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Holger Rune produced the shot of the tournament at the 2025 Indian Wells Open, but he jokingly admitted afterwards that there was one disappointing element to it.

Stefanos Tsitsipas was the hot favourite heading into their last-16 match at the ATP Masters 1000 event as he was fresh from winning the ATP 500 Dubai Tennis Championships a fortnight ago.

Rune, meanwhile, came into the Indian Wells event on the back of a bout of food poisoning that saw him withdraw from the Mexican Open.

The Dane was the aggressor in the opening set as he broke twice, including to love in the ninth game, to take a one-set lead.

Tsitsipas looked to work his way back in the second set and was leading 15-40 on Rune’s serve in game eight when the moment of magic was produced.

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After the Greek lobbed him, the 12th seed raced back and produced a hot shot [tweener] that landed just in and evaded his opponent, much to the delight of the fans on Court 1.

It was reminiscent of Roger Federer’s famous tweener against Novak Djokovic at the 2009 US Open, but Rune was first to admit it didn’t quite match that feat.

Asked about his brilliant shot during the post-match press conference, the 21-year-old replied: “I think it felt better on the court, actually, but it also looked good on the phone, definitely.

“I kind of, you know, had the expectation that I looked like Roger Federer when I hit it, and I didn’t quite do that. So that was disappointing, you know. Definitely felt better.”

That piece of brilliance sparked his recovery in that game as he saved two break points and held serve to open a 5-3 lead before eventually serving out the match.

He later added on the Tennis Channel: “That was such an important moment. I saw him hit that lob and I was like, ‘go out, go out, go out! It just clicked on the baseline and I thought, ‘what am I going to do?’ The first instinct was just to hit the tweener.

“I hit it to try to make it, but I didn’t expect it to land in… I hit that shot and it was just unbelievable. I think it’s one of the better tweeners I’ve hit in my life.”

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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 11, 2025

The 6-4, 6-4 victory helped Rune to extend his head-to-head record against Tsitispas to 4-0 and he was asked if there is a saying in the dressing for players who have won three or more matches in a row against the same opponent.

“What people say is that once you beat someone three times in a row you become his dad,” he laughingly answered. “It’s kind of silly to say and hopefully I will try not to make [Tallon] Griekspoor my dad on Thursday.”

Dutchman Griekspoor, who stunned top seed Alexander Zverev in the second round, has a 2-0 record against Rune with wins in Hamburg in 2022 and the 2024 Madrid Open.

The win over world No 9 Tsitsipas was Rune’s first top-10 victory on an outdoor hard court and he could return to the top 10 himself if he enjoys an extended run in Indian Wells.

After reaching a career-high No 4 in 2023, the Dane failed to live up to the expectations last year and slipped to No 17 at one point.

“I have learned my lessons. Things don’t happen without a reason. I think every player deserve to be where they are, so I deserve to be at my ranking. Whoever is at their ranking deserve it because it’s about, you know, making results, but at the same time improving your game and having stability,” he said.

“I think, you know, what I have done much better in this tournament so far is my mentality. Been more consistent there. This also results in, you know, better results and a more consistent game, I would say.

“Because I don’t believe I have become the worse player the last two years. I actually think the opposite. I think I have become a better all-around player.”

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Emma Raducanu has experienced a tough start to 2025 and that is reflected in his current position in the WTA Race list.

While the 2021 US Open champion is at No 55 in the WTA Rankings, she is set to slide down that list when it is updated after losing in her first match at Indian Wells.

After reaching the third round at the WTA 1000 tournament last year, Raducanu will drop ranking points after her 6-3 6-2 defeat to Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima.

She will get a chance to lift her ranking with some wins at the Miami Open later this month, as she missed that tournament last year due to injury.

She will also have the chance to make progress up the rankings during the European clay court season after she opted against playing in qualifying for last year’s French Open to focus her attention on preparations for the grass court season.

Yet the omens are not good for the British No 2, as she has lost six of the nine matches she has played do far this year.

That poor run of form is reflected in her WTA Race ranking, which is focused on results in 2025 rather than the rolling 12-month ranking on the WTA Tour.

Raducanu’s current ranking in the WTA Race is down at No 72 and that will slide further unless she finds a winning run of form.

The bulk of the points still on her WTA Ranking were collected during last year’s grass court season in front of her British fans, as she reached the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open, enjoyed a couple of good wins in Eastbourne and then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.

That run of form on grass saw Raducanu claim 446 ranking points and as she has just over 1,000 on her current record, she will be under pressure to find wins between now and the end of the grass court season to maintain her place in the top 100 of the WTA Rankings.

