CNN — When Casper Ruud and Carlos Alcaraz meet in the US Open final, there won’t just be a maiden grand slam title on the line, but a place at the top of the world rankings, too. The high-stakes encounter sees Ruud competing in his second major final and Alcaraz his first. The Norwegian fifth […]
The 23-time grand slam winner was photographed on a sunset beach wearing a Balenciaga gown, with Olympia’s face peeking behind the train of her powder blue dress. “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding […]
Iga Swiatek, the current world No. 1 by a mammoth margin, has enjoyed a remarkable season in which she has undoubtedly been the best player on the WTA Tour, while Ons Jabeur has this year continued her steady rise to the upper echelons of women’s tennis and made history along the way. On paper, Saturday’s […]
CNN — For years, tennis fans have been fearing the day the sport’s ‘Big Three’ all finally decide to hang up their rackets. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are unquestionably the three greatest players of all time – whichever order you have them in is down to personal preference – and their inevitable […]
Swiatek will face another first-time New York finalist in Ons Jabeur, who secured a more comfortable 6-1 6-3 victory in her semifinal against Caroline Garcia. It perhaps seems fitting that Swiatek and Jabeur, two of the in-form players in women’s tennis this year, will face each other in the final grand slam of the year […]
It was, by almost half an hour, the latest ever finish in the tournament’s history. The 19-year-old Alcaraz dropped to the floor and put his hand over his face in disbelief when he sealed match point having come perilously close to defeat in the previous set. The 6-3 6-7 6-7 7-5 6-3 victory lasted five […]
Peng was feared to be held incommunicado by the Chinese government after she accused retired Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her into sex during a years-long on-off relationship. The immediate response from Chinese authorities was to censor any mention of the accusation online and block Peng’s Weibo account from search results. Peng disappeared from […]
The 24-year-old simply stood there soaking up the atmosphere created by a raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium. It felt like a seminal moment in the American’s career; a culmination of hard work and raw talent which has long been heralded as the potential future of men’s tennis in the country. Expectations of Tiafoe have been high […]
And, as he crashed out in a five-set epic to Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals, Kyrgios’ frustration at such an opportunity slipping away simmered over: he smashed two rackets on the floor, buckling their frames beyond use. Khachanov, meanwhile, stood on the opposite side of the net with his arms aloft, celebrating his 7-5 […]
The current world No. 81 reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2019 but says his success has always felt “different.” As one of very few Black men in the top 100, the 22-year-old Tiafoe also believes he’s had to work twice as hard to reach the elite level. “I definitely feel that not […]