How will GB cope without Raducanu in BJK Cup?
Emma Raducanu is missing the Billie Jean King Cup to focus on the WTA Tour.
Emma Raducanu is missing the Billie Jean King Cup to focus on the WTA Tour.
British number one Emma Raducanu overcomes her emotions to battle to victory against Jaqueline Cristian in the first round of the Korea Open.
Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong says her team has a “real shot” at winning the Billie Jean King Cup despite the absence of Emma Raducanu.
She described the turtle and frog dishes as “crazy” and “wild”, causing a social media storm.
It is safe to say Joao Fonseca will never forget 16 September 2025.
Before the start of the Laver Cup, the #NextGenATP Brazilian star has already experienced a memorable moment. The 19-year-old met Roger Federer on Tuesday.
“My hands are sweating because I’m going to meet Roger,” Fonseca said in a Laver Cup video.
Milestone Moment 🤩#LaverCup | #JaoFonseca | @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/yAI4fCTy38
— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 16, 2025
Shortly thereafter, the 103-time tour-level titlist arrived to chat with the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF champion.
“Finally! Nice to meet you, it’s a pleasure,” Federer said. “Congratulations on everything so far, yeah. Well done on a great career so far.”
“They told me like 10 minutes ago, ‘You’re going to meet Roger’,” Fonseca told Federer, showing the Swiss his sweaty palms.
The teen will turn his attention to helping Team World record the Laver Cup trophy this weekend. The action begins on Friday at Chase Center, home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.
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Novak Djokovic has rewritten tennis history many times, including earning a record 428 weeks at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
But on Tuesday, the 24-time major champion turned his attention to another record breaker: Swedish pole vault star Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. Just a day earlier, Duplantis raised the bar yet again at the World Athletics Championships, setting the 14th world record of his career.
Djokovic celebrates the achievement by sharing the Swede’s Instagram post with the caption: “Greatness has no ceiling”.
The two sporting icons have long shared mutual admiration. Earlier this year, Djokovic presented the 25-year-old with the World Sportsman of the Year honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Djokovic himself is no stranger to the accolade, having won it five times — tied with fellow former World No. 1 Roger Federer for the all-time lead.
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner just met in the US Open final, their third consecutive clash in a major championship match. When will the top two players in the PIF ATP Rankings be back in action?
Alcaraz returns to competition this coming weekend in San Francisco at the Laver Cup, where he will play for the second time. Last year, the Spaniard helped Team Europe to glory with victories against Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz.
The new World No. 1 is then scheduled to compete the following week in the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, the ATP 500 event held in Tokyo. Alcaraz will be making his debut in the tournament.
That same week, Sinner is scheduled to play in the China Open, the ATP 500 event in Beijing. The Italian won the title in 2023 and reached the final last year.
Both men will then be in the same draw again at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 of the season.
Alcaraz is in control in the battle for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours with Sinner. The Spaniard is in pole position to earn the accolade for the second time (also 2022).
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