Raducanu has won just one match since the departure of former coach Nick Cavaday, who stood down for health reasons following the Australian Open in January.

Yet despite that poor run of form, she is upbeat about her prospects after working with Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik in Indian Wells.

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“It is good that I have someone who is very experienced here, and we will see how the work goes and how we get on as well on and off the court and the methods and everything,” she said.

“I am looking forward to seeing how it goes. I think I just need to keep trying to put one foot in front of the other and not look back too much.

“I think I will need to improve starting the point, I could improve being more aggressive and having a better quality of shot going forward into the court more.

“I think I could improve every area of my game, to be honest, after today’s performance.”

Respected broadcaster Marcus Buckland spoke to Tennis365 about Raducanu’s current trajectory in tennis, as he suggested she needs to find the right coach to offer her stability.

“What Raducanu needs to do is find a coach she can have a meaningful relationship with for an extended period of time, at least a couple of years,” added Buckland.

“She needs to find that consistency on court and build some momentum. I think the key for her is to establish a strong team off the court to give her the strength to deal with everything else that comes her way.

“There is a lot of mental scarring from everything that has happened to her since she won the US Open.

“It’s been such a roller-coaster ride, but she has a wonderful game. She can mix it with the best, but does she really believe that?

“Until she starts getting some big wins against the top players, those doubts are going to persist and that’s why she might start to ask why she is putting herself through this.”

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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoyed a rivalry that spanned a couple of decades, with their battles etched into tennis folklore as some of the greatest the sport has ever witnessed.

Federer’s dominance at the top of men’s tennis began when he won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003 and he was an invincible winning machine until Spanish superstar Nadal emerged as his biggest rival.

Nadal consistently beat Federer in the early years of their rivalry, with his brilliance on clay courts proving to be too much for the Swiss maestro to deal with.

The roles were reversed at the back end of their careers, as Federer devoted much of his attention to reshaping his game to repel the threats Nadal was throwing at him.

The end result was a story that saw Federer winning six of their last seven matches, including a memorable clash in the 2017 Australian Open and what proved to be their last meeting in the 2019 Wimbledon semi-finals.

Nadal was asked by former world No 1 Andy Roddick to sum up what version of Federer was the best and it was intriguing to see him select the latter stages of his career.

“When he was playing well, he beat me. Then when I was playing well, I beat him, especially on clay. On hard, it was always much more difficult for me,” said Nadal on the Served with Andy Roddick podcast.

“Then at the end of his career, he made a step forward and he was playing much, much more aggressive.

“For me, 2017 was the best level of his career. You felt that you were in his hands.

“He played very, very aggressive and his serve was so hard to read. For me, it was very difficult to predict what was going on.”

Nadal went on to suggest the respect he had for Federer and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic ensured their rivalry was not converted into animosity off the court.

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While he appeared to have a closer bond with Federer than Djokovic during his career, he hopes a positive example they set with the respect they showed each other.

“We, as rivals, we showed the world that we can be the biggest rivals, but at the same time we can be colleagues,” he added of his battles with Federer and Djokovic.

“I don’t say best friends, but we can have a good personal relationship and I think that shows a positive example to the next generations. I am proud of that.

“In some way, we had a wild rivalry with Roger, Novak and myself, but at the same time didn’t lose the perspective that we were human persons.

“We don’t fight against each other, we respect each other. This helps to show the new generations that you don’t have to hate your opponents. You can respect, you can appreciate your opponent.

“At the end of the day, they are an important part of your life. You don’t need to hate your opponents to give your best. That’s what we showed the world.”

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Rafael Nadal has given his verdict on why tennis fans enjoyed this rivalry with Roger Federer more than his battles with Novak Djokovic.

In an interview with former world No 1 Andy Roddick on his Served podcast, 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal opened up on a wide range of topics as he looked back on his remarkable story in tennis. 

And when it came to the two rivalries that defined his career, Nadal suggested there was a reason why tennis fans around the world were more eager to see him play Roger Federer than they were to see him take on Novak Djokovic.

Nadal, Federer and Djokovic won a remarkable 66 Grand Slam titles between them as they re-write the record books, yet the Spaniard believes there was a reason why his matches with Federer resonated more with a tennis audience.

“With Roger, the rivalry was a little bit more attractive for the fans than with Novak against me,” he declared. 

“Even if I played more times against Novak and we played the same important matches or even more, but with Roger the strategy was more clear.

