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msn.com | Shahida Jacobs
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tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
World No 1 Jannik Sinner has been handed a pretty straightforward path for his title defence at the Halle Open with several players struggling for form in his bracket. The ATP 500 event will be Sinner’s first tournament since his devastating French Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz and he will start his campaign in Germany against a yet-to-be-decided qualifier.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
Aryna Sabalenka will face a qualifier in her opening match at the Berlin Tennis Open, but her path will get a lot more difficult after that while Elena Rybakina and Madison Keys have been handed a difficult first-round match. World No 1 Sabalenka headlines the top half of the draw and she has a bye into the second round along with Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Jasmine Paolini while she will start her campaign against a qualifier.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
The 2025 Wimbledon men’s and women’s singles champions will earn the biggest cheque in Grand Slam history after the All England Club confirmed a huge increase in prize money. The overall prize pot for the grass-court major is up by seven per cent from 2024 as a total of £53,5 million will be shared among those competing from the qualifying rounds until the finals.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
Novak Djokovic has opened up about never being “as loved as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal” as he was seen as “the third guy” who broke the pair’s dominance in men’s tennis. Federer and Nadal initially formed the Big Two as they swept all before them and when Djokovic emerged as a challenger, Fedal fans did not take too kindly to him.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
The top 10 of the ATP Rankings will be American heavy when it is updated again as Ben Shelton has become the latest player to reach the milestone. The 22-year-old started the week at No 12 in the rankings, but he brushed Jiri Lehecka aside in the quarter-final of the Boss Open to climb two places in the Live Rankings. The American has enjoyed an excellent couple of years as he started the 2022 season at No 573, but finished the year at No 96.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
Patrick Mouratoglou has doubled down on his comments that there are no real superstars in women’s tennis, saying Coco Gauff is the only “big star”. The Frenchman, who coached the great Serena Williams, recently defended Roland Garros organisers’ decision to snub women for night matches at the French Open, saying fans prefer to watch the likes of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
The Queen’s Club ATP 500 tournament has suffered a triple blow as three big-name players have withdrawn, but their absence is good news for Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper in their bid to be seeded fourth at Wimbledon. 2024 finalists Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Musetti will not return to the grass-court tournament this with two-time former champion Matteo Berrettini also withdrawing.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Shahida Jacobs
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tennis365.com | Shahida Jacobs
The 2025 grass-court swing is in full flow and all the top players will be heading to Germany for week two as they have signed up for the Berlin Tennis Open. The tournament in the German capital is a WTA 500 event so there will be plenty of points up for grabs during the main draw with organisers also confirming a total financial commitment of €949,000 (just over $1m).
