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The players have been lobbying for a greater share of the money made by those organising the grand slam championships since last year's French Open when a delegation, including Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, urged executives from all four tournaments to increase their prize funds to 22% of revenue by 2030, which would be in line with ATP and WTA Tour events.

No. 71-ranked Catherine McNally will take on No. 459 Tereza Martincova in the J&T Banka Ostrava Open Round of 16 on Tuesday, February 3. McNally is getting -325 odds to defeat Martincova (+240). J&T Banka Ostrava Open Info Tournament: The J&T Banka Ostrava Open Round: Round of 16 Date: Tuesday, February 3 Venue: Ostravar Arena Location: Ostrava, Czechia Court Surface: Hard Catherine McNally vs. Tereza Martincova Prediction & Odds

There are two ways to look at this. Either Alex de Minaur is not good enough to beat Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, for that matter or the world's top two players are in a class of their own. Sadly, for Australia's top-ranked player, both things are true. De Minaur's 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 quarter-final defeat by Alcaraz on a hot, breezy evening at the Australian Open on Tuesday was a humbling experience.

I've had to make the difficult decision to withdraw to address something my body needs attention for after my last match,

I think I started really well and Ashlyn started a little bit slow,

Alexander Bublik, the resident eccentric of professional men's tennis, has the lyrics to two different Eminem songs tattooed on his arm. Doubles specialists, he's said, aren't "real athletes," though Bublik himself reached the doubles final of the 2021 French Open. The 28-year-old Kazakh has quoted Kung Fu Panda to cast doubt on Jannik Sinner's doping status, and called the tennis exhibited by greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal "boring."

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On a cool Wednesday afternoon before the US Open last year, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev were busy fine-tuning their games in an intense practice set at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison, semi-finalists in the mixed doubles tournament, were scheduled to take their place at the hour and the American pair duly arrived a couple of minutes before their allotted slot.

Three-time Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev has warmed up for an assault on this year's opening Grand Slam in perfect fashion by winning the Brisbane International final. The Russian world number 13 was too strong for American Brandon Nakashima on Sunday and ran out a 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) winner in 96 minutes at Pat Rafter Arena for his 22nd ATP Tour title.

A lot can change in a year on the tennis tour. Around this time in 2024, Naomi Osaka was 57th in the world, still looking for traction following her return from maternity leave. Belinda Bencic was 487th, just getting started on her own comeback. Eighteen-year-old Victoria Mboko was 336th and only beginning to embark on a high-level professional pursuit. Now they're 16th, 11th and 18th in the world, respectively. Amanda Anisimova jumped from 36th to fourth.

Over the next 12 months the capital will host a vast range of sporting events, truly living up to its rep as the planet's greatest city for sport. Those events will include notable firsts, like Wembley hosting its first ever college American football game) and the inaugural rugby union Nations Championship finals, plus important returns, such as NBA at the O2 and tennis' Laver Cup. In September London will become the first city to have ever hosted the Laver twice.

Samba likes to start off his projects with poetry, translating emotion onto the page before raising his camera. Each of the tennis players captured in the film is depicted like a statue, with a raise of a racket featured as a nod to New York's Lady Liberty. The outlines of moving figures are caught in silhouettes, carrying architectural visual language. Samba says: "The intention with the silhouettes in the piece was to mirror New York itself, half in light, half in shadow."

I'm just so settled, she says. I've barely been in the UK this year because I've been competing so much, but I think just spending really good quality time with my parents has been so nice. I have loved just being in Bromley. It just reminds me of when I was a younger kid and it's the same bedroom, same everything. Bromley has some amazing speciality coffee shops now that didn't exist a few years ago.