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Jan 21, 2025 · Just when one might begin to assume that Novak Djokovic is finally beginning to slow down a bit, he reminds tennis fans that he is still capable of greatness. At the Wimbledon final in 2024, Carlos Alcaraz dominated the Serb, and there appeared to be a clear change of the guard atop men's tennis ...

1 day ago · We can put this in the cabinet that reads "Overblown stories of 2025." If you do a Google search of "tennis news," a few of the top results will be some news about Anna Kournikova. The headlines are jolting and can cause a bit of worry. They are also written in a way they likely should not be. For ...

5 days ago · In hindsight, we should have all seen this coming. After all, Madison Keys, who had yet to win a Grand Slam, made a path through the Australian Open woods that was extremely impressive. Even before beating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the final, Keys had beaten a murderer's row of ...

4 days ago · The first Grand Slam of 2025 is done, and we learned a few things along the way. One is that Jannik Sinner is far and above the rest of the players on the ATP tour. OK, maybe we already knew that, but he re-enforced the thought. Sinner won his third major and second straight Australian Open. His ...

Jan 18, 2025 · We are a week into the 2025 Australian Open, and there, of course, have been a number of upsets. Perhaps only Daniil Medvedev losing to 19-year-old Learner Tien is truly shocking, though. Most of the favorites prior to the tournament remain in play. This includes the 10-time winner in Melbourne ...

6 days ago · Novak Djokovic dropped the first set in his 2025 Australian Open semifinal match against Alexander Zverev in a tie-break. But the issue for the Serb was not completely the German. Djokovic had injured himself, and there was no way he was going to be competitive after the first set if he tried to keep playing.

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