Daniil Medvedev returned to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, ahead of Alexander Zverev, with Novak Djokovic slipping out of the top two for the first time in nearly four years. The 26-year-old Russian, who was surprisingly beaten by Tim van Rijthoven in the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday, briefly occupied the No. … Read more
Tennis’ oldest Grand Slam, Wimbledon will give away record prize money at this year’s event, with the two singles champions taking home 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) each, the organizers confirmed Thursday. The total prize money of 40.35 million pounds represents an 11.1% increase on last year’s Championships, where capacity at the southwest London venue … Read more
World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the French Open in the fourth round Monday as women’s top seed Iga Swiatek took her winning streak to 32 matches after surviving a huge scare. US Open champion Medvedev was beaten by 20th seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in just 1hr … Read more