“He was trying to do one thing, I was trying to do another thing. I was trying to kill his backhand all the time and even if I had the chance to play the shot down the line (to his forehand side), it is only for two reasons. One, I go for the winner or two because I need to put him away from that side to create more space.

“He was trying to avoid that, he was trying to play more aggressive and every time he hit a forehand, I would take a step back. For me, his forehand was the best I played against.

“It was like a chess match. Everyone knows what’s going to happen. Everyone knows what the strategy is going to be.”

When he turned his attention to his matches against Djokovic, Nadal offered some generous words to a rival who will finish ahead of his two great rivals in the race to be known as the most successful male tennis player of all-time.

While Federer and Nadal’s rivalry has turned into a strong friendship between the duo, that has not always been reciprocated with Djokovic.

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Yet Nadal accepted Roddick’s suggestion that the three most prolific winners in men’s tennis drove each other to fresh heights as they rewrote the tennis record books.

“Against Novak, it was a little bit different. We can have a strategy, but I needed to play very well against him,” he stated.

“We don’t play the same style, but it is not a clear strategy against Novak. Against Roger, I damage him with his backhand. Against Novak, I don’t have that feeling.

“So I started to use the slice against him. Sometimes it worked me well. Also, I played more to the middle. Don’t give him a lot of angles.

“In terms of ball control, he is the best I ever played and I ever saw.”

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A key part of Novak Djokovic’s game has been described as “unacceptable” during his shock second-round defeat at the Indian Wells by a well-known coach.

Weeks after he was beaten in straight sets by Matteo Berrettini in the first round of the Qatar Open, Djokovic followed it up with an early from the ATP Masters 1000 event in California.

Facing lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp, the five-time Indian Wells champion would have fancied his chances of beating the Dutchman, but he went down 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

The stats did not make for pretty reading as Djokovic was broken twice in the first set, once in the second and again two times in the decider.

The area where he struggled most was on his serve as he didn’t serve any aces, served four double faults and won only 63% (31/49) of points on his first serve while he was 29% (7/24) on his second serve. He also landed only 67% of his first serves compared to 71% from Van de Zandschulp.

He had some opportunities on return as he had four break points, but converted only two in the second set.

Former Russian world No 20 Dmitry Tursunov – who has coached the likes of Aryna Sabalenka, Anett Kontaveit and Belinda Bencic – says the above figures highlight why Djokovic struggled on the day, adding that 29% of points won on second serve “is unacceptable for the men’s tour”.

“I think everyone understands that Novak is far from his optimal playing form. That’s why the match didn’t go well. What’s striking is probably not a single ace, three double faults are not that critical,” he said on his Telegram channel.

“But the fact that there were no aces on the serve of one of the top tennis players is probably already a small warning sign. 67% of first serve hits is not that bad, Botik had 71%.

“The problem is rather in the percentage of winning first serve, which is 63% for Novak, 60% for Botik. That is, in this category, Novak was in the lead.

“But he has a huge gap in the percentage of balls won on the second serve – only 29% against 71% for Botik. This is unacceptable for the men’s tour. It is simply impossible to win with such a rate.”

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24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic – who is now 7-4 in terms of win-loss rate in 2025 – himself admitted that his level of tennis was poor on the day.

“Obviously no excuses for a poor performance. Just it doesn’t feel great when you play this way on the court, but congratulations to my opponent. You know, just a bad day in the office, I guess, for me,” he said.

“You know, I regret for the level of tennis, considering how I practice these days. To be honest, the difference between the center court and the other courts is immense. Ball is bouncing on the center courts higher than some of the highest clay courts, to be honest.”

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American tennis is on the rise, but the challenge of ending their long wait for a Grand Slam champion may continue for some time.

That’s the concern expressed by former USA Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe, who expressed his concern that the depth in American tennis is not a recipe for success in the biggest tournaments of them all.

Taylor Fritz has led a thrilling revival in American men’s tennis, with Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Sebastian Korda and Alex Michelsen all making their mark in recent Grand Slam tournaments.

Yet progress up the ATP Rankings has not been translated into Grand Slam titles, with Andy Roddick the last American man to triumph in a major championship as he won the 2003 US Open.

McEnroe is excited by the rise of the American game that has also included Grand Slam wins for Coco Gauff and Madison Keys over the last couple of years, but he admits the prospect of a male player winning one of the four big events in tennis may still be some way off.

“It is a very good time for American tennis and the hope is it can become a great time,” said McEnroe, speaking exclusively to Tennis365 in his role as joint-President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

“Can any of these guys we have in the top 30 of the rankings win a major? I think the answer to that question is yes, it is possible. But it is going to be difficult.

