The All England Club has once again pushed the boundaries of generosity. The announcement of a £44.7 million total prize fund for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, has set a new benchmark, outpacing last year's allotment by 11.2%, and edging 17.1% ahead of the pre-Covid prize pool in 2019. Similar to the second Grand Slam of the season, the Roland Garros, the overall prize money allocation for this year's tournament increased significantly at Wimbledon as over £40 million will be distributed to …

While the 36-year-old is sure to face some stiff competition at the grass-court event, in his current form, he is the ‘heavy favourite’ to win the title and bag a record - extending 24th Grand Slam title. But there's another honor on his radar as well - one that has not been achieved on the men's side since 1969. The calendar Grand Slam is an elusive feat. Only five players in the history of women's and men's singles have won the Australian …

The back and forth between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic at No. 1 continues this week, as Alcaraz reclaims the top spot on the ATP rankings from Djokovic after capturing his fifth ATP title of the year - and the first of his career on grass - at Queen’s Club. After cramps spoiled his blockbuster match against Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals earlier this month, and raised some questions about his fitness level, Carlos Alcaraz reminded the tennis world …

The Wimbledon Championships, also referred to as only Wimbledon, is the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. It was founded back in 1877 and since then, it was always contested at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Great Britain. Currently, Wimbledon is the only grass-court Grand Slam tournament in the calendar (the Australian and US Opens both take place on hard courts, while the French Open is on clay courts at Roland Garros), and …

Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie, Aryna Sabalenka, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jessica Pegula and Elina Svitolina all advanced to round three while Caroline Garcia, the highest-ranked French player, lost to Anna Blinkova. It was 4th day. What will be next? Day 5 of the French Open is upon us and the action ahead is mouthwatering. Now it's the turn of the likes of world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, Holger Rune and Casper Ruud to take centre stage, with Britain's Jamie Murray also in action. TOP …

One week prior to the start of Roland Garros, much has been revealed. Rome’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia crowned a new women’s champion who’s in the middle of a great year. On the men’s side, the absence of Rafael Nadal from Roland Garros further highlights the possibilities for a wide range of contenders. Here's a look at what happened, what will happen. Entering the Italian Open this year Daniil Medvedev had 32 career titles, and the only one that wasn't on hardcourt was …

Novak Djokovic has never done worse than the quarterfinals in all 16 of his previous trips to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia and the world No. 1 kept that streak alive in 2023, weathering “strange conditions” and feisty opposition to defeat Cameron Norrie, 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic shook off a second-set body shot and medical timeout from his British rival to maintain his impressive consistency at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The No. 1 criticised Cameron Norrie's behaviour after the Briton hit him with a …

The winners at the Caja Magica, Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka, are both ranked No. 2 at the moment, but there’s a good case to be made that they’ve been the best players of 2023 so far. Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Spanish capital on Sunday to guarantee his return to the No. 1 spot by playing at least one match at the upcoming Italian Open in Rome. The 20-year-old Spaniard converted on his first match …

The ATP Tour will enter a new era in 2025, adopting Electronic Line Calling Live technology to ensure accuracy and consistency in officiating across all matches. The move is set to optimise accuracy and consistency across tournaments, match courts and surfaces, for players competing in both main draw and qualifying events. The London-based ATP announced Friday that it will use Electronic Line Calling Live, known as ELC Live, for "out" calls in all matches beginning two years from now. Each match will …

The clay season is well underway and the Madrid Open 2023 is the next checkpoint on the calendar, with both the ATP and WTA tour’s heading to the Spanish capital. The Madrid Open is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments played every year on a clay surface. It is held every year in the historical city of Madrid, Spain. It is a part of the ATP Tour. The event is a Masters 1000 tournament. It became an annual event in …

Taylor Fritz has reached the last four of the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time in his career after a convincing straight sets win over Stefanos Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas had won the last two editions of Monte Carlo, but he was shocked by the American in straight sets on Friday afternoon. Fritz hit 17 winners compared to Tsitsipas' 10 and converted four out of his five break point opportunities. It was a double milestone kind of day for Taylor Fritz in …

After finishing as runner-up at Indian Wells, the fourth seed finished the job at Hard Rock Stadium for his first Miami title.Daniil Medvedev won his fourth ATP title of the year Sunday, beating Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami Open to move to 6-0 in their career matchup. With the win, Medvedev earns his fifth career ATP Masters 1000 crown, and first in nearly two years since he triumphed in 2021 in Toronto. Sinner is now a two-time runner-up in …