The King of Clay is back and looked stronger than expected yesterday taking out Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the 2nd round of the ATP Barcelona Open. Playing his first real match in over three months, Rafael Nadal enjoyed his time on the court. In the end it was a rather easy win in a match that only last 1 hour and 25 minutes. After the match Rafa commented: “I have come back from challenges a lot of times in my career; it’s true that it gets more difficult when you are at an advanced age.” Today he …
Stefan Jonsson
Stefan Jonsson
Stefan is a writer at Tennisnerd since 2023 and keep the readers updated on new events, betting tips and general tennis news.
We’ll be visiting the 2024 Italian Open and below we share our best tips for anyone going to the popular Masters 1000 tournament in Rome this May. Italian Open is the third Masters 1000 event of the clay season, following Monte Carlo and Madrid. About the Tournament The ATP Rome event features a lot of entertainment and is considered one of the more glamorous locations on the ATP Tour. It’s one of three Masters 1000 tournaments being played on clay courts and also part of Women’s WTA 1000Â tour. The Italian Open is held at the Foro Italico tennis center with …
Sunday 14th April and time for the final of the 2024 Monte Carlo Masters between Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas. The time of the final is 15.00 CET (14.00 UK time) and current odds are Ruud at 2.20 | +120 and Tsitsipas favorite at 1.67 | -150. It feels strange not seeing Sinner in the final as we expected that, however he was beaten by a much in-form Tsitsipas that impressed in the semi-final. Not sure how much the injury to Sinners leg affected the outcome in the end. Many was also expecting Djokovic in today’s match, but Casper Ruud …
The two top ranked players in the world are in action today, where Novak Djokovic faces Casper Ruud and Jannik Sinner takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas. With only four players left in the 2024 Monte Carlo Masters, let’s take a look at todays games and our predictions of who will meet in the final on Sunday. Sinner vs Tsitsipas Jannik Sinner had to be on top of his game yesterday when he finally defeated Holger Rune 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 in the quarter-finals. Rune saved two match points in the 2nd set, went on to win the set and gave the Italian …
We’re into the quarter-finals of the ATP Monte Carlo 2024 and on the last matchup of the day, Casper Ruud takes on Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a match with two in-form players, and where the Norwegian is a clear betting favorite. Before that we’ll have some exciting matchups with Djokovic vs De Minaur, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Karen Khachanov and Sinner with a good challenge in Holger Rune. Humbert vs Ruud 14th seed Ugo Humbert is probably having the best season of his career and his stats on hard-courts so far are amazing, with two titles already. Now, it seems he …
Round 2 of the ATP Monte Carlo event and a lot of interesting match-ups. Following the news that Carlos Alcaraz is out, Sinner is the big odds favorite at the tennis sportsbooks. First of all he must overcome American Sebastian Korda, that actually won their most recent match back in Adelaide last year. Later in the day we also have a striking hot Indian player in Sumit Nagal, taking on Holger Rune, following his first round win over Matteo Arnoldi. Sebastian Korda vs Jannik Sinner Sinner has moved up to no 2 in the world rankings and if he continue …
The Madrid Open is one of the main clay court tennis tournaments in the world and a great tournament to visit. Played in April-May, between the Monte-Carlo and the Rome events, you can expect nice weather and a great atmosphere in the Spanish capital! Below we’re looking at some tips when visiting the Madrid Open tennis event which should help in your planning. About the Tournament Also known as Masters de Madrid, this tournament changed from hard court to clay in 2009 and is staged at the Caja Magica. It’s a relatively new tournament, compared to for example the French …
Day 2 of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters are soon starting and we’re looking at some good betting odds and predictions for two of the matches coming up. Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Luca Nardi and Laslo Djere vs Stefanos Tsitsipas. Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Luca Nardi Canadian Auger-Aliassime is favorite here but it’s actually his first match on clay this season and he’s up against a player that we know can surprise even top names. Also to mention, clay is not Auger-Aliassime’s best surface at the moment and he’s still looking for his best form from some years ago when he won …
Italian Lorenzo Musetti is taking on world no 13 Taylor Fritz on the first day of the 2024 Monte Carlo Masters in an interesting match. American Taylor Fritz had a decent start to the season, went out against Novak in the AO quarterfinals and got the trophy at the Delray Beach Open. After that his results has been a bit mixed and he had a quick exit from the Miami Open. Musetti, likewise, had had a rocky season and after some good performances in Miami, many thought he was back in form but a straight-set exit to Nuno Borges in …
Let’s look at some of the biggest tennis stadiums in the world with very high seating capacity. Of course, everything is bigger in America so the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York will hold first place. When it comes to listing the biggest stadiums, it’s not really a straightforward process. Some stadiums do have bigger capacity, but usually for other sports or events. When it’s converted to a tennis event, usually the seating capacity goes down, as tennis is not really suited for huge arenas and spectators watching from far away. So below list should be looked at more like …