Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offers Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter Rafael Nadal will play in the Laver Cup later this year, organisers said on Monday, in what could be the Spaniard’s last tournament before his retirement from the sport. The 37-year-old Nadal, who returned to...
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Boris Becker makes case to UK Home Office as tennis icon keen to be at Wimbledon
Boris Becker has called for the UK Home Office to let him back into the country so that he can attend Wimbledon. The tennis legend won three titles there in his career and was a long-serving pundit at the Grand Slam after hanging up his racket. He would love to return in any capacity and...
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Tennis: ATP, WTA & Grand Slams and in Premium Tour talks but what role will Saudi Arabia play?
Creating a Contender Tour that is financially sustainable and desirable to spectators around the world will still be a monumental challenge. And with current ATP and WTA 250 events likely to be downgraded to Challenger Tour events, there will be many tournament owners with a product they can no longer sell. “The Premium Tour will...
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Australian Open semi-finals – text and radio
‘It feels unbelievable’ – Zhengpublished at 12:50 25 January 12:50 25 January Yastremska 4-6 4-6 Zheng Qinwen Zheng speaking after beating Dayana Yastremska to make the Australian Open final: “It feels unbelievable. I’m super excited to have such a great performance today and arrive in the final. I think the opponent she’s playing unbelievable tennis...
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Serena Williams Has Flair for Interior Designing, But Her UK Namesake Makes Successful Business Out Of It
Serena Williams has been one of the biggest names in the history of the WTA Tour. While she has inspired youngsters to take up the sport, she has indirectly helped a lady named Serena Williams-Ellis attain fame in the United Kingdom. Williams-Ellis is a renowned interior designer and has been in the industry for almost...
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Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers 2024: Results & updates
Match four: Raducanu clinches the tie for Great Britain Emma Raducanu came back from a set down and then a break down in the decider to defeat France’s Diane Parry 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(1) – sealing Great Britain’s place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Raducanu led the Brits to victory with two wins coming...
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Billie Jean King Cup qualifying: Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter earn GB win over France
Neither Raducanu nor Boulter can point to huge experience on clay courts, particularly when compared with the French players who learn their craft on the red dirt. However, both players, marshalled well by captain Anne Keothavong, showed the savvy and big-hitting needed to turn this tie around. As she did against Garcia, Raducanu grew into...
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Where to watch Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2024: Schedule, channel, prize money, tickets for WTA Stuttgart Open | Sporting News United Kingdom
The latest big event on the 2024 WTA Tour is up and running in Germany, with the first round of the 46th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix from Stuttgart. Following two days of qualifying matches and finals, the stage is set for some of the leading lights in women’s tennis, none more so...
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Where to watch Monte Carlo Masters tennis 2024: Schedule, TV channel, prize money, tickets for ATP event | Sporting News United Kingdom
One of the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournaments on the planet begins this weekend, with the world’s leading male tennis players gearing up for the 117th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters. Played near-annually since 1896 at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, an area just on the French side of their border with Monaco, it’s one of just...
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Sacha Baron-Cohen and Isla Fisher announce split with tennis photo
The pair married in 2010 and have three children, daughters Olive, 17, and Elula, 13, and a nine-year-old son Montgomery. It comes days after the Australian actress Rebel Wilson made a series of allegations about Baron Cohen in her memoir, Rebel Rising, which was released in the US earlier this week. Wilson claimed that she...
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Saudi Arabia will host the women’s tennis WTA Finals for the next three years
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this...
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Saudi Arabia to host the WTA Finals for next three years and provide record prize money
Criticism of the long-anticipated move to Saudi Arabia has been led by Navratilova and Evert, who wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post in January. “Taking a tournament there would represent a significant step backward, to the detriment not just of women’s sport, but women,” the pair wrote. Human Rights Watch told the BBC...