Tennis: Davis Cup

Miami Open tournament director and former Top 10 player James Blake was fined $56250 for violating tennis's rules about betting sponsorship, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Wednesday. The London-based ITIA said the violation was unintentional and Blake "co-operated fully with the investigation and did not contest the charge." If…

A former tennis pro has been levied a hefty fine for violating betting sponsorship rules. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has fined former 10 top ATP player James Blake $56250 for violating the sport's betting sponsorship guidelines. Blake, who serves as the Miami Open's tournament director, unintentionally violated the betting…

earned a reputation as one of tennis' top sportsmen.Today, Blake was fined $56250 for breaching tennis' betting sponsorship rules.The International Tennis Integrity Agency "accepted that [Blake's] violation was unintentional" and fined Blake $56250 with a further suspended fine of $131250 and a suspended ban of 18 months.Former world No. 4 Blake…

LONDON -- Miami Open tournament director and former top 10 player James Blake was fined $56250 for violating tennis' rules about betting sponsorship, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Wednesday. The London-based ITIA said the violation was unintentional and Blake "cooperated fully with the investigation and did not contest the…

17 out of 28 players in the main draw of the ATP Dallas Open are American, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that we're getting plenty of clashes between two representatives of the United States. In one of these, veteran Steve Johnson takes on fifth seed Christopher Eubanks. We also have predictions for the rest of Tuesday's matches in a separate…

Tennis. United Cup. Group stage Cameron Norrie vs Alex de Minaur Australia 29.12.2023 12:00 Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,80 Bet TypeTotal Under 22.5 Bookmaker Bet Now! Great Britain and Australia will meet in the first round of the United Cup group stage. Cameron Norrie, the world No. 18 and Alex De Minaur, No. 12 in the ATP rankings,…

The International Tennis Integrity Agency is an organization that oversees matters that deal with the ethics of the sport. Additionally, they are also a regulatory body that oversees the integrity of the sport. They were established after the Tennis Integrity Unit required an upgrade. In a recent turn of events, they found their hands full as they…

After spending a few years at the start of his professional career driving to tournaments around Europe in a Ford Transit van, the 28-year-old from the Isle of Man has finally reached his planned destination. On Tuesday, he secured a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-5) win against Switzerland's Marc-Andrea Huesler at the Sofia Open. Two months short of his 29th…

Tournament: Davis Cup Finals 2023 Fixture: Italy vs Australia Date: November 26, 2023 Timing: 4 pm local time, 10 am ET, 8: 30 pm IST, 3 pm GMT Round: Final Venue: Martin Carpena Arena, Malaga, Spain Surface: Indoor hardcourt Italy will take on Australia in the Davis Cup Final on Sunday. The Italians were drawn alongside Canada, Sweden, and Chile…

Tournament: Davis Cup Finals 2023 Fixture: Serbia vs Italy Date: November 25, 2023 Timing: 12 noon local time, 6 am ET, 4:30 pm IST, 11 am GMT Round: Semifinal Venue: Martin Carpena Arena, Malaga, Spain Surface: Indoor hardcourt Serbia will take on Italy in the semifinals of the 2023 Davis Cup on Saturday, November 25. The Serbian team got the…

The Davis Cup is one of the biggest international tennis events in the world. The 2023 Davis Cup Finals has been ongoing since early September with the top 16 teams in the world playing for the chance to win the prestigious tournament. The top two teams from the four groups of four countries advanced to the quarter-final stage, which began earlier…

MALAGA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Last year's runners-up Australia powered into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup with a battling 2-1 win over three-times champions Czech Republic that set up a showdown with this year's surprise package Finland. Australia's doubles pair of Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell secured their team's progress with a 6-4 7-5 victory…

Australia's Matt Ebden (L) and Max Purcell (R) earned a vital Davis Cup win despite the team's loss. (EPA PHOTO) Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis have both succumbed in the dramatic'tennis Ashes' as an inspired British team swept to victory in their Davis Cup Finals group stage clash. But the Australians were belatedly indebted to a crucial…

Having won three of the four Grand Slams to take his tally to 24, with only an epic final defeat by Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon denying him a clean sweep, Djokovic continued his stellar 2023 by winning a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title in Turin on Sunday. The world No1 now turns his focus to a quarter-final tie against Great Britain on…

Tournament:Davis Cup Finals 2023 Round: Quarterfinal Venue: Martin Carpena Arena, Malaga, Spain Surface: Indoor hardcourt Canada will take on Finland in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup in Malaga. The Canadians won the tournament last year, and thus, qualified directly for the finals. Here, they were drawn in Group A alongside Italy, Sweden, and…

The Davis Cup Finals are upon us, and the best eight teams in the world will be competing to take the trophy Canada won in 2022. There will be excitement aplenty at the best and further afield for this showpiece tennis team tournament. Holders Canada will be looking to keep the trophy once again, but with some of the best players in the world…

