Aryna Sabalenka defeats Coco Gauff to win record-equaling Madrid Open title

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  World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka won a record-equaling Madrid Open title on Saturday, defeating the USA’s Coco Gauff 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the final. With the win, Sabalenka equaled Petra Kvitova’s record three titles in Madrid, and secured her 20th career title. It also further consolidated her spot as world No. 1, following a dominant start to the … Read more

Djokovic, who wasn’t named in the suit despite co-founding the PTPA, admitted that he agrees and disagrees with parts of the legal action.

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Last week, French sports outlet L’Équipe reported that the top-20-ranked male and female players cosigned a letter to organizers of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open requesting a “substantial increase” in prize money. Qinweng Zheng, the women’s singles gold medalist at last year’s Paris Olympics, called the letter a “really positive” step for … Read more

Tennis great Stan Smith laments the sport battling ‘a lot of the same issues we had back 50 years ago’ following PTPA lawsuit

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  Former world No. 1 Stan Smith tells CNN Sports it is “unfortunate” that tennis seems to be experiencing “a lot of the same issues we had back 50 years ago.” His comments come after the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA), the tennis players’ association co-founded by Novak Djokovic, filed multiple lawsuits around the world against the sport’s tours and … Read more