Thiem Injured, Pulls Out Of Wimbledon

KOSMOS TENNIS Statement, June 24, 2021 After being forced to retire from his opening match at the Mallorca Championships on Tuesday due to an injury to his right wrist, Dominic Thiem travelled to Barcelona and underwent further medical examinations. Tests found […]

Djokovic, Gomez-Herrera Reach Doubles Final In Mallorca

CALVIA, June 24, 2021 Novak Djokovic has returned to a doubles final for the first time in 11 years. Alongside Spaniard Carlos Gomez-Herrera, the singles World No. 1 defeated No. 3 seeds Oliver Marach from Austria and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of […]

Eastbourne A Week To Remember For Purcell

EASTBOURNE/WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine it’s less than a week from the start of the Wimbledon Championships and you score the biggest win of your career – and do it as a lucky loser. That’s what happened […]

Djokovic, Gomez-Herrera Advance In Doubles At Mallorca Championships

CALVIA/MALLORCA, June 23, 2021 All eyes on doubles in Calvia, as singles World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and his Spanish partner Carlos Gomez-Herrera won their second consecutive match to reach the semi-finals at the inaugural Mallorca Championships. The wild card […]

Podoroska Finds Her Footing On Grass At Bad Homburg

BAD HOMBURG/WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Nadia Podoroska authored a stunning defeat of Serena Williams early last month on clay in Rome, the personable 24-year-old from Argentina. who enjoyed a semifinal breakthrough last fall at Roland Garros, […]

ITF World Tennis Tour – Round-Up CW24

MUNICH, June 23, 2021 (by Dietmar Kaspar) M25 Tulsa USA – Nicolas Kicker triumphs in Oklahoma  Following his title win in the Caribbean last week, Nicolas Kicker from Argentina emerged victorious at the Tulsa Pro Championships, hosted by the Philcrest […]

Decision In The Case Of Dayana Yastremska

ITF Press Release, June 23, 2021 A decision has been issued by the Independent Tribunal under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”) that Dayana Yastremska has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the 2020 Programme, without any […]

Busy Day At Eastbourne Included Upsets And Surprises

EASTBOURNE/WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With Monday’s opening day of the combined WTA 500 and ATP 250 Viking International in Eastbourne, England postponed due to rain, it created a backlog on the grass courts at Devonshire Park with […]