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• Andy Roddick details concerns he has for Novak Djokovic heading into French Open

  17-05-2024 06:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Andy Roddick has some major concerns for Novak Djokovic heading into the French Open as the American tennis icon thinks this is "the most question marks the Serb is facing going into a Grand Slam in 15 years."Around this time in the year, record 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic usually already has a couple of titles in his collection and he is being widely regarded as one of the top favorites for the French Open title. But this year has brought something different as Djokovic is set to enter
  
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• Sergio García: "I had never played in this way"

  15-06-2024 06:57 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  In the opening round of the US Open at Pinehurst's No. 2 course, Sergio García employed a strategy focused on hitting to the center of the greens and being cautious with his putts. Despite having numerous opportunities to attack flags due to his strong tee shots, García opted to play safe, often aiming five or six meters away from the hole. This approach was critical to avoiding costly mistakes on the challenging Pinehurst layout.Sergio Garcia, resultsAfter completing a round of 69
  
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• Watch: Novak Djokovic does not give up! He is ready for a comeback

  15-06-2024 06:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Having accomplished nearly everything in the sport, Novak Djokovic is ready to overcome his recent setback and make a fresh start at 37! Just nine days after undergoing a meniscus procedure on his right knee in Paris, Novak is already back to training in the gym. The 24-time Major winner shared a video with his fans, much to their excitement! While Djokovic may have to skip the upcoming Wimbledon due to insufficient recovery time, his participation in the Olympic Games in Paris at the end of Jul
  
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• Roger Federer issues candid admission to tennis fans

  15-06-2024 05:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Roger Federer made an honest revelation to tennis fans during an appearance on Instagram Live as the Swiss tennis icon admits he is "missing tennis a lot" but still plays the game recreationally and regularly follows everything that is happening around the Tour.Although serious knee issues pushed Federer into retirement which officially came in 2022 September, tennis fans have kept the hope of seeing the former 20-time Grand Slam champion back on the court again. But since closing the chapt
  
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• Cyril Walker, sad story of a Us Open champ

  15-06-2024 04:53 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Cyril Walker, a British professional golfer born in Manchester in 1892, found significant success in the United States after emigrating in 1914. Between 1917 and 1930, he secured six professional tournament victories, with his crowning achievement being the 1924 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield, Michigan.Cyril Walker, storyWalker's victory at the 1924 U.S. Open, where he bested defending champion Bobby Jones by three strokes, marked a turning point in his career, elevating h
  
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• Johanna Konta identifies what will be Emma Raducanu's 'big goals' at Wimbledon

  15-06-2024 04:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Former British tennis star Johanna Konta acknowledges the spotlight will be on Emma Raducanu during this year's Wimbledon but expects the 21-year-old Briton to handle the external pressure well and focus on fulfilling her own goals that are likely to stay healthy and get matches before the US swing.After missing last year's Wimbledon due to three surgeries, Raducanu is fully at the start of this year's grass season, and unless something unexpected happens, she will make her third main draw appea
  
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• Taylor Fritz tells Novak Djokovic what he'd like to happen at Wimbledon

  15-06-2024 03:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  World No. 12 Taylor Fritz has high expectations for this year's Wimbledon as the American hopes to create his own "fairytale story" by either winning the title at The Championships or beating Novak Djokovic. Fritz, 26, is set to make his eighth consecutive Wimbledon appearance this year. So far, Fritz's only notable Wimbledon result has been the quarterfinal he reached in 2022 - in which he suffered a heartbreaking five-set loss to Rafael Nadal. Other than that, Fritz had one third-round sh
  
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• Roger Federer confesses one thing in which he could never be like Rafael Nadal

  15-06-2024 02:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Roger Federer doesn't agree that he went through his career "effortless" but admits that he could never be a Rafael Nadal-type since he still remembers watching the Spaniard getting all hyped up and intense before the match and thinking that if he did it, he would get tired before even entering the court.Federer and Nadal, who had one of the greatest rivalries not just in tennis but in all sports, were two completely different game styles and personalities but that only made their rivalry even m
  
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• The Ladies Italian Open show begins in Sutri

  15-06-2024 01:48 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  The Ladies Italian Open has commenced at Golf Nazionale in Sutri, Viterbo, marking the 27th edition of Italy's premier women's golf event (June 14-16). This tournament holds significant importance as the penultimate qualifying event for the Paris Olympic Games. Supported by the Lazio Region and with the official advisory of Infront Italy, the competition features 132 players, including ten Italians, representing 32 nations, with four players ranked in the top ten of the Order of Merit and eleven
  
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• Serena Williams has hilarious response to being asked if she'll ever play Coco Gauff

