Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Madrid Open title with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday, moving closer to recovering his world No. 1 ranking.
In another meeting of the top two players in the world, Aryna Sabalenka finally got the better of Iga Swiatek on clay.
Typically you call someone a loser at your own peril.
But in tennis, when a player is told by tournament officials that he is a ‘lucky loser’, those two words are music to his ears.
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Former pro Tony Graham, who was a long-time friend of Vitas Gerulaitis, John McEnroe and everyone in U.S. tennis circles, passed away on Tuesday aged 66.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women’s doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday at the Madrid Open.
TWO teenage tennis prodigies have died in a “catastrophic” head-on crash with a “drink driver” – sending shockwaves through the sport.
