Juan Carlos Ferrero has unfollowed Carlos Alcaraz on Instagram.
While playing against Adrian Mannarino in Montpelier, Ugo Humbert suddenly called for a pause in the tiebreak when it was 4-3 to look at something on his phone inside his backpack. After this bizarre delay Humbert did not win another point in the tiebreaker and lost the match.
John McEnroe had a brutal interaction with a fan in Australia at Melbourne Airport which has gone viral on social media. Fan: “Can I get an autograph? How about a photo?” McEnroe: “Stay away from me. Go fuck yourself!”
Bill Gates new favorite player is… Jannik Sinner.
Emma Navarro has switched from Fila attire to Free People’s Movement. She also signed a one year footwear deal with Asics. Navarro now joins Danielle Collins, Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin who also wear FP Movement.
Marinko Matosevic, former ATP top 40 player and current coach of Chris O’Connell and Jordan Thompson is under investigation about a blood transfusion eight years ago. But he’s not pulling any punches about the controversy as he mentioned a top player is using 5-7 therapeutic use exemption to use questionable performance enhancing drugs: “With the players and lawyers I’ve spoken to, [the ITIA] have a budget of around $20 million and they have used it. They have flown out to Oceania on two separate occasions in business class to interview a player about a bogus charge [regarding] a player asking for weed after they lost the match.” Much more on the case here link
Marinko Matosevic Biofile interview link
Doha withdrawals so far… Sabalenka (change of schedule); Pegula (change of schedule); Keys (change of schedule); Bencic (illness); Osaka (abdominal); Kostyuk (ankle); Jovic (change of schedule); Kudermetova (inj); Vondrousova (inj); Boisson (leg); Lys (knee); Draw on Friday at 2 pm.
ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi was re-elected until 2028.
Tomas Machac retired up 54 on Arthur Gea in Montpelier. For Machac it is his tenth retirement since Sept 2024.
Most tour level wins after turning age 40 since 1990: Karlovic, 9; Wawrinka, 8; Connors, 8.
I watched the 16 yr old wonderboy Moise Kouame vs Kovacevic in Montpelier and was very impressed. Usually at 16, players have that coltish aura but Kouame seems fully matured already physically, meaning his perfect hard hitting form on both wings is going to absolutely devastating in 2-3 years when he gets even more physically stronger and faster.
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