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February

Juan Martin del Potro, in tears as retirement nears, loses in Argentina Open

Juan Martin del Potro lost on Tuesday in what appeared to be a farewell match in front of his home fans at the Argentina Open tournament. Del Potro, who is 33 and had not played since 2019 due to injuries, was eliminated by compatriot Federico Delbonis 6-1, 6-3 in an emotional match in Buenos Aires. He was already in tears as the final game unraveled. Looking for the best online betting site and Live betting? Visit Heritage Sports! Del Potro stated on Saturday he is likely to retire from professional tennis after playing the Rio Open tournament in Brazil next week. He told […]

February

Tennis player Dominic Thiem delays return from wrist injury until March

Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, has delayed his return because of a hurt hand and now plans to make his return at Indian Wells in March. Thiem hasn’t played in a tournament since June because of a wrist injury and was unable to defend his title at Flushing Meadows last year. He had been planning to play at the Cordoba Open this week but was forced to pull out after feeling pain in the knuckles on his right hand. Looking for the best online betting site and Live betting? Visit Heritage Sports! Thiem revealed Thursday that he has […]

January

Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Sydney Tennis Classic after testing positive for COVID-19

Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the Sydney Tennis Classic after testing positive for Covid-19, but hoped to be at the Australian Open next week “if all goes well”. Australian Kyrgios had withdrawn from the Melbourne Summer Set ATP tournament last week due to asthma, according to the organizers, and pulled out of his clash with Italian seventh seed Fabio Fognini on Monday. Looking for the best online betting site and Live betting? Visit Heritage Sports! “I just want to be open and transparent with everyone, the reason I have had to pull out of Sydney is because I tested […]

December

Andrey Rublev the latest to test positive for COVID after Abu Dhabi exhibition

World No. 5 Andrey Rublev is the fifth player to test positive for COVID-19 after playing at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi this month. Spaniard Rafael Nadal, Canadian Denis Shapovalov, Switzerland’s Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and Tunisian Ons Jabeur all tested positive after taking part in the event. Looking for the best online betting site and Live betting? Visit Heritage Sports! US Open champion Emma Raducanu tested positive in Abu Dhabi before the event and withdrew, while Nadal’s coach Carlos Moya also contracted the novel coronavirus. The 24-year-old Rublev, who beat Andy Murray in the World Tennis Championship final on Dec. 18, confirmed on Twitter he was isolating with minimal symptoms. “I am currently […]

December

Djokovic named in Serbia’s ATP Cup squad for Sydney

Novak Djokovic has been named in the Serbian line-up for next January’s ATP Cup team event, raising firm hopes the world No. 1 will play in the Australian Open. Organizers have trumpeted that 18 of the world’s top 20 players will take part in the 16-nation tournament in Sydney from Jan. 1-9, with Djokovic leading the top-seeded Serbians. Djokovic hadn’t publicly committed to defending his Australian Open title at Melbourne Park or revealed his vaccination status, with a mandate that he be double-jabbed to play. While the ATP Cup doesn’t have the same entry criteria, his inclusion for the Open warm-up […]

November

Novak Djokovic shakes off rust with win over Marton Fucsovics at Paris Masters

In his first singles match since missing out on a calendar-year Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday. No. 1-ranked Djokovic showed signs of rustiness with a couple of unforced errors in the opening game, but he put pressure on his Hungarian opponent with the quality of his service returns, breaking him twice in the first set. The 20-time Grand Slam champion dropped serve with a forehand error to trail 2-1 in the second set. Fucsovics leveled the set score when Djokovic hit a return long. Looking for the best […]

October

Cameron Norrie, Ons Jabeur advance to semifinals at Indian Wells

Cameron Norrie routed 11th-seeded Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open and extend the best campaign of his career. Norrie needed just 73 minutes to dismantle Schwartzman, who finally held serve to open the second set, drawing cheers from the small crowd at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where attendance has been capped at well below capacity because of the coronavirus pandemic. “For my biggest match of my career to play like I did and execute like I did was the biggest thing that I’m most happy with,” Norrie said. No. 12 seed Ons Jabeur advanced to the […]

September

Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic sheds shaky start, tops Maddison Inglis in three sets

Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic overcame 10 double-faults and some first-set frustration to grab 12 of the last 13 games versus qualifier Maddison Inglis on Wednesday and reach the third round of the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic. The third-seeded Bencic got past 130th-ranked Inglis 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 at a hard-court tournament that was added to the WTA schedule after the tour swing in Asia was called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Bencic next faces Tereza Martincova, who eliminated No. 13 seed and French Open semifinalist Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 7-5. In other results Wednesday, No. 1 seed Elina Svitolina defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 6-3, and No. 5 Elena Rybakina defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-4. […]

September

Andy Murray in fine form as he eases past Vasek Pospisil to reach Moselle Open quarters

Andy Murray saw off Vasek Pospisil in consecutive sets to advance into the quarterfinals at the Moselle Open in Metz on Wednesday. The three-time Grand Slam champion eased to a 6-3, 6-3 triumph, reaching his first ATP Tour quarterfinal this year. Murray, 34, dominated the opening exchanges, nearly breaking Pospisil in the first game of the match before winning four consecutive games to claim the first set. Pospisil looked to recover in the second, breaking Murray to begin the set before holding his serve to take an early 2-0 lead. But Murray rebounded, taking six of the next seven games to achieve a […]

September

Cristian Garin crushed as No. 5 Chile loses to Slovakia in Davis Cup

No. 17-ranked Cristian Garin was crushed in 50 minutes and won only one match to seal seeded Chile’s upset 3-1 loss to Slovakia in Bratislava in the Davis Cup World Group on Saturday. Norbert Gombos, ranked nearly 100 spots lower, also knocked off Nicolas Jarry on Friday on the indoor hardcourt to help advance Slovakia to the Qualifiers for a third consecutive time. Along with No. 5-seeded Chile, No. 6 India and No. 7 Uzbekistan were also defeated in Europe. India, already 2-0 down to Finland in Espoo, was bundled out after the doubles when former world doubles No. 1 Henri Kontinen and Harri Heliovaara beat Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6 […]

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Juan Martin del Potro, in tears as retirement nears, loses in Argentina Open

Tennis player Dominic Thiem delays return from wrist injury until March

Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Sydney Tennis Classic after testing positive for COVID-19

Andrey Rublev the latest to test positive for COVID after Abu Dhabi exhibition

Novak Djokovic shakes off rust with win over Marton Fucsovics at Paris Masters

Cameron Norrie, Ons Jabeur advance to semifinals at Indian Wells

Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic sheds shaky start, tops Maddison Inglis in three sets

Andy Murray in fine form as he eases past Vasek Pospisil to reach Moselle Open quarters

Cristian Garin crushed as No. 5 Chile loses to Slovakia in Davis Cup

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