Ben Shelton has risen to become the top-ranked American tennis player, surpassing Taylor Fritz. After a successful 2023, a tennis legend predicts that Shelton will continue to excel in the coming months.
Ben Shelton recently won his second ATP trophy, and former world number one Jimmy Connors believes he is ascending to a new level. Shelton, of course, already ascended last year with some impressive performances, especially in the season's final few months.
Rafael Nadal could make his physical issues even worse if he returns to the sport while he is still hurt, according to Jimmy Connors. The Spanish legend has been trying desperately to get himself fit for the clay court season.
Carlos Alcaraz has had a very rough start to the 2024 season. He first lost to Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinal of the Australian Open and then went
Mirra Andreeva unexpectedly found herself in the "Battle of Sexes" match at the 2023 Négométal Open de Bourg-de-Péage. In 1970s, the term "Battle of the Sexes" was very popular, when Bobby Riggs took on Margaret Court, who he beat 6-2, 6-1, before losing to Billie Jean King 4-6, 3-6, 3-6.
The former coach of Novak Djokovic, Nikola Pilic, considers the singles titles record of Jimmy Connors insignificant and not comparable to Djokovic's. There are some interesting things in sport that can make a lot of sense but still be dismissed.
By winning the Paris Masters and ATP Finals, Novak Djokovic got closer to Jimmy Connors in the most titles won, and it's a record he wants to break. Novak Djokovic holds many tennis records, but he'd like to get more.
Novak Djokovic signed off the 2023 ATP tennis season by bagging the ATP Finals for a record seventh time last Sunday, which, incidentally, was his seventh title of 2023.
Jimmy Connors holds the record for most singles trophies with 109, but Djokovic is slowly threatening to overtake him. While the journey is still long, Djokovic is slowly coming up on that number as he currently sits at 97 with a chance to win number 98 this week at the ATP Finals.
Novak Djokovic narrowed the lead to the top two on the leaderboard for the most ATP titles in the Open Era. Djokovic beat Grigor Dimitrov for the umpteenth time in Sunday's final at the Paris Masters to win the 97th ATP title of his illustrious career.
Jimmy Connors shared his thoughts about the complicated coaching partnership between players and their parents in light of Ben Shelton 's current situation.
Holger Rune played his first ATP event with Boris Becker on the sidelines coaching him, and former player Jimmy Connors was fascinated by it. It was a really interesting event for Holger Rune as he won a couple of matches, which is good for him.
Jimmy Connors spoke about Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios recently, pointing out the differences between the two players. In the past, we saw one meaningful showdown between Kyrgios and Djokovic as the Serbian bested Kyrgios in the 2022 Wimbledon final.
Former legendary player Jimmy Connors explained how and why Carlos Alcaraz matters to the ATP Tour and its tennis product. Sports are fun and exciting and great and all of that jazz; however, they are mostly a business.
Former legendary player Jimmy Connors and ATP 's No. 1 warned Carlos Alcaraz about being obsessed with Novak Djokovic because there are other players as well.
Former ATP number 1 Jimmy Connors proclaimed Novak Djokovic as the superior member of the tennis Big 3. In his recent podcast, Advantage Connors, the eight-time
Former legendary player Jimmy Connors talked about Carlos Alcaraz 's meteoric rise on the latest episode of his podcast. Connors has been quite impressed with Alcaraz for a while seeing the same kind of burning passion he saw in himself for much of his career.
Former legendary player Jimmy Connors could see Carlos Alcaraz win up to 15 Grand Slams in his career if he keeps doing what he's been doing so far. Alcaraz recently won his second Grand Slam trophy at Wimbledon by beating Novak Djokovic in the final which proved that he's much more than a one-hit wonder.
Former legendary player Jimmy Connors analyzed the Novak Djokovic - Carlos Alcaraz match at Roland Garros recently. The American was an excellent former player that carved out a great career for himself.
Former player Jimmy Connors believes that Novak Djokovic has been prevented from extending his legacy in the past couple of years. The last few years have been quite tumultuous for Novak Djokovic as he saw quite a few things happen to him.
Former player Jimmy Connors has high hopes for Sabalenka after she won her maiden Grand Slam trophy recently. Aryna Sabalenka made a breakthrough recently at the Australian Open putting together some great matches and finishing the event with the trophy.
The likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner will be the next big thing in tennis once the era of the big three ends according to Jimmy Connors.
Rogers was down 2-5 in the third set and rallied to send it to a tiebreaker, which she won.
15 men's tennis players have won five or Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era. Can you name them all?
In his new memoir, "The Outsider," tennis legend Jimmy Connors implies that he got fellow tennis superstar Chris Evert pregnant in 1974.
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