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The first racket of the world, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, spoke about the upcoming meeting with the Italian athlete Lorenzo Musetti (24th in the ATP ranking) in the third round of the Masters series clay tournament in Monte Carlo (Monaco). Djokovic stressed that he is not afraid of meeting with the Italian player after defeats by Italians Jannik Sinner and Luca Nardi.

“I’m not afraid of anyone or anything. I really hope that I can play with Lorenzo again and have another match here. Obviously Lorenzo is one of the most talented players on clay and has a great backhand. He's very athletic. Musetti is one of the most promising young tennis players not only in Italy but in the world,” Djokovic said at a press conference.

Let us remind you that in the second round of the tournament in Monte Carlo, Djokovic beat Russian tennis player Roman Safiullin. The meeting ended with a score of 6:1, 6:2 in favor of the Serbian tennis player.<br><br>from: Championat.com

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I'm not afraid of anyone

Tennis

World number three Jannik Sinner beat world number 16 American Ben Shelton and reached the quarterfinals of the Masters tennis tournament in Indian Wells.

Thus, Sinner repeated the start of the season of Novak Djokovic (2023) and Andre Agassi (1995) to reach 15 victories in a row. The Italian won seven victories at the Australian Open 2024 in Melbourne, five in the ATP-500 tournament in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and three in Indian Wells.

In the next round, Sinner will play against the 32nd racket of the world, the Czech Jiri Legecka, who beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1/8 finals.

The Masters category tournament in Indian Wells runs from March 6 to 17, and the prize fund of the competition is $8,995,555. Last year's winner was Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final with a score of 6:3, 6:2.

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Repeated Djokovic's season start

The first racket of the world, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, attended the match of the Inter Miami football club with his son Stefan.

The MLS match, in which Inter Miami met with Los Angeles Galaxy, took place today, February 26, at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in Los Angeles (USA). The meeting between the teams ended in a draw with a score of 1:1. Argentine striker Lionel Messi scored a goal for Inter Miami.

Let us remind you that the next tournament for which Djokovic is registered will be held in Indian Wells from March 6 to 17. Later, the Serbian tennis player plans to compete at another Masters tournament in Miami, which will be held from March 20 to 31. Earlier this season, Djokovic failed to defend his Australian Open title.

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Djokovic and his son support Inter Miami

Lacoste CEO Thierry Guibert criticized Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas from the ATP Final Championship and praised Italian Jannik Sinner, who reached the playoffs of the tournament.

“Hats off to Jannik Sinner for his victory. Despite Tsitsipas’ dishonest behavior, he showed everyone why he is a future champion and a real person,” Guibert wrote on his social media page.

Let us remind you that Tsitsipas was criticized after he entered the match with the representative of Denmark Holger Rune at the Final, but withdrew after the third game played. Because of this, the company's client, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, might not have made it to the playoffs if he had lost to Runa in the match that took place the day before.

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The head of Lacoste criticized Tsitsipas for being removed from the Final, calling his behavior dishonest

Former second racket of the world, two-time finalist of Roland Garros, Spanish tennis player Alex Corretja spoke about the performances of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz this season.

“Alcaraz has had an incredible season. He adapted well, played well on any surface, which is not so easy at his age. He won his first major on hard court, and then became the best on grass at Wimbledon. He broke down every barrier he faced.

Next year is sure to be a tremendous one for Alcaraz. Let's see what happens. The ATP Finals could give him a further sense of having accomplished something bigger in 2023. If he doesn't do well in this tournament, it will still be a great season. But a victory in the final of the Final Championship will make the season perfect, 10 out of 10. Otherwise it will be 9.75 out of 10,” Eurosport quotes Corretja as saying.

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Alcaraz's victory in the final of the ATP Final Championship will make his season perfect

The seventh racket of the world, Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner, spoke about his victory at the ATP-500 tournament in Beijing (China).

“I’m very happy with the way I trained after the US Open. Fans don't see it, but it's an important process. Long days between the court and the gym. I only feel good if I'm completely exhausted by the end of the workout. This means that everything went according to plan. Winning a tournament does not change your life, but it confirms the value of the work done,” the ATP press service quotes Sinner as saying.

Let us remind you that in the final match of the Chinese Open, Sinner beat the US Open 2021 champion, the third racket of the world, Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev. The meeting lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes and ended with the score 7:6 (7:2), 7:6 (7:2) in favor of the Italian.

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Sinner: winning the tournament does not change your life, but it confirms the value of the work done

In mid-August, Danya unexpectedly lost to Alexander Zverev at the 1/8 stage of the Masters in Cincinnati. All the losers immediately flew away, Djokovic and Alcaraz fought in the final, and Medvedev reserved a separate court for himself until the end of the tournament.

“Every day until the end of the tournament he practiced his serve. I submitted just an incredible number of times,” wrote a viewer of that “Masters” on the Reddit website.

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A fan spied on Medvedev and revealed the secret of reaching the final at the US Open

23-time Grand Slam champion, world No. 2 Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic met with Inter Miami footballer and Argentina national team Lionel Messi and co-owner of the American club Jorge Mas in the USA.

“What a night,” Mas wrote under a joint photo with athletes on his social media page. Recall that Djokovic became the winner of the Masters series hard tournament in Cincinnati (USA) and is now preparing for the US Open. In the first round match of the US Open, Djokovic will play with French representative Alexander Muller. The US Open 2023 men's tournament will be held from August 28 to September 10 in New York. The current winner of the competition is the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz.

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Novak Djokovic met with Lionel Messi in the USA

No, now there will be no story about how a tennis player fought an annoying bee, it will be cooler!

