Davis Cup

Jan 9, 2025 | claytenis.com | Sebastian VARELA |Olympic Games |Davis Cup

The greatest threat to disrupting the duopoly of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the near future is an 18-year-old Brazilian. Joao Fonseca, the new kid on the block, is the most promising teenager in the men’s tennis tour. “I look at their rivalry, and that’s where I want to go. I want to be like Sinner and Alcaraz; I want to win Grand Slams,” Fonseca confessed CLAY in an interview.

Oct 5, 2024 | tennis.com | Davis Cup

Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner showed no signs of fatigue from their China Open final earlier this week to advance with comfortable straight-set victories in their opening matches of the Shanghai MastersByAssociated PressPublished Oct 05, 2024SHANGHAI (AP) —Carlos Alcaraz andtop-ranked Jannik Sinner showed no signs of fatigue from their China Open final earlier this week to advance with comfortable straight-set victories in their opening matches of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.

Oct 4, 2024 | tennis.com | Davis Cup

The UNC Asheville soccer and volleyball teams are calling UNC Charlotte home, its athletes living in two overflow dormitories and eating meals at the state’s sister schoolByAssociated PressPublished Oct 04, 2024CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — UNC Asheville soccer player Xander Naguib and his teammates are preparing to spend the next several weeks — or perhaps months — at the state's sister school in Charlotte, where they will be housed, fed and be able to continue playing sports.

Oct 4, 2024 | tennis.com | Davis Cup

The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are both changing their formats next yearByAssociated PressPublished Oct 04, 2024LONDON (AP) — The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are both changing their formats next year. The International Tennis Federation announced the changes Friday, with the Billie Jean King Cup Finals transitioning from 12 teams to an eight-team event to mirror the existing Davis Cup Finals format.

Sep 17, 2024 | claytenis.com | Sebastian VARELA |Olympic Games |Davis Cup

Joao Fonseca is aiming high, as high as to follow in the footsteps of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner: “I look at their rivalry and that’s where I want to go. I want to be like them, I want to win Grand Slams”The 18-year-old’s name began to resonate loudly when he won his first match at ATP level at the beginning of 2024. At the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro he reached the quarter-finals, shortly before announcing that he would turn down offers from US universities to go pro.