The Davis Cup field has been whittled down to eight with this week's knockout stage set to determine this year's champions. As the name suggests, it's straight knockout from here with the quarter-finals starting on Tuesday and finishing on Thursday. The semis are played across Friday and Saturday with the winners crowned after Sunday's final. The…

Murray, 36, reappointed Lendl - who helped guide the Briton to his three major titles - again last year. But the pair have mutually agreed to part ways before the Scot builds up towards the 2024 season. "Ivan has been by my side at the biggest moments in my career and I can't thank him enough for all that he's helped me achieve," Murray said. "He's…

Former ATP player and coach Wally Masur has lauded Novak Djokovic for having a "siege mentality" where he gets better the more he is pushed by opponents. Masur, a former world No 15, also asserted that there is "no question" the Serbian legend is "statistically" the greatest player of all time and feels he has no holes in his game. Djokovic…

News of the appointment was broken via a press release from the French Tennis Federation In a surprising turn of events for French tennis, Sébastien Grosjean, captain of the France Davis Cup team for four years, is leaving his post to become the personal coach of Arthur Fils, the recent finalist of the Antwerp tournament. He replaces Laurent…

Young female tennis stars are bombarded with death threats from gamblers who lose money betting on them, Judy Murray has warned. The mother of two-time Wimbledon champion Andy, Mrs Murray said'destructive' social media gives gamblers who have lost money an opportunity to directly abuse tennis players. The tennis coach, 64, said: 'I know that when I…

Stan Wawrinka has hit out at the International Tennis Federation after a viral video on social media highlighted the low bounce on a hard-court surface. The courts at the Futures Tournament in Albuquerque were slammed by players for being'unplayable'. British rising star Finn Bass scathed about the ITA on social media platform X, alleging that…

1pt win Tallon Griekspoor in the Astana Open at 8/1 (General) 1pt e.w. Adrian Mannarino in the Astana Open at 16/1 (BetVictor) 0.5pt e.w. Marton Fucsovics in the Astana Open at 20/1 (BetVictor, Unibet, BetUK) Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard) The Astana Open, which gets under way on Wednesday, has a strange history. Hastily created in 2020 as a…

Andy Murray will face a tough test against Aslan Karatsev in the Zhuhai Championships on Saturday. The three-time Grand Slam winner overcame Ye Cong Mo on Thursday to make the last 16 of the competition, with the Scotsman arriving in China shortly after he helped Great Britain make the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. Opponent Karatsev beat Matteo…

1pt e.w. Emil Ruusuvuori in the Chengdu Open at 16/1 (BetVictor, Unibet, BetUK) 1pt e.w. Christopher O'Connell in the Chengdu Open at 33/1 (Unibet) 0.5pt e.w. Aslan Karatsev in the Zhuhai Championships at 20/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes) 0.5pt e.w. Rinky Hijikata in the Zhuhai Championships at 33/1 (William Hill) 0.5pt e.w. Diego Schwartzman in the Zhuhai…

The Davis Cup Finals Group Stage have seen a major upset, with Finland knocking out 32-time champions USA to reach the quarter-finals for the first time. Finnish No.1 Emil Ruusuvuori got the deciding victory to send his country into the knockout stages, beating Australian Open semi-finalist Tommy Paul, 7-6(5) 6-4. Ruusuvuori spoke about what this…

Italy was blown away by the defending champion Canada in the opening round of Group A of the Davis Cup Finals Group stages at home in Bologna and now will have to bounce back against Chile who beat Sweden 3-0 in the first round. Things will be heated up in this matchup as both countries are known as big fighters. Italy will be under pressure in…

The Davis Cup has a 124-year history of putting on good spectacles, and this year will be no different. We are about to see one of the season's finest matches, which will determine the finalists. Last year, Canada and Australia reached the final. This time, a new champion is expected, but first the eight finalists must be chosen. Many people are…

The defending champions Canada is starting their Davis Cup season against Italy who is hosting the Group A of the Davis Cup Finals Group stages in Bologna. Both teams will miss their best players in the lineups, which makes this matchup difficult to predict. However, here you can find all our tennis predictions and tips. Italy will play in front of…

Unfortunately, we will be missing the world's number two young player, Carlos Alcaraz. The Spanish tennis player opted to listen to his coaches and will not compete in the Davis Cup group stage in order to rest. Nonetheless, Spain remains a formidable opponent for the other teams in Group C. The Czech Republic and Spain have always been evenly…

Two Davis Cup forces will face off in the opening round of Group B of the Davis Cup Finals Group stages in Manchester. Despite being their first match of the week, this one may determine which team will find its way to the Final 8 tournament in Malaga. Both teams are among the most successful in the Davis Cup history and their matchup is really…

Group B will feature some intriguing matchups, with France and Switzerland vying for the first points to grab the lead on matchday one. This game is set to begin at 13:00 on Tuesday, September 12 in Manchester. Let's take a look at Cup Davis analysis and the top tennis predictions for the day. France leads the series 10 wins to 3 for Switzerland.…

