Nick Kyrgios chastises tennis superstar in doping case
Nick Kyrgios has an idea. Shocker. As the tennis world continues to grapple with the suspension of five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek, 29-year-old Kyrgios added his two cents to a series of increasingly despicable X posts. Nick Kyrgios made comments to ESPN during day 11 of the 2024 U.S. Open Tennis Championships held at […]
Tennis star Iga Swiatek accepts 1-month suspension for banned substance
Five-time women's tennis Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the International Tennis Integrity Authority (ITIA) announced on Thursday. Swiatek, who has held the world No. 1 ranking for most of the past two seasons, tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart disease drug better known […]
Iga Swiatek hit with one-month doping ban in tennis bombshell
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned drug trimetazidine, a heart drug known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday. It was announced on . Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, but the ITIA said the result was unintentional and that […]
Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 but not suspended for cursing at a tennis umpire
US Open semi-finalist Francis Tiafoe has been fined a total of $120,000, but not suspended, for repeatedly verbally abusing the referee after losing a match at last month's Shanghai Masters. . The ATP announced on Thursday that its fines committee had slapped Tiafoe with a maximum on-site fine of $60,000 for verbal abuse and a […]
Carlos Alcaraz v Andrey Rublev: ATP Finals tennis – live | ATP Finals
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 2nd set: Rublev* 1-2, 3-6 Alcaraz (* indicates next server) Alcaraz is currently fine-tuning the robot's settings. Slice, crosscourt forehand, dinky drop shot. Rublev flaps his long arms like a frustrated octopus. share 2nd set: Rublev 1-1, 3-6 Alcaraz* (* indicates […]
Tennis analyst apologizes for ‘forehead’ hot-mic remarks
Tennis Channel analyst Jon Wertheim has apologized for an alleged backstage joke that he never intended to air. At the time of the hot mic moment, Wertheim was adjusting the camera, and on the channel, the host was sitting at a desk with Wertheim on the screen next to him. As the hosts were reviewing […]
Tennis Channel analyst suspended indefinitely after hot-mic comments made about 2024 Wimbledon champ
Tennis Channel analyst Jon Wertheim has been suspended indefinitely for making “unprofessional” comments about female players on air. It was a hot mic moment for Wertheim, also a 60 Minutes correspondent, who commented on Barbora Krejcikova's appearance at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wertheim's comments were announced on screen during Krejcikova's loss to […]
Jack Draper, I’m coming for you: how I became British tennis’s No 5,936 | Tennis
TThe moment a young man half my age hit my racquet with an ace two years in a row was probably the moment I realized I had made a mistake in rekindling my tennis career after a 10-year hiatus. Before anyone wonders if I'm reading the Guardian's response to Goran Ivanisevic, let me clarify that […]
Tennis star Garbiñe Muguruza marries Arthus Borges in Spain after couple met in NYC Central Park during US Open
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza married her model girlfriend just over three years after a former fan approached the tennis star on a New York street for a selfie. Former world number one Muguruza and her new husband Arthur Borges said their “I do” in an intimate ceremony in Marbella, Spain, on October 5. […]
Rafael Nadal was a tennis terminator of his own making
Every tennis fan felt forced to make a choice in the midst of the sport's recent golden age. Who was the strongest between Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal? By 2012, the three jockeys of men's tennis had won everything, couldn't lose to anyone but each other, and were taking the sport into the […]