“The problem is Carlos Alcaraz is not going anywhere and we also have a guy who is on a three-month suspension in Jannik Sinner and he will be back very soon.

“Those two guys are so good and they look like they are going to dominate the tournaments like [Roger] Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic did for many years.

“Shelton has a lot of upsides and has a big game. Fritz is solid as a rock and he is going to be there after getting to the US Open final.

“Tommy Paul is probably under-rated as an athlete and is probably the most pure tennis player of the current group, so all of them are in there as contenders, but none of them I would predict are favourites to win a major.

“To do that, they would have to go through one or both of those top two guys and I would throw Joao Fonseca into the mix as someone who may also be contending for majors in the next few years.

“So it’s not going to be easy, but it is nice to see the Americans doing so well in he rankings. When I was running player development [at the United States Tennis Association], we always used to say we wanted to flood the gates and get as many players as possible at the top of the game.

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“We never said we could create a new Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi, but what we thought we could do is help to create a lot of winners and we are doing that now, with Korda also in the mix and Michelsen doing well at this year’s Australian Open.

“Getting to that promised land and winning a Grand Slam title is not going to be easy.”

The International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) officially opened its Letters to Greatness booth at an event hosted by ITHF Presidents, Patrick McEnroe and Kim Clijsters.

McEnroe and Clijsters were joined by ITHF CEO, Dan Faber and upcoming 2025 Inductees, Bob and Mike Bryan, to kick off the event by recording their own Letters to Greatness – congratulatory messages to Maria Sharapova and the Bryan Brothers ahead of their formal induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame later this summer.

The Letters to Greatness booth will remain open throughout the remainder of the BNP Paribas Open, where tennis fans will have the chance to record or pen their own personal messages to the Class of 2025.

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Netflix have offered Carlos Alcaraz fans a brief glimpse of what could await when the streaming site releases a much-anticipated documentary focusing on the Spanish star.

It was confirmed last year that world No 3 Alcaraz would be the subject of a Netflix documentary, depicting what proved to be a significant 2024 season for the star.

Rumours of a potential release date being confirmed swirled when the 21-year-old arrived in Indian Wells last week with the numbers ‘23.4.25’ tattooed on his arm.

Now, the streaming service has confirmed that Carlos Alcaraz: My Way will be released on April 23, 2025 – meaning fans have just over a month to wait before they can tune in.

On social media, Netflix has shared a teaser post appearing to show the four-time Grand Slam champion getting his latest tattoo, with the end of the short video confirming the documentary’s impending release.

New tattoo. New title.

Carlos Alcaraz: My Way is coming to Netflix on April 23. pic.twitter.com/UTSsnEnGlk

— Netflix (@netflix) March 10, 2025

It is not the first time that Netflix has stepped into the world of tennis, following the run of Break Point for two seasons.

However, the behind-the-scenes look at the ATP and WTA Tours was not well-received, and the streaming giant will hope that fans have a more positive reaction to this latest release.

What could be shown in the documentary?

Alcaraz was reportedly followed by Netflix cameras for nine months across 2024, and it was certainly a season to remember for the former world No 1.

The Spaniard became the youngest man to complete the ‘Surface Slam’ with his first French Open triumph, and he successfully defended his Wimbledon title just weeks later.

2024 also saw Alcaraz triumph in Indian Wells and the China Open, two significant moments that could also well feature prominently.

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However, the documentary could also focus on some of the tougher moments that the four-time Grand Slam champion faced.

The Spaniard missed a significant chunk of the clay court season due to injury, and he suffered a shock second-round defeat to Botic van de Zandschulp at the US Open.

Alcaraz also suffered a heartbreaking loss to Novak Djokovic in the gold medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympics, though he did get to play doubles alongside his idol Rafael Nadal.

His rivalry with Jannik Sinner is also likely to feature prominently.

Sinner matches Alcaraz with two Grand Slam titles in 2024, though he had a more complete season overall – finishing the year as the world No 1.

However, the Spaniard won all three of their ATP Tour meetings amid a rivalry that captured the attention of the tennis and wider sporting world.

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Novak Djokovic has adopted a “risky” plan to finish his tennis career in style, especially with his “aura” fading, according to one tennis pundit.

Following his incredible 2023 campaign during which he won three Grand Slams and the ATP Finals to finish the year as the world No 1, Djokovic struggled in 2024 and so far this campaign.

He won only one tournament last year – the coveted singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics to complete his Career Golden Slam – and finished the campaign outside the top 5 in the ATP Rankings.

