Kobe finalist Rodionov has already been eliminated in Yokohama
After reaching the final last week at the Challenger tournament in Kobe, Jurij Rodionov’s final stop at this week’s Challenger in Yokohama is already after the first round. The seventh-seeded Lower Austrian had to admit defeat to the Japanese wild card starter Rei Sakamoto 2:6, 4.6. Sakamoto is only 18 years old and is considered […]
Malaga hosts Rafa Nadal’s last dance | Tennis | Sports
The feeling that this week an era in tennis is ending was already felt on Monday morning in the first press conference that Rafael Nadal gave since he arrived in Malaga on Thursday. The myth, who is hanging up his racket in the Davis Cup after an extraordinary career of 23 years and at least […]
Yurij Rodionov loses Challenger final in Kobe
Yurij Rodionov lost the final of the ATP100 Challenger tournament in Kobe. The 25-year-old from Lower Austria lost in the final on Sunday to the Belgian Alexander Blockx 3:6, 1:6 in just under 57 minutes. When his opponent serves, the ÖTV ace doesn’t have a chance. The left-hander only got his only break points in […]
Fritz brings Zverev to his knees and is in the final
Taylor Fritz is the first player to reach the final of the ATP Finals in Turin. The American brought the German Alexander Zverev to his knees 6:3, 3:6, 7:6 (3) on Saturday afternoon. In his first final at the big end-of-season tournament for tennis professionals on Sunday, Fritz will face the winner of the match […]
ATP Finals 2024: Fritz, a growing competitor against Sinner’s concrete mixer | Tennis | Sports
Taylor Fritz celebrates with rage and he has reason. Two months after reaching the final of the US Open, the poster of another prestigious venue such as the Masters Cup reflects its name in the final episode, now waiting to know if it will be measured this Sunday (6:00 p.m., Movistar+) with Jannik Sinner, unchallenged […]
Yurij Rodionov is in the Challenger final in Kobe
Jurij Rodionov continues his successful run at the ATP Challenger in Kobe, Japan and is in the final there. The ÖTV ace defeated the Italian Mattia Bellucci in two sets 7:5, 6:3 in the semifinals. The 25-year-old fell behind 1:4 in the first set, even fended off a set point when the score was 3:5 […]
ATP Finals 2024: The roller coaster of Alcaraz, between “very good” tournaments and “really bad” ones | Tennis | Sports
Carlos Alcaraz started the year with a hammer blow and, in the absence of the complementary event of the Davis Cup, a separate chapter from Malaga, he ends it exactly the same and facing the same scourge: Alexander Zverev. In between, two wonderful episodes at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, in addition to the successes in […]
Alexander Zverev after defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals – Video
Alexander Zverev can continue to dream of victory at the ATP Finals in Turin. Zverev beat Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in two sets and is now in the semi-finals. The ATP Finals are the end of the season for the eight best tennis professionals of the year. Zverev had already won the finals in 2018 and […]
ATP Finals 2024: Zverev also defeats Alcaraz and moves into the semi-finals
Alexander Zverev confirms his outstanding form. In the group game of the ATP Finals he defeated Carlos Alcaraz, third in the world rankings, in a high-class match. After the first set against the Spanish tennis star, Zverev was certain that he would be in the semi-finals. Alexander Zverev completed a semi-final against his feared opponent […]
Rafael Nadal – A world career is finally coming to an end
A world star of sport is leaving the stage: Rafael Nadal says goodbye next week at the Davis Cup Final 8 in his hometown of Malaga. Superlatives are hardly enough to describe the sensational tennis career of the 38-year-old Mallorcan. “Rafa,” as he is called by his fans, is not just the definition of a […]