Heather Watson says she is determined to push on and crack the world’s top 30 after winning the Mexican Open on Saturday. Watson has struggled for form in recent years but has been on the rise since October last year when she reached the final of the Tianjin Open. In January, she made it through to the semi-finals of the Hobart International and then over the weekend her improvement was
Seyboth Wild has opened up on his admiration for world No 2 Rafael Nadal after capturing his maiden ATP Tour title in Chile over the weekend. After a dream week in Santiago, the 19-year-old capped it off by beating in-form Casper Ruud 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final. Wild becomes the first teenager to lift a tour-level title since Australia’s Alex De Minaur in Sydney last year. He is also
Roger Federer must have been deliberating retirement after suffering another injury blow which will keep him sidelined for three months. However, John McEnroe has warned the world not to write the Swiss star off. At 38 years old there are big questions over how much more of the ATP tour Federer’s body can handle. The world No 4 has already stripped back his schedule to the bare minimum as he
Australia's Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has a blunt message for his depleted team: sink or swim. And he's confident Australia's makeshift cup squad will thrive in troubled waters – a tie against against Brazil without injured aces Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur. Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt.Credit:Getty Images "You can either sink or swim in Davis Cup and playing for Australia, and I have got a lot
Johanna Konta chalks up first win of 2020 as she spoils Kim Clijsters’s return to action but Heather Watson goes out of the Monterrey Open British No 1 Konta beat Belgium’s Clijsters 6-3 7-5 in Monterrey tournament Clijsters was playing in just her second match since retiring back in 2012 It was Konta’s first victory of the year and she will face Tatjana Maria next Maria defeated another Briton, Heather
Watch out Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, this youngster is coming for the throne of best looking one-handed backhand in tennis. A shot that is incredibly hard to master with only a handful of professional players on the mens tour actually using it, has been made to look easy by a six-year-old. Watch over 50 sports LIVE on Kayo! Stream to your TV, mobile, tablet or computer. Just $25/month, cancel
Tournament director, Richard Krajicek very kindly offered us a tip ahead of the Rotterdam Open he supervises this week. After switching to the slower Proflex surface for this year's championship he advised: "Our surface is not super fast and that is in favour of Fabio Fognini.” Despite Krajicek's well meaning advice, you can get a big 40/1 with thepools.com on the Italian to triumph. But after withdrawing from Montpellier last
Tennis legend Maria Sharapova has confirmed her retirement from the sport in an emotional statement. The Russian, 32, won five Grand Slams during her career including Wimbledon glory as a teenager in 2004 but says she lost her battle with injuries. In an exclusive essay written for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Sharapova said: "How do you leave behind the only life you’ve ever known? "How do you walk away from
American tennis star Billie Jean King has been a leading critic of Margaret Court’s comments on the LGBT community, but has promised to dial down her condemnation of the Australian. King called for Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena to be renamed after the 24-time Grand Slam singles champion said tennis was “full of lesbians” in 2017. Court, who is currently a Pentecostal pastor in Perth, also called young transgender Australians “so
Rafael Nadal captured his third Mexican Open title on Saturday as he beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-3 in Acapulco. Nadal survived 10 aces from Fritz and broke the service three times to outperform the 22-year-old American. “I couldn’t be happier. I played a great event from the beginning to the end,” Nadal told reporters. “Acapulco was the first big title that I won in my career, so to be able