He has not done much better in the first three months of 2025 as he was forced to retire with injury from his semi-final at the Australian Open and has now lost three matches in a row as he followed up that Melbourne exit with defeats at the Qatar Open and the Indian Wells Open.

He has been stuck on 99 career titles since winning gold in Paris and there is no doubt that his retirement date is edging closer.

With a record 24 Grand Slam titles already in the bag, some have suggested he wants to go out on a high as he will quit after winning a major.

Djokovic, himself, has made it clear that he wants to continue playing, but has admitted his main focus is the majors.

French tennis pundit Benoit Maylin says the former world No 1’s decision to put all his eggs in the Grand Slam basket is fraught with danger, but insists he is using the ATP Tour events as preparation for the majors.

“Yes, Djokovic is suffering. 3rd defeat in a row,” he started off. “His margin is shrinking. His aura is fading. And it wasn’t good against Botic [van der Zandschlup].

“But there’s only one plan, only one objective: to win a Grand Slam. That’s risky.

“But that’s what a legend does. To finish in style. The rest is just preparation.”

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While disappointed with the three-set loss against Van der Zandschlup, Djokovic himself will not be losing any sleep.

The Serbian said: “I’m disappointed that I lost, but I guess, you know, if you put things in that larger perspective, of course I’ve had an incredible career. Being consistent for so many years, obviously you have high expectations of yourself.

“You know, things are different obviously for me the last couple of years. I’ve been struggling to play on the desired level. Every now and then, I have couple good tournaments, but, you know, mostly it’s really a challenge. It’s a struggle for me.

“So it is what it is. You know, I guess nothing can prepare you for that moment, in a sense. You have to experience it and try to deal with it in the best possible way.”

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Emma Raducanu has apparently been causing a stir at Wimbledon as she has upset traditionalists with her “provocative pink kit”.

The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club is well known for its strict dress code as players and members must at all times wear clothes that is almost entirely white when they enter the hallowed grounds.

In case you were wondering, it is strictly white as the Wimbledon regulation states “white does not include off white or cream” (more on the full clothing and equipment directive at the bottom).

But Raducanu has not been sticking to that rule at SW19, much to the dismay of members with the Daily Mail’s Harriet Kean reporting that the 22-year-old “has been ‘outraging members’ at the home of tennis by wearing a provocative pink kit while practising there” as she is wearing “whatever outfit she wants”.

The 2021 US Open winner has been accused of “arrogance” and one member told the paper: “It’s so unfair. Emma rocks up in a pink outfit while everyone else respects the all-white rule.

“Who does she think she is? Just because she’s won the US Open doesn’t mean she can wear whatever she wants.”

Despite her hectic schedule so far in 2025 that saw her start the year in Australia before playing in Singapore, the Middle East and now the United States, Raducanu has made several trips back home to England to practice.

She spent quite a bit of time on the practice courts at home ahead of her Indian Wells Open campaign, but lost in the first round at the WTA 1000 event in California.

The world No 55 will next be in action at the Miami Open before presumable flying back to the United Kingdom where she will most likely again practice at SW19.

Whether she will wear her “provocative pink kit” again remains to be seen.

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There have been calls in recent years on Wimbledon to relax their strict all-white policy, but the All England Club is not interested in changing its policy.

In case you were wondering, here is the complete rule on clothing worn on The Championship courts both for practice and for matches:

1) Competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white* and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround.

2) White does not include off white or cream.

3) There should be no solid mass or panel of colouring*. A single trim of colour around the neckline and around the cuff of the sleeves is acceptable but must be no wider than one centimetre (10mm).

4) Colour contained within patterns will be measured as if it is a solid mass of colour and should be within the one centimetre (10mm) guide. Logos formed by variations of material or patterns are not acceptable.

5) Shorts, skirts and tracksuit bottoms must be completely white except for a single trim of colour down the outside seam no wider than one centimetre (10mm).

6) Caps (including the underbill), headbands, bandanas, wristbands and socks must be completely white except for a single trim of colour no wider than one centimetre (10mm).

7) Shoes must be almost entirely white. Soles and laces must be completely white. Large manufacturers’ logos are not encouraged. The grass court shoes must adhere to the Grand Slam rules. In particular shoes with pimples around the outside of the toes shall not be permitted. The foxing around the toes must be smooth.

8) Any undergarments that either are or can be visible during play (including due to perspiration) must also be completely white except for a single trim of colour no wider than one centimetre (10mm), except female players who are allowed to wear solid, mid/dark-coloured undershorts provided they are no longer than their shorts or skirt.

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