Author: Michael Dickens

Bencic Motivated And Ready To Return To WTA Tour

WASHINGTON, December 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Momentum is already building for the 2025 Credit One Charleston Open, which is the annual kickoff to the WTA Tour’s spring clay competition. On Friday, tournament director Bob Moran announced that 2022 champion […]

Former Champions Keys, Bencic Added To 2025 Charleston Open Field

CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, December 7, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The Credit One Charleston Open, North America’s premier women’s-only tennis event, announced Friday that two of its former champions will return to play in the 2025 tournament on Daniel Island in Charleston, […]

Alcaraz Adds Samuel Lopez To His Coaching Staff

WASHINGTON, December 6, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As Carlos Alcaraz enjoys a week of playing exhibition matches in the United States, the four-time Grand Slam champion from Spain has added an additional coach to his team. Beginning the new season, […]

Vagnozzi On Sinner: ‘For Sure It Was An Amazing Year.’

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Among all of the incredible achievements that World No. 1 Jannik Sinner enjoyed during the recently completed 2024 season, Simone Vagnozzi, one of his coaches, ranks winning the ATP Finals in Turin at […]

Jeddah Field Is Set For 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals

JEDDAH/WASHINGTON, November 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) France’s Arthur Fils, who this season became the youngest home star to garner a main-draw win in at the Rolex Paris Masters in 18 years, headlines this year’s group of eight players who […]

Together, Sinner And Berrettini Lifted Italy To Another Davis Cup Title

MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Italy won its second consecutive Davis Cup championship – and third in its history – with its 2-0 shutout of the Netherlands in Sunday’s Final in Malaga, Spain. What began with Matteo Berrettini‘s […]

Forza Italia! Italy Successfully Defends Davis Cup Title

MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 24, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The Davis Cup rivalry between European nations Italy and the Netherlands goes back more than a century. After the Netherlands won the first meeting between the two nations 101 years ago in 1923, […]