Ed Warner: When risk in sport is a smart choice June 29, 2023 This week columnist Ed Warner looks at risk in sport and how sometimes, such as in Bazball in cricket, it can be the smartest choice. A team of sub-10 second sprinters can be beaten to 4x100m relay gold by a quartet who have never broken that magic barrier. The trick is risk management in the [...]
Alcaraz first non ‘big four’ top seed at Wimbledon since 2003 June 28, 2023 Men’s world No1 tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will head into next week’s Wimbledon Championships as the first non big four – Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic – seed since 2003. The 20-year-old Spaniard heads into the only grass court Grand Slam on the circuit fresh off a victorious run at the [...]
Women’s tennis gets financial boost as WTA Tour pledges more equal prize money events June 27, 2023 The WTA Tour has announced plans for a major increase in the number of tennis tournaments that will pay equal prize money to women and men. From 2027, at least seven WTA 1000 events, the most important tournaments outside of the Grand Slams, will offer equal prize money, the tour said. By 2030, all 10 [...]
Alcaraz wins his first grass tournament with Queen’s victory, bags £400,000 and sets Spaniard up for Wimbledon challenge June 25, 2023 Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz won his first ever ATP tournament on grass today at Queen’s as he looks to mount a challenge at Wimbledon next month. The 20-year-old beat Australian Alex de Minaur 6-4 6-4 at Queen’s Club in his first appearance at the ATP tournament to head into Wimbledon as top seed. Today’s win [...]
Wimbledon chiefs considering scrapping human line judges for AI June 21, 2023 Wimbledon chiefs are considering replacing human line judges with AI in future editions of the Grand Slam event in SW19. The All England Club is sticking with line judges for next month’s Championships in SW19 and insists it has no immediate plans to make the switch. But it is increasingly incorporating technology into its operations [...]
Queen’s tennis: Norrie wins in first grass match since Wimbledon semi June 19, 2023 Cameron Norrie won on the opening day of Queen’s as the grass court tennis season gets into full swing ahead of Wimbledon. Ryan Peniston beat world No37 Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-2 before British No1 Cameron Norrie toppled Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 7-6 on Centre Court. Norrie’s match was his first since he reached the semi-finals [...]
Rafael Nadal hopes of retiring at Paris 2024 Olympics set to be scuppered by ITF rules June 18, 2023 Rafael Nadal is being denied a potential farewell at the Paris 2024 Olympics by inflexible International Tennis Federation rules that need changing, says one of the sport’s leading chiefs. Nadal, 37, has announced that he plans to retire next year and it is understood that the King of Clay had hoped to bow out on [...]
‘Tennis is asleep at the wheel. It needs a wake-up call’ – Dietloff von Arnim interview June 18, 2023 Dietloff von Arnim on why the International Tennis Federation needs change, the Davis Cup ‘failure’, and running for president. With Novak Djokovic still in record-breaking shape, Iga Swiatek underlining her status as one the sport’s new stars and focus turning to the pristine lawns of Wimbledon, it would be easy to assume that all is [...]
Henman hails Djokovic as greatest male of all-time after French Open win June 11, 2023 Novak Djokovic now stands alone at the top of the men’s Grand Slam charts after his straight sets win over Casper Ruud in the final of the French Open, leading to former British No1 Tim Henman describing him as the ‘greatest man of all time’. The Serbian beat his Norwegian opponent 7-6 6-3 7-5 at [...]
French Open prize money 2023: Payouts return to pre-Covid levels for first time June 9, 2023 The winners of the French Open will receive as much prize money as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic for the first time this year. The men’s and women’s singles champions crowned this weekend in Paris are in line to earn €2.3m (£1.96m / $2.48m) – the same amount paid to the 2019 winners of [...]