Sun keeps shining as Kiwi qualifier causes upset
NEW Zealand rising talent Lulu Sun‘s incredible 2024 season rolled on after causing an upset over Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the Cincinnati Open overnight. The Kiwi left-hander entered the 2024 WTA Tour season ranked 219th in the world, but rose to a career-high 53rd having won 31 of 45 matches so far, and is […]
Sinner takes out Tabilo to reach Montreal quarters
WORLD number one Jannik Sinner became the first player to qualify for the end of year Nitto ATP Finals this week, and reached the National Bank Open quarter finals overnight in the process. The Italian top seed, who withdrew from the Olympics due to illness, proved too strong for Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in their Round […]
Inspired Italians come from behind for golden win
SARA Errani and Jasmine Paolini are the champions of women’s doubles at the 2024 Olympics, after they defeat AIN pair Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-1, [10-7]. In the first set the Italians only held their first service game and their third as the AIN pair were too strong, but in the second set […]
Golden Qinwen claims Paris Olympics top gong
CHINA has won another gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but for the first time in history it has come in the tennis women’s singles. World number seven Qinwen Zheng completed a memorable run to the top place with a strong performance over Croatian Donna Vekic in the final, 6-2 6-3 overnight. Zheng had […]
Czechia claims top gong in historic mixed doubles win
CZECHIA is the toast of mixed doubles tennis at the Paris Olympics, after Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac proved too strong for China’s Xinyu Wang and Zhizhen Zhang in the gold medal match. In a match that lasted about an hour and a quarter, the Czach duo ultimately prevailed in the third set tie breaker […]
Schmied-over for Anna Karolina as Pole produces historic win
POLAND has its first Olympic medal in tennis after world number one Iga Swiatek overpowered Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova to win the bronze medal. Not even needing an hour to defeat Schmiedlova, Swiatek again proved why she has been so dominant on clay for so long, winning 6-2, 6-1. Swiatek dominanted the service winners 15 […]
Mixed doubles means more mixed up expectations
IF there is one thing to learn from the mixed doubles draw at the 2024 Olympics, it is that rankings are often nothing more than just a number. American third seeds Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz learnt this the hard way, losing to their northern neighbours Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets. The […]
Popyrin powers past Wawrinka to set up Zverev tie
ALEXEI Popyrin continues to carry the hopes of Australian singles gold at the Olympics, defeating Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to progress to the third round of the men’s singles. After winning the first set 6-4 in 35 minutes, Popyrin had a harder time winning the second set but still won it 7-5 to wrap […]
Schmiedlova scorches Paolini to defy ranking
THE SURPRISES keep on coming in the women’s singles draw at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with fourth seed Jasmine Paolini the latest seed to fall. The Italian proved to be no match for Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, with the Slovak winning 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. It was a match littered with double faults, with Paolini serving seven […]
Rankings don’t mean much with surprises aplenty in mixed doubles
THE Mixed Doubles competition of the 2024 Olympics got underway at Roland Garros overnight, and right out of the gate the surprises came. German pair Laura Siegemund and Alexander Zverev found out the hard way that their number one ranking was merely a number after they succumbed to Czech pair Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac […]
