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Halfway Through the Clay: 2024
Two luxury cars, one driver’s license, several gratifying wins, and lots of home cooking have defined the first half of tennis’s clay season.
Two luxury cars, one driver’s license, several gratifying wins, and lots of home cooking have defined the first half of tennis’s clay season.
The sun shined on Danielle Collins as she captured the biggest win of her career, Jannik Sinner returned to his winning ways, and Simona Halep returned to play.
Bees in Paradise? Yep. Plus the Alcaraz/Sinner rivalry revs up, Iga Swiatek steamrolls the competition, and some top players go undercover.
(8) Yuan Yue defeated (6) Wang Xiyu in an all-Chinese affair to win her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 ATX Open in Austin, Texas.
Learning how to manage life on the WTA Tour takes time. Danielle Collins, Sloane Stephens, and Peyton Stearns arrive at the ATX Open on the same route, but from different vantage points.
Jannik Sinner is here to stay, Aryna Sabalenka dances through to her second Slam, and professional tennis isn’t all about youth, after all.
(2) Aryna Sabalenka vs. (12) Qinwen Zheng
A heavyweight clash between (2) Aryna Sabalenka and (4) Coco Gauff is countered by a Cinderella showdown between (12) Qinwen Zheng and (Q) Dayana Yastremska.
After one week Down Under, the ladies’ draw has been decimated and Jannik Sinner is quietly destroying everyone in sight. Plus, those easy early rounds are no longer quite so easy.
A Big Four is emerging in women’s tennis and three champion-grade mothers are suiting back up in this year’s Australian Open.