London | Halep calls for hearing to lift suspension
Simona Halep has been busy behind the scenes trying to clear her name after having been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) following a positive doping test on 29 August taken after her US Open first-round match.
Obituary | Bollettieri dies aged 91
The rumours which have circulated around the tennis fraternity that Nick Bollettieri’s health had been deteriorating over the past few weeks have been proved correct as his death, aged 91, has now been confirmed.
London | The Hopman Cup to return in 2023 in Nice
The ITF has announced that the Hopman Cup, the ITF’s official mixed team competition, will return for the 2023 tennis season and will be staged by Tennium in Nice, France on from 19-23 July.
London | LTA appoints Padel Performance Manager
The LTA has appointed Matt Stanforth as its Padel Performance Manager, who will assume the new role on 16 January next year.
Malaga | Woodbridge questions validity of Canadian win
Last weekend Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in their history which was a long time in coming considering they first competed for it back in 1913 though thy came close in 2019 when they lost to Spain in the final.
ATP TOUR
Turin | Djokovic ends year on a high
Novak Djokovic brought the curtain down on what has been a traumatic year for him, by winning his sixth ATP Finals trophy to match his old (but now retired) rival Roger Federer and replace him as the oldest player to win the title sponsored by the huge Japanese...
Turin | Last two standing: Ruud and Djokovic
Some new milestones will be laid on Sunday when Casper Ruud and Novak Djokovic meet in the final of the Nitto ATP Finals being held in Turin, Italy to mark the end-of this long and intense season.
Turin | Rublev joins Djokovic in last four
On the last day of the group matches at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Andrey Rublev beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ‘winner-take-all’ clash for second place in the Red Group while Djokovic solidified his place as the group winner by inflicting another loss on Daniil...
WTA TOUR
Buenos Aires | Nadal and Ruud to play exhibition following Udvardy’s first WTA 125 title
With both the WTA and ATP Tours now paused following the season-ending finals of both, top players are taking a well-earned rest, or are they?
London | Swiatek secures top year-end WTA Ranking
The year-end Hologic WTA Tour rankings for 2022 have been published and, no surprise, Iga Swiatek finishes as the World No 1 with 11,085 ranking points, the second highest tally by a year-end No 1 in the history of the rankings, behind only Serena Williams' effort in...
Fort Worth | Garcia slays Sabalenka for WTA Finals crown
France’s Caroline Garcia landed the biggest title of her career at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday night with a tight set win over Aryna Sabalenka, 7-6(4) 6-4, outlasting the No 7 seed from Belarus in an hour and 41 minutes.
OFF COURT
London | Halep calls for hearing to lift suspension
Simona Halep has been busy behind the scenes trying to clear her name after having been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) following a positive doping test on 29 August taken after her US Open first-round match.
London | Fish and Bryan fined for promoting gambling
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has reacted to Mardy Fish and Bob Bryan’s promotion of gambling by fining them $10,000 apiece and banning them for four months after having been seen promoting a gambling concern on social media.
London | Raducanu receives her MBE from King Charles
Emma Raducanu had an audience with His Majesty King Charles II on Tuesday when she received the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) from him at Windsor Castle.
London | Verdasco accepts a two-month drug ban
he Spanish 39-year-old left-hander, Fernando Verdasco, has been issued with a two-month ban for testing positive for the drug methylphenidate after failing to renew a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed this week.
DAVIS CUP & BJK CUP
Malaga | Woodbridge questions validity of Canadian win
Last weekend Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in their history which was a long time in coming considering they first competed for it back in 1913 though thy came...
London | GB draw Colombia in Qualifying Round of 2023 Davis Cup
The draw for next year’s Davis Cup was made by the ITF in Malaga last weekend and pitched Great Britain against Colombia in the Qualifying Round scheduled for February, the week...
Malaga | Canada triumphs in Davis Cup final.
The final of the 2022 Davis Cup being played out in Malaga, Spain, was expected to be a tight affair as Australia were going for a 29th title while their Canadian opponents were...
FOLLOW US
GRAND SLAMS
London | Wimbledon partners with Barclays
The All England Lawn Tennis Club announced Barclays as the official banking partner of Wimbledon, replacing its previous partner HSBC for the 2023 edition of The Championships, which held the sponsorship position for a 15-year period.
Melbourne | Djokovic gets green light for Australia
It seems the Sydney Morning Herald was right as the Australian Government has now confirmed Novak Djokovic’s three-year ban from Australia is being rescinded – he will be playing the Australian Open in Melbourne next January.
Melbourne | Djokovic looks set to be cleared for Australian Open
With the 2023 edition of the Australian Open starting on 16 January 2023, Djokovic has said in Turin that his lawyers were still talking to Australian officials but as of last Monday, had not reached an agreement.
LTA NEWS
London | LTA appoints Padel Performance Manager
The LTA has appointed Matt Stanforth as its Padel Performance Manager, who will assume the new role on 16 January next year.
Wimbledon | Kunieda outlasts Hewett for title
Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne both left Wimbledon with runners-up trophies on Sunday as a ground-breaking four days of wheelchair tennis at The Championships came to an end with the sport making history once again.
Wimbledon | Hewett and Reid run ends
Alfie Hewett will focus on trying to bring his 2022 Wimbledon campaign to a victorious end on Sunday after the 24-year-old and fellow Brit Gordon Reid saw their record-breaking sequence of 10 Grand Slam doubles titles in a row come to an end on Saturday after a 63 61...
Wimbledon | Hewett battles back to reach final
Alfie Hewett produced a comeback befitting of the first men’s wheelchair tennis match to be staged on No.1 Court as he reached his first Wimbledon singles final on Friday after a 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 victory over 2019 champion Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina.
GeeWizz’s star-studded tennis raffle for paralympic hopeful Ruby Bishop
Suffolk based children’s charity, GeeWizz is raffling memorabilia from world-class tennis stars to raise funds for a new specialist sports wheelchair for paralympic hopeful, Ruby Bishop.
Paris | Hewett and Reid extend Grand Slam winning record sequence
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid extended their record-breaking Grand Slam winning sequence to 10 titles in a row on Sunday after beating Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina and Shingo Kunieda of Japan 76(5) 76(5) to become the most successful men’s wheelchair doubles...
Paris | Hewett races into French Open men’s wheelchair semis
Alfie Hewett made a confident start to his French Open men’s singles title defence on Wednesday after beating Tom Egberink of the Netherlands 6-1 6-2 on the second day of wheelchair tennis action at Roland Garros.
London | Sandi Procter appointed as LTA President from 2023
The LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Britain, has announced Sandi Procter will become its 24th President. Her appointment was confirmed at the LTA AGM this week, with her taking up the position from the start of 2023.