Dodgers and Yankees duel in the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a spot in the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series after the New York Yankees. The Californians led by Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani defeated the New York Mets 10:5 on Sunday evening (local time) and won the best-of-seven semifinal series 4:2. The Yankees had previously defeated the Cleveland Guardians […]
Erste Bank Open: The program on Tuesday, October 22nd.
On the second day of the main round action at the Erste Bank Open in the Wiener Stadthalle, everything revolves around the possible farewell to Dominic Thiem. He will play his first round match against the Italian Luciano Darderi as the third game on Center Court (not before 6:00 p.m.). The tennis day begins with […]
Aryna Sabalenka is the new number one in the tennis world rankings
Aryna Sabalenka replaces Iga Swiatek as world number one. In the ranking published on Monday, the Belarusian appears with 9,706 points ahead of the Pole (9,665), who had spent the entire year in the top position with a sometimes large lead. Sabalenka was in first place for seven weeks in autumn 2023. Swiatek last played […]
Erste Bank Open: The program on Monday, October 21st.
Into the main rounds of the Erste Bank Open! The ATP 500 break really begins on Monday in the Wiener Stadthalle. From 2:00 p.m. there are four first round singles matches on Center Court. At the start, the Italian Flavio Cobolli meets the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, followed by the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics against the […]
Zverev not yet in top shape after pneumonia
Alexander Zverev informed, among other things, about his health at a media event before the start of the Erste Bank Open in the Wiener Stadthalle. The top-seeded German, who will face Austria’s young star Joel Schwärzler in the first round, is still complaining about the after-effects of pneumonia. “It’s not a question of a week […]
Rodionov loses qualifying round against Munar
Jurij Rodionov lost the first qualifying round against Spaniard Jaume Munar in two sets at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Austrian, ranked 193rd in the ATP world rankings, initially took a 2-0 lead in the first set, but fell 2-4 behind as the game progressed. Although he can still force the score at […]
Dominic Thiem leaves the show tournament without a win
Dominic Thiem remains winless at the UTS tennis exhibition tournament in Frankfurt and is eliminated last in Group A. After the 0:3 against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis the day before, the 31-year-old from Lower Austria first has to bow to the Canadian Denis Shapovalov after making up a set deficit with 1:3 and then to […]
Thiem also loses his second show match in Frankfurt
Dominic Thiem also lost his second group match at the UTS exhibition tournament in Frankfurt. After the 0:3 against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis the day before, the 31-year-old from Lower Austria had to bow to the Canadian Denis Shapovalov 1:3 on Saturday afternoon. Thiem made up for a set deficit, but then lost. In the […]
Jurij Rodionov knows his qualifying opponents for the Erste Bank Open
Jurij Rodionov, the only Austrian to qualify for the Erste Bank Open, knows the name of the opponent he will face on the way to the main competition. Austria’s number two will meet number three seeded Spaniard Jaume Munar on Saturday at the start of the qualification. Rodionov (ATP-193rd) against Munar (ATP-65th) is scheduled as […]
One of the greats leaves the tennis stage
Dominic Thiem‘s list of successes is long, and yet many critics have forgotten it after his wrist injury and his comeback attempts, which were accompanied by few highlights. Thiem became only the second Austrian after Thomas Muster to become a Grand Slam singles winner at the US Open in 2020. He appeared in three other […]