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15h ago
Former US Open champion has lost four matches in a row
22-year-old opts to bypass qualifying for tournament
Emma Raducanu will continue to try to arrest her losing run against the best players in the world after taking another wildcard into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The former US Open champion is enduring the worst sequence of her career having lost four successive matches. Raducanu failed to capitalise on wildcard entries into tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha over the last two weeks, losing in the first round both times, to Marketa Vondrousova and Ekaterina Alexandrova ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
3d ago
Errani and Vavassori criticize ‘pseudo-exhibition’
Poland’s Zielinski says USTA didn’t consult players
The US Open’s revamped mixed doubles format is a “profound injustice” that disrespects the players, reigning champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori have said.
On Tuesday, the year’s last grand slam announced that the mixed doubles competition, which will offer a $1m winners’ prize, is scheduled for 19-20 August – the week before the singles main draw ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
3d ago
Event will start before singles tournament in 2025
Similar exhibition event worked well last year
The US Open is moving its mixed doubles tournament to the week before singles play begins, hoping a revamped format and $1m prize will persuade top players to chase a grand slam title.
This year’s event will feature 16 teams competing over two days in shorter matches. Tournament organizers believe that can attract the sport’s biggest stars, many of whom have passed on doubles to keep themselves fresh for singles ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
5d ago
British No 2 beaten by Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 7-5
Player never lost more than three matches in a row before
Emma Raducanu’s struggles continued as she suffered a fourth straight loss for the first time in her career.
Raducanu began her season with victory over Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round of the Australian Open but could not repeat the feat at the Qatar Open in Doha. A 6-3, 7-5 loss to Alexandrova followed first-round defeats by Marketa Vondrousova in Abu Dhabi and Cristina Bucsa in Singapore as well as a third-round defeat by Iga Swiatek in Melbourne ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
1w ago
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The Guardian » Tennis
1w ago
Former world No 1 makes announcement to home fans
‘I’ve always been realistic with myself and with my body’
The former world No 1 Simona Halep has announced her retirement after suffering a resounding defeat in her first match of 2025.
Halep belatedly got her season under way in her home event, the Transylvania Open, in Romania on Tuesday, after being handed a wildcard. But the two-time grand slam champion won just two games as Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti powered to a 6-1, 6-1 victory in just 59 minutes ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
1w ago
Third loss in a row for British No 2 after 6-3, 6-4 defeat
Raducanu still seeking a new coach after Cavaday’s exit
Emma Raducanu suffered a third straight defeat in the opening round of the Abu Dhabi Open. The 22-year-old was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by the former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova to add to her losses to Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Australian Open and to Cristina Bucsa in Singapore last week.
Originally given a wild card into qualifying, the British No 2 was bumped up to the main draw and handed a tricky opener against Czech Vondrousova, who has struggled with injury s ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
1w ago
Australia defeat Sweden 3-1 to seal home tie in next round
Peers-Ebden beat Bergevi-Goransson 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2
Olympic champions John Peers and Matt Ebden have reunited to seal an emphatic Davis Cup triumph in Sweden and celebrate their Australian team earning a rare tie back on home soil.
With Lleyton Hewitt’s outfit 2-0 overnight in the first-round qualifying tie after the first-day singles in Stockholm, the golden veterans teamed up on Saturday for the first time since their Paris triumph to win the tie-clinching doubles rubber ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
2w ago
Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris lose final-day singles
Japan’s 3-2 win means GB face September playoff tie
Great Britain face a relegation playoff in the Davis Cup after a makeshift team were beaten 3-2 by Japan.
Debutant Jacob Fearnley’s impressive singles win on Friday had given Leon Smith’s side hope of victory despite being without grand slam semi-finalists Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie ..read more
The Guardian » Tennis
2w ago
World No 8 defeates Mikael Ymer 7-5, 6-1 in qualifier
Aleksandar Vukic beat Leo Borg 6-4, 6-4 for 2-0 lead
Trusty Davis Cup old hand Alex de Minaur and late-blooming new boy Aleksandar Vukic have put Australia well on the road to victory in their first-round qualifying tie against Sweden in Stockholm.
World No 8 de Minaur, in his first outing since his Australian Open quarter-final drubbing by Jannik Sinner, had to subdue comeback man Mikael Ymer before running away to a 7-5, 6-1 victory on Friday (Saturday AEDT ..read more