Story Links ABILENE – Abilene Christian heads to Texas Tech for a Sunday afternoon match at 4 p.m. The Wildcats come in at 0-2 on the season with losses to Baylor and Texas. Merse Deli picked up the lone win in the loss to Baylor and received WAC Singles Player of the Week honors in his spring…

It happened again. Of course it did. Two tennis players, starting near midnight, battling nearly to sunrise in front of a scattering of fans, with a squad of kids in their early teenage years scurrying after balls at nearly four in the morning.  Last year it was Andy Murray duelling with Thanasi Kokkinakis until the…

Story Links ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s tennis team (0-1) plays its first match outside of North Carolina this season Saturday, as the Phoenix travels south to face Georgia State. The contest is slated for a noon start and will be played indoors at Life Time Fitness in Peachtree Corners, Ga. HOW TO FOLLOW The…

Match Report Djokovic dazzles, charges past Etcheverry at Australian Open World No. 1 will face crafty Frenchman Mannarino, who has played 15 sets through the third round January 19, 2024 William West/AFP via Getty Images Novak Djokovic in action against Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Friday at the Australian Open. By ATP Staff After a pair…

Beginner’s Guide The 18-year-old left-hander from China sits at a new career-high ranking, and has gone one round better this year in Melbourne. ByMatt Fitzgerald Published Jan 19, 2024 It’s not every day that Carlos Alcaraz faces an opponent younger than him. In fact, the scenario has never happened with the 20-year-old at any level…

Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva reached the last 16 of the Australian Open by defeating Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (7), 6-3 at Melbourne Park. Timofeeva, ranked No 170, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next. Earlier in the tournament, the 20-year-old Russian won against French wildcard Alize Cornet (6-2, 6-4) and Dane wildcard…

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, reached the last 16 of the Australian Open by defeating Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 at Melbourne Park on Friday. This is the third year in a row that the Australian is into the second week of his home Grand Slam but he will be hoping…

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk has recently lambasted the WTA and ATP players who participated in a tennis exhibition in Russia during the 2023 off-season. The event was organized in St. Petersburg from December 1-3. Several big names such as Russia’s Karen Khachanov, Alexander Shevchenko, Anastasia Potapova, Veronika Kudermetova, Russian-born Kazakh Alexander Bublik and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino…

Nacon and developer Big Ant Studios have together announced Tiebreak, the official game of the ATP and WTA, is now in early access for PC players, with a release on PS4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and Nintendo Switch planned for “later this year”. Nacon says that Tiebreak’s early access launch lets players…