  15-06-2024 01:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Serena Williams seemingly found the most hilarious way possible to tell everyone that a match against Coco Gauff may never come as the 42-year-old American jokes she first has to "ask my knees" before making any decisions.For many years, former 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams was the face of American women's tennis and brought so much success to it. But even after Williams walked away from pro tennis, American women's tennis didn't have to wait for too long for a Grand Slam title after Gauf
  
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• US Open 2024, first round in the name of McIlroy

  15-06-2024 00:44 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Rory McIlroy kicked off the 2024 US Open in spectacular fashion, sinking a 19-foot putt for birdie to tie American Patrick Cantlay for the lead at Pinehurst. McIlroy, aiming for his fifth Major and first victory since the 2014 PGA Championship, completed a bogey-free round in 65 strokes, five under par on the challenging course. He remarked, "I felt in complete control of most aspects of my game. I kept myself in check, mentally, and stayed steady when needed."Us Open, resultsPatrick Cantlay, al
  
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• 'Alexander Zverev can't handle certain situations', says top coach

  15-06-2024 00:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Alexander Zverev will still have to postpone his date with his first Slam. The German, back in the last act of a Major after the final he lost to Dominic Thiem at the US Open in 2020, surrendered in the fifth set to Carlos Alcaraz.The Spaniard became the new Roland Garros champion and added a third career Slam to his trophy case by winning at least one on all surfaces. One statistic, in particular, highlights what Zverev's struggles are in the circuit's biggest tournaments.Alexander Zverev, Rola
  
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• 'Carlos Alcaraz to be favourite at Wimbledon', says top analyst

  14-06-2024 23:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  The clay court season, as we wait to re-embrace the circuit for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, came to a close with Carlos Alcaraz's triumph at Roland Garros. The Spanish tennis player defeated Alexander Zverev in five sets in the final and won his third career Slam at age 21.The Tour will now move to grass, where the absolute stars could still be Jannik Sinner and Alcaraz himself. The El Palmar native stunned everyone last year in the last act of Wimbledon by beating Novak Djokovic on his favori
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz mirrors Rod Laver and Manolo Santana with Roland Garros feat

  14-06-2024 23:17 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Carlos Alcaraz claimed his first Roland Garros title on Sunday, becoming the youngest player with a notable trophy on all three surfaces! The young Spaniard beat Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev after ultimate challenges, writing history and mirroring the achievements from the early 60s! Namely, Alcaraz toppled both rivals from two sets to one down, prevailing in five-setters and lifting the trophy in style. Thus, the Spaniard became the first player since legendary Rold Laver in 1962 to conqu
  
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• Monmouth University closes the season with big honor

  14-06-2024 23:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Monmouth University men's tennis team finished at No. 7 in the final regional rankings after finishing its season with an overall record of 15–6. The Hawks were ranked in the top 75 in the country four weeks into the year and climbed as high as No. 69 overall.Closing the year in the ITA Northeast Regional Rankings@MonmouthMTennis comes in at No. 7 as a team, while Mateo Bivol ranks No. 12 in singles!#FlyHawks pic.twitter.com/bpMTHmnh3S— Monmouth Hawks (@MonmouthHawks) June 14, 2024Th
  
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• Record 675K fans went to this year's French Open

  14-06-2024 22:51 via espn.com
  
  A tournament record 675,080 spectators attended the French Open and more than 7 million people saw the men's final on television, the French Tennis Federation said.
  
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• Japan's Osaka, Nishikori confirmed for '24 Games

  14-06-2024 22:51 via espn.com
  
  Japan's Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori will compete at this year's Olympic Games in Paris, the Japan Tennis Association has announced.
  
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• Matteo Berrettini jokes about the reason for his beauty

  14-06-2024 22:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  The growth of Italian tennis in recent years has been nothing short of impressive. Great numbers for tennis, which has now become, by popular acclaim, the most followed sport in Italy after football. Naturally, the credit goes to the new world number one Jannik Sinner, protagonist in recent times of a great rise and protagonist of great victories such as that of the Davis Cup and the Australian Open, with the latter having certainly helped to achieve this result.In short, when we talk about Ital
  
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• Jannik Sinner No.1 spot will be under attack after Wimbledon!

