Emma Navarro keeps her eye on the ball at the Australian Open as the tennis spotlight shines brighter – Blogging Sole

Emma Navarro keeps her eye on the ball at the Australian Open as the tennis spotlight shines brighter

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MELBOURNE, Australia — A bitterly cold December afternoon in midtown Manhattan, in the lobby of a hotel near Central Park. A 23-year-old woman looks up from a club chair near an elevator. She wears a baseball cap and plays with her phone a little. “Hey,” she said. Take another look. Oh, it’s true, it’s Emma … Read more

Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios, the two poles of Australian tennis at the Australian Open – Blogging Sole

Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios, the two poles of Australian tennis at the Australian Open

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Here on the island that was once the center of the men’s tennis world — the land of Laver and Rosewall, Emerson and Newcombe and other gods of the game — the strangest dynamic has emerged. The rest of the world is obsessed with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Here, it’s all … Read more

British tennis star Cameron Norrie accidentally hits woman in stands with thrown racket in Auckland Blogging Sole

British tennis star Cameron Norrie accidentally hits woman in stands with thrown racket in Auckland

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British tennis star Cameron Norrie apologized and avoided disqualification when a racket he threw in the air hit a spectator at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland on Tuesday. Auckland-born Norrie was facing match point against Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta when he lightly tossed his racket into the air. The racket struck a woman in … Read more

Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the first active and gay professional tennis player to come out, had just posted a selfie – Blogging Sole

Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the first active and gay professional tennis player to come out, had just posted a selfie

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On Saturday, December 7, Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, a 24-year-old professional tennis player, did the most normal thing we do these days. He posted a couple selfie on Instagram. It was his partner’s birthday, so he posted a cute carousel of them posing by the water in Rio de Janeiro. “I love you so … Read more

Sara Errani serves Italy another tennis trophy at the Billie Jean King Cup – Blogging Sole

Sara Errani serves Italy another tennis trophy at the Billie Jean King Cup

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MALAGA, Spain — Sara Errani stands at the baseline and exhales deeply. She is about to land a second serve, with Italy ahead on match point against Poland. A place in the Billie Jean King The stake is the Cup final. So Errani does what she has done many, many times before: she hits a … Read more

Rafael Nadal retires from Davis Cup tennis after Spain loses to Netherlands – Blogging Sole

Rafael Nadal retires from Davis Cup tennis after Spain loses to Netherlands

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MALAGA, Spain — Rafael NadalProfessional tennis career is over, his last match is Defeat 6-4, 6-4 against Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands at the Davis Cup. This defeat, coupled with Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers’ 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) doubles loss to Wesley Koolhof and Van de Zandschulp, saw Spain eliminated from the … Read more