Botic van de Zandschulp has commenced his tennis season with a victory in Hong Kong, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff in three sets: 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, Afrosport reports. The 75th-ranked Van de Zandschulp, who has appointed Raemon Sluiter as his new coach, concluded his 2025 season with a first-round exit in Athens, where he lost in three sets to Stan Wawrinka. In Hong Kong, Van de Zandschulp faced...
Novak Djokovic has labelled his second round exit to the hands of Alejandro Tabilo at the Monte Carlo Masters as the 'worst day' for him, Afrosport reports. Tabilo handed the 24-time Grand Slam champion a surprising 6-3, 6-4 victory, thus denying the Serbian another chance of winning the 100th ATP Tour title of his illustrious career. This comes a year after Djokovic lost in straight sets...
Jakub Mensik has described defeating Novak Djokovic to the Miami Masters title as the biggest day of his life, Afrosport reports. The 19-year-old Czech defeated his vastly-experienced Serbian opponent, who is a six-time champion in Miami, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) to become the second youngest winner in the tournament behind 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz back in 2022. Mensik also denied Djokovic his 100th career title, delaying the...
An emotional Jannik Sinner was celebrated as he claimed the coveted ATP Year-End No. 1 trophy in front of the home crowd at the Inalpi Arena in Turin on Monday night, Afrosport reports. Sinner on June 10th became the first Italian man or woman to reach world number one in the singles category since computerised rankings were introduced in 1973. The 23-year-old, who has had a...
World number 12 Frances Tiafoe showed his displeasure towards the umpire for failing to initially call off his Italian Open round of 32 match against home favourite Lorenzo Musetti on Monday due to rain. The rain descended on the Stadio del tennis di Roma towards the end of the second set that Tiafoe won 6-4, after going down 5-7 in the first set. The game was...
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