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Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, there were 11 incredible escapes in one match, grass ...
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What it took for Alcaraz to win that match – to beat Sinner on this particular day – was a sustained effort that few players in history could have managed. Maybe Djokovic. Maybe Nadal. Maybe.
Deion Sanders Jr. Says He “Whooped” Travis Hunter in Tennis Match Deion Sanders Jr. shared a video on Instagram on Friday, June 14, 2025, after a light tennis tournament during a family vacation.
June 10 - German teen Justin Engel had never played a professional tennis match on grass but on Tuesday he showed he could be a force to reckon with at the Stuttgart Open when he overcame ...
In May, tennis player Peyton Stearns threw up at the Italian Open while playing against Naomi Osaka. In 2024, Tomas Etcheverry threw up on court during a professional tennis match at the U.S. Open.
So, tennis fans, how’d you like another decade or so of that? After Sunday’s French Open men's final – a 5-hour, 29-minute epic that somehow ended with Carlos Alcaraz holding up the trophy ...
Elise Mertens conjured up some of the most clutch tennis to ever grace the sport on Saturday, surviving 11 match points to reach the ’s-Hertogenbosch Open final. The Belgian completed a ...
Tennis Channel 's "Second Serve" quizzed Shelton about how it felt to have Rodman attend some of his matches during the European clay swing. The 22-year-old answered: "Yeah. It's been pretty cool.
Pegula trailed 4-2 in the third but dug deep to win the next three games and even carved out two match points at 5-4. Samsonova, however, held firm to force another tiebreak and earned her quarter ...
A 62-year-old tennis fan was taken to the hospital after an advertising banner fell on her during the Halle Open in Germany on Wednesday, June 18. The woman did not suffer any major injuries but ...
79-year-old Al Pollock suffered a heart attack during a tennis match in Boynton Beach, Florida. Tennis pro Brett Maynard, who had recently taken a CPR and AED refresher course, saved Pollock's ...