ATP and WTA organisers have announced the introduction of tactical timeout to be allowed in mixed-doubles matches, Afrosport reports. United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow on Friday said that the rule, the first of its kind in tennis, will be used at the season-opening United Cup in Australia. According to the organisers, the new rule will allow a captain or player to call a 60-second timeout...
Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur has called it quits on the 2024 WTA season following battles with a shoulder injury, the World No. 22 announced on Monday. Jabeur, who has found it tough to replicate the form that saw her surge to second position in June 2022, will no longer play a part in this tennis season. Having failed to win any titles, the 30-year-old ends...
Africa's leading tennis star Ons Jabeur has ended the 2023 WTA season as the sixth-best player in the world. Jabeur started the year as the second-best women's tennis player in the world The Tunisia star failed to make it out of the group stage of the WTA Finals after recording just a win in three games, with losses to Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff.
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