  14-06-2024 22:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Jannik Sinner will remain ATP No.1 at the end of Wimbledon and at least until the Olympics. The semi-final won at Roland Garros allowed the Italian to distance himself by 900 points from Carlos Alcaraz, his main rival for the top of the ATP ranking. However, from Paris Olimpics onwards, the Italian's ATP No.1 throne will be under attack.Perhaps the most unpredictable and in a certain sense fascinating phase of the season began after the conclusion of Roland Garros, immediately on Monday, with th
  
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• Jannik Sinner's Olympic doubles partner revealed

  14-06-2024 21:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Now it is all settled and official: a total of 10 Italian tennis players will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Italian national team will present itself with a really rich and talented squad, aiming to give itself at least one medal among the different competitions scheduled.Expectations are somewhat high for the year so far experienced by the movement and the excellent results achieved at Roland Garros, which will host the five-ring event on those courts. The Federation has announced
  
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• 'You are amazing': World No. 1 Iga Swiatek attends Taylor Swift concert in Liverpool

  14-06-2024 21:21 via espn.com
  
  The world No. 1 women's tennis player posted about her experience attending the Eras Tour on social media, including a message from Taylor Swift.
  
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• Boulter reaches Nottingham Open semi-finals

  14-06-2024 20:31 via bbc.com
  
  Defending champion Katie Boulter is through to the Nottingham Open semi-finals after a rain-interrupted straight-set win over Poland’s Magdalena Frech.
  
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• 'Rafael Nadal just needs practice', says top coach

  14-06-2024 20:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Rafael Nadal recounted in his Academy address to recent graduates, part of a conversation he had with his great lifelong rival Roger Federer a few weeks ago. Federer and Nadal met off the court and participated in a joint advertising campaign.The shoot took place in the Dolomites where Federer and Nadal posed at an altitude of 3,000 meters. The focus of Nadal's speech related to the fact that the Mallorca player and the Swiss tennis player agreed in their reasoning that "the most important thing
  
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• 's-Hertogenbosch: Naomi Osaka loses thriller to Bianca Andreescu after stunning miss

  14-06-2024 20:05 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Naomi Osaka appeared to be heading toward an impressive comeback win over Bianca Andreescu but then made a stunning miss in the third-set tie-break, after which she never recovered. In a tight 's-Hertogenbosch quarterfinal meeting, former world No. 4 Andreescu had a 5-2 lead in the third set. But Osaka didn't quit as the Japanese managed to get the break back and force a tie-break - in which she won three consecutive points to take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth point, Andreescu slipped on the gr
  
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• Rafael Nadal's touching speech to graduates: "How would you like to be remembered?"

  14-06-2024 20:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  "A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit the Dolomites in Italy together with my friend and rival Roger Federer. There in the mountains we had an interesting conversation about a word that I think is very important: heritage. We both agreed on one thing which we believe is of the utmost importance."Young people need inspiration, which they can take as an example to strengthen their inner being, in order to find their own way in the world. A source of inspiration is Rafael Nadal, who utte
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz signed an incredible deal

  14-06-2024 19:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  Another Grand Slam on the horizon, a new final to chase. Carlos Alcaraz's current thoughts are all about the grass tour and the prestigious Wimbledon tournament. After deservedly winning Roland Garros, the young Spaniard has so much desire to reconfirm himself as champion of the London Major.Carlos Alcaraz© Getty Images Sport - Julian Finney Interviewed by 'El Partidazo de Cope,' the Iberian has already let it be known which tennis player he would like to play with in the final act of
  
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• Best shots as Boulter 'bounces' to semi-final

  14-06-2024 18:53 via bbc.com
  
  Watch the best shots as defending champion Katie Boulter eases past Poland's Magdalena Frech in straight sets at the Nottingham Open.
  
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• Boulter guarantees British finalist in Nottingham

  14-06-2024 18:48 via skysports.com
  
  Defending champion Katie Boulter guaranteed there will be a British finalist at
  the Rothesay Open in Nottingham again after defeating Magdalena Frech in a
  rain-hit contest.
  
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• Patrick Mouratoglou makes interesting confession about Rafael Nadal

  14-06-2024 18:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  "During my post-match press conference at Roland Garros I was asked about my summer schedule, and since then I have been training only on clay. Yesterday it was announced that I will play the Paris Olympics in the summer, my last.With that in mind, I believe (by mutual agreement with my team) that the best thing for my body is not to change surfaces and to continue playing on red until that date. That is why I will miss playing the Wimbledon Championships this year.Rafael Nadal© Clive Bruns
  
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• Wimbledon 2024 has a crazy prize money of over $60 million

  14-06-2024 18:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  
  This year the Wimbledon Championships will be bigger than ever, much to the delight of the participants, who will pocket a total prize pool of over $63 million (£50 million). The winners of the women's and men's singles will pocket a stellar prize fund of almost $3.5 million each (£2.7 million to be precise, up from £2.35 million last season).In detail, here are the prize money for each round:1st round: £60,0002nd round: £93,0003rd round: £143,0004th round: &p
  
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