback path seven months after giving beginning to a son, was ousted within the first spherical at Indian Wells on Wednesday by France’s Seventieth-ranked Varvara Gracheva. The Czech, who welcomed son Petr final July, was enjoying her second event since her return from an 18-month maternity…
India shall be with out their highest-ranked singles and doubles gamers, Sumit Nagal and Yuki Bhambri, respectively, for the Davis Cup 2025 World Group I play-off tie towards Togo scheduled on February 1-2. The duo have made themselves unavailable due to some dispute with the directors. Group India captain Rohit Rajpal admitted the…
A classic Novak Djokovic tamed Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night blockbuster to arrange an Australian Open semi-final with Alexander Zverev as two-time girls’s defending champion Aryna Sabalenka fought on. The 37-year-old Djokovic rolled again the years on the scene of his biggest achievements on Rod Laver Enviornment in Melbourne with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 triumph…
