The Paris La Defense Arena will stage matches in the Paris Masters indoor tennis tournament starting in 2025. The indoor arena in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, has a capacity of 23,000. It will replace Bercy Arena as the tournament’s host, according to the French Tennis Federation (FFT). The FFT said that match schedules […]
Category Archives: Tennis
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Jan
Jan
World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka went outdoors less than 24 hours after successfully defending her Australian Open title. The 25-year-old Belarussian gamely posed for pictures as she visited Carlton Gardens in Melbourne on Sunday. Sabalenka wore a cream-colored white dress as part of her trophy tour. Fans also saw the shiny Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, which […]
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Jan
Jan
Jannik Sinner welcomes the idea of polishing his game further after he claimed his first Australian Open title on Sunday. The world No.4 is up for more challenges after a 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 win over third seed Daniil Medvedev in the final. Sinner is now the first Italian to win the Australian Open […]
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Jan
Jan
Jannik Sinner will play for an Australian Open title for the first time in his career. The 22-year-old Italian needed to take down world No.1 Novak Djokovic to reach this far. Not even a missed match point in the third set could deny Sinner of the chance to win a major in Melbourne Park, The […]
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Jan
Jan
Aryna Sabalenka finally got back at Coco Gauff and was rewarded with a place in the 2024 Australian Open final. The defending champion dropped 33 winners to take down Gauff, 7-6(2), 6-4, at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday. It was a rematch of last year’s US Open finalists, where Gauff defeated Sabakenka for the crown. […]
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Jan
Jan
Zheng Qinwen advanced to the 2024 Australian Open semifinals on Wednesday and history awaits her if she wins two more. The 21-year-old now is so close to becoming the second Chinese to rule Melbourne Park. Zheng survived a first-set breakdown to get past Russian Anna Kalinskaya, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, in a thrilling quarterfinal. The world […]
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Jan
Jan
Alexander Zverev is back in the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday. The German was denied a straight-sets win but still got the job done. The world No.6 took the first two sets and was up 5-2 in the third but was dragged to a fourth set. But Zverev recovered in time to oust Carlos Alcaraz, […]
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Jan
Jan
Australian star Nick Kyrgios revealed that he is seriously considering retirement. Kyrgios, 28, wrote a column for The Sydney Morning Herald, saying his tennis career may be over. “I sat down with my agent, Stuart Duguid, a couple of days ago to talk about my future,” he wrote. “The reality is, there is a part […]
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Jan
Jan
Aryna Sabalenka is looking ahead to the 2024 Australian Open semifinals after the defending women’s champion got through the last eight. The world No.2 needed only 71 minutes to dismantle Barbora Krejcikova, 6-2,6-3, in their quarterfinal match on Tuesday. Next up for Sabalenka is reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff, whom she lost at Flushing […]
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Jan
Jan
Novak Djokovic was severely tested early before he steadied his game to reach his 11th Australian Open semifinal. The 10-time defending champion was forced to split the first two sets against Taylor Fritz before completing a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win. He needed three hours and 45 minutes for Djokovic to get the job done […]