A tennis player wrestled with a cheerleader who made a buzzing bee🐝

At a tournament in Cincinnati, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas complained about the behavior of a cheerleader who was behind him. During one of his innings, he could not stand it and stopped the match. The Greek asked the referee to remove a woman from the court who imitated the buzzing of a bee, and thereby knocked him off the pitch🎾

Everything was resolved peacefully and the fan apologized, but what was that?!

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TENNIS PLAYER VS BEES  

Carlos Alcaraz shared his emotions from the victory at Wimbledon.

He beat Novak Djokovic in the final – 1:6, 7:6(6), 6:1, 3:6, 6:4.

– Many people talk about the change of generations, about new heroes. How important was it for you to beat Novak at the peak of his form in such a match?

– To be honest, I did it for myself, not for the tennis generation. It was great. To beat Novak at the peak of his form in such a match, to make history, to become the one who defeated him on this court for the first time in 10 years, is amazing.

I will definitely never forget it. As I said, it's great for the new generation too: after seeing how I beat him, they'll think they're capable of it too.

It's great for me and for other young players.

 – Before the final, you said that this is the most important moment in your life for you, and for Novak, perhaps, just another match. Why was this the most important moment in your life? You are only 20 years old. There are still many, many Grand Slam finals ahead. Why was this such an important moment for you?

– Now is definitely the happiest moment in my life. Maybe in five years everything will change (smiles). I'm 20 years old, I haven't been in these situations that often, so I'm going to enjoy this moment.

To make history like today, yes, this is the happiest moment in my life. I think he will stay like this for a long time.

A victory over Novak, a victory at Wimbledon – this is what I've been dreaming about since I started playing tennis. Therefore, this is the most important moment in my life.

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Carlos Alcaraz - winner of Wimbledon

Like her fellow Czech and twice Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, the French Open runner-up feels her game suits grass

It is a question that comes up again and again. Just what is it about the Czech Republic that enables it to produce so many great players? From Martina Navratilova and Hana Mandlikova, back when it was Czechoslovakia, to Petr Korda, Jana Novotna and more recently Petra Kvitova and Barbora Krejcikova, a conveyor belt of grand slam title winners have hailed from a population of just 10.5 million people.

For Karolina Muchova, the latest Czech to reach a grand slam final, at Roland Garros last month, maybe the only tangible reason for the success is the fact that others have blazed a trail. “Maybe it’s because the younger girls practise with us,” she said on the eve of Wimbledon, where she will be the No 16 seed.&nbsp;

“When I was younger and there was Karolina [Pliskova] and Petra [Kvitova, the two-time Wimbledon champion], I could practise [with them] and I saw that they can do it. I felt like I can do it too.”

Muchova cannot remember what she was doing when Kvitova won her Wimbledon titles, in 2011 and 2014 – “I was probably somewhere in school” – but she shares with Kvitova an affinity for grass, immediately visible in her game, even though she only played on grass for the first time as recently as 2017, in Surbiton. “I immediately loved it, I love the surface and the way everything was working there. You play one volley, you don’t have to play five volleys, like on clay. I loved the surface from the start.”

Mixing serving and volleying with the most deft of drop shots, the 26-year-old Muchova flummoxed her opponents at Roland Garros as she reached her first slam final, beating the world No 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in the semi‑finals and pushing the world No 1, Iga Swiatek, all the way in the final before bowing out 6-4 in the deciding set. Her variety and fighting spirit made her a favourite with the crowds in Paris, just as she has been at Wimbledon, where she has twice reached the quarter-finals, in 2019 and 2021. That variety, she said, came naturally.

“When I rewatch my videos from when I was 10 years old, you would find me there playing drop shots and slices and going to the net,” she said. “I think it was always there. [Ever] since I picked up the racket, I liked to play this way.

“Then when I was older, I looked up to Roger [Federer] and players like this, playing this aggressive, attacking style and I saw myself in that a little bit, in the way I would like to play the game. That helped and I tried to play some similar shots and I just enjoy the game to play it this way.”

Having battled a series of injuries throughout her career, Muchova left Paris upbeat after an “amazing two weeks”. “I’m very, very happy for the result and the experience I got. I have great matches under the belt, it helps the confidence too.”

She also proved to herself that she could compete at the back end of a grand slam. “For sure, I proved to myself I can even get the win, hopefully in the future,” she said.

“I don’t want to talk about the future much but I had great matches against very good opponents. I felt like I was very close [in the final]. So I proved to myself that I can do good, I can play the best. It’s very motivational for me. The loss [in the final] is the only one [disappointing] thing, but overall, super, super great experience and I’m really happy for it.”

Muchova did not play a warm-up event on grass and will be wary of her first-round opponent Jule Niemeier, a German who reached the quarter-finals last year. Expectations, too, will be higher this time, thanks to Paris, but she said she feels mentally rested and while she is not putting any extra pressure on herself to do well at Wimbledon, like all top players, the idea of going far does not faze her.

“I’m honestly really, really glad that I got back to the level where I was, three years back, to be seeded,” she said. “I’m just trying to enjoy that because I had some struggles in the past.

“It’s not a big pressure for now, but somewhere inside myself, I know that I always put a little pressure in there and I actually would say that I compete better under pressure.”

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Karolina Muchova: ‘I looked up to Federer – I saw myself in that attacking style’

Carlos Alcaraz&nbsp;replaced&nbsp;Novak Djokovic&nbsp;at No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, meaning the 20-year-old Spaniard is expected to have the top seeding&nbsp;at Wimbledon.&nbsp;&nbsp;