Rafael Nadal announced in May that he was making the difficult decision to step back from tennis as he rehabilitated his hip from an injury stemming back to January during the Australian Open. He underwent surgery at the beginning of June. The Spaniard favorite is noticeably missing from the US Open, but recent reports suggest he may make his…

Fixture: (5) Jiri Lehecka vs (6) Sebastian Baez Date: August 26, 2023 Tournament:Winston-Salem Open 2023 Round: Final Venue: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States Surface: Hard Prize money: $760930 Live telecast Jiri Lehecka and Sebastian Baez will square off in the final of the 2023 Winston-Salem Open on Saturday. After a first-round bye,…

HAVING to retire aged just 26 would cause many tennis stars to go off the rails. But this former Wimbledon semi-finalist has gone on to thrive since being forced to hang up his racket. After reaching a career high of No7 in the world aged just 22, he would have dreamed of going on to conquer the sport. But due to recurring mononucleosis, he had to…

His only previous trip to Germany had been nine years earlier, when he helped Great Britain win ice hockey gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He had met Adolf Hitler on that trip. This time he did not. Dailley arrived in the German capital three days after the Fuhrer had killed himself, and with World War Two coming to an end. There, he bumped into…

Australia's battling tennis men have defied the odds, with a makeshift doubles pairing steering them to victory over Croatia and into their first Davis Cup final in 19 years on a nerve-shredding evening in Spain.

VERO BEACH - Every career needs a starting point. Tennis is no different. While tennis fans relish watching teenage phenoms such as world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 7 Holger Rune win prestigious tournaments, there are thousands of kids their age looking for that first precious ATP ranking point so that they could begin the long, arduous climb up…

World number 60 Marc-Andrea Huesler will face the 508th-ranked Kyle Edmund in the first round of the 2023 ATP Munich Open on Monday, April 17. Get the predictions and odds of this Marc-Andrea Huesler v Kyle Edmund match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to Bet on the 2023 ATP Munich Open live online? For tennis fans in…

Opening round action continues on Day 2 of the ATP 250 clay-court event in Banja Luka on Tuesday. This is the inaugural edition of the tournament in Bosnia & Herzegovina, which is being held in place of the Serbia Open this year. We also predict the rest of the day's matches in a separate article. Who do you think will win? Safiullin has won just…

More than a few of Irish sport's great days have been against-the-odds stories written in distant corners of the globe and the country's Davis Cup team will look to add another chapter to that book in Peru in the coming days. Secure a win against their hosts at the Estadio Asia in their World Group I playoff tie and it will propel the team to a…

One of many highlights of Bob Bryan's time as half of a record-breaking men's doubles duo was helping the United States claim the 2007 Davis Cup - the last time the country won the competition. Now Bryan will try to end that drought from the sideline. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Bryan's appointment as Davis Cup captain, replacing Mardy…

One of many highlights of Bob Bryan's time as half of a record-breaking men's doubles duo was helping the United States claim the 2007 Davis Cup -- the last time the country won the competition. Now Bryan will try to end that drought from the sideline. The U.S. Tennis Association on Monday announced Bryan's appointment as Davis Cup captain,…

In men's tennis, you likely know who to bet on in drawn-out baseline rallies and who to bet on at the net. But how about in serve and volley? Stumped? There's a good reason: it's a style virtually no one excels at. Except Maxime Cressy, that is. Previously practiced by many, the serve-and-volley game crops up once in a blue moon. It isn't…

After an impressive comeback title from Carlos Alcaraz in Buenos Aires, the Golden Swing moves on to the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, where the Spaniard will be the one to beat again. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will win on Monday? Head-to-head: first meeting Two veterans in very different spots…

Three singles matches kick off main draw action at the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille. Alexander Bublik will try to seek his first win of the year, while Benjamin Bonzi takes on Luca van Assche in an all-French clash. Meanwhile, Stan Wawrinka tries to follow up his good run in Rotterdam. Who do you think will come out on…

Marc-Andrea Huesler beat World No.14 Pablo Carreno Busta in the second round and will be full of confidence here. I am backing the left hander to turn the tables and get his first win against Kamil Majchrzak. Kamil Majchrzak vs Marc-Andrea Huesler Predictions Head to Head Kamil Majchrzak Stats Kamil Majchrzak Form Marc-Andrea Huesler…

United States Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish and coach Bob Bryan have been hit with fines and suspended bans after they breached the International Tennis Integrity Agency's (ITIA) betting sponsorship rules. Former world No 7 Fish and former men's doubles world No 1 and 23-time Grand Slam doubles champion Bryan promoted a gambling operator on social…

Betting firms have emerged as leading sponsors of tennis media. U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish and coach Bob Bryan will pay a price for their gaming promotion. Fish and Bob Bryan have both been fined $10000 and issued with suspended bans of four months after admitting the promotion of a gaming operator on social media. Both Fish and Bob Bryan…