Getty Photographs The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company mentioned Thursday that French tennis participant Quentin Folliot has been suspended for 20 years for match-fixing. Folliot should additionally pay a $70,000 superb and return greater than $44,000 in corrupt funds. He might not play in, coach in or attend any tennis occasion approved by ITIA members or…
Months after Novak Djokovic cried favoritism over the best way skilled tennis dealt with penalties for optimistic doping circumstances from World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek this yr, Aryna Sabalenka shared her opinion on the scenario and what gamers must take care of involving drug checks. Sabalenka, the present No. 1-ranked girls’s participant,…
Getty Photographs Serena Williams desires everybody to know that she is just not coming again to tennis anytime quickly. Not less than, that is what she posted on social media after hypothesis heated up on Tuesday when it was reported that the 23-time main champion was again within the drug testing pool. Williams re-entered the…
Getty Pictures There shall be only one participant to enter the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame in 2026: Roger Federer. The Corridor of Fame introduced on Wednesday that Federer was the one participant voted into the Corridor of Fame on this class, considerably fittingly giving the legend the stage to himself. Mary Carillo was elected…
Valentin Vacherot’s unlikely run on the Rolex Shanghai Masters reached a historic peak Saturday because the Monegasque qualifier toppled four-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the championship match. Ranked No. 204 within the PIF ATP Rankings, Vacherot grew to become the lowest-ranked finalist in ATP Masters 1000 historical past, pulling off one…
Goncalo Oliveira, an expert tennis participant representing Venezuela, was suspended for 4 years Friday by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company after testing optimistic for methamphetamine, an company assertion confirmed. The 30-year-old Portuguese-born athlete argued that the optimistic end result got here from a kiss, however an impartial tribunal rejected his clarification. Oliveira was provisionally suspended in…
The U.S. Open kicks off in New York, showcasing the perfect gamers on this planet on the largest stage. Jannik Sinner, recent off a win at Wimbledon, is the defending US Open champion on the boys’s aspect. Taft Gantt, who nailed all 4 semifinalists for Wimbledon in July, breaks down his greatest bets for the…
Taylor Townsend’s outfit for her US Open second-round match towards No. 25 seed Jelena Ostapenko featured flames throughout the underside of her costume. Little did she know the match would flip lots fiery, with phrases spilling over after the 2 gamers shook palms following Townsend’s spectacular 7-5, 6-1 win. This is the confrontation: One other…
Earlier this 12 months, Coco Gauff captured the second Grand Slam title of her tennis profession when she received the French Open. However within the tournaments that adopted, the 21-year-old has constantly struggled together with her serve and battled with herself on the courtroom. It led to a shocking first-round exit at Wimbledon in July…
Getty Photos The hopes of an American man successful the US Open took an enormous hit on Friday when No. 6 seed Ben Shelton and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe each misplaced their third-round matches. Shelton was the primary of the 2 to be bounced from the match when he was pressured to medically retire throughout…
