Rodeo tournaments have been invading the tennis season calendar for years, especially in winter. Let's analyze the pros and cons of this formula >> Read the updated version <
The seedings include Fognini, Cobolli, and Giulio Zeppieri. The top seed is Jack Draper. Vincent Ruggeri makes his debut today against Goffin. A great draw, with ten Italians chasing a title that hasn't been seen since 2019, the year of Jannik Sinner's unforgettable victory. But there's also a fascinating mix of...
In the women's league, Jasmine Paolini enters the field and puts TC Italia back in contention. Some matches in the men's Serie A1 championship have been postponed to Wednesday, November 8th. In Group 1, the long-distance duel between the two leaders is won by CT Palermo, who prevails 4-0 on the pitches of...
Federico Gaio defeated in the semifinals. Saturday saw Federico Gaio's exit in Ortisei, eliminated by Kasnikowski. The Pole, however, failed to repeat his feat in the final, where he was defeated by favored Klein. It was a drawn-out match, decided only on the final point of 239 played at...
Gaio defeats Giacomini and advances to the semifinals in Ortisei. Federico Gaio remains the last Italian hope at the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol. The third seed in the South Tyrolean tournament, which offers a prize pool of €36.000, won the Italian derby against Luca Giacomini, the tournament's surprise winner. Gaio prevailed...
Three Italians reach the quarterfinals. Giacomini, Dalla Valle, and Gaio are the Italian protagonists of the Ortisei Challenger. Luca Giacomini, coming from the qualifiers, reaches the quarterfinals of a Challenger for the first time in his career, defeating Ukrainian Illya Marchenko 4/6 6/2 7/6 (5) in the longest match and...
We interviewed Alessio Fiorucci, a mental coach for professional and emerging tennis players. Alessio Fiorucci is an established mental coach who has worked in the world of sports for over 18 years. Founder of Tennis Mental Coaching and creator of the "Evolution Method," he has worked not only with athletes, but also with artists and celebrities...
The match will be played in Malaga at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena. The captain of the Italian Davis Cup team, Filippo Volandri, has announced the list of players called up for the Final 8 of the historic team competition, which will take place from November 21st to 26th on the hard indoor court of...
Reigning champions Società Canottieri Casale Monferrato and the men's team of CT Palermo continue their pursuit of perfect points in the BMW Women's Serie A1. In Group 1, CT Palermo earned a draw on the courts of Tennis Club Beinasco, a semifinalist in 2022, after losing the first two singles matches. AT...
Flavio Cobolli is in the top 100. From qualifying to the title, Kyrian Jacquet defeated Flavio Cobolli and treated himself to a dream week at the Olbia Challenger. The twenty-two-year-old from Lyon won the final of the ATP Challenger 125 tournament 6-3, 6-4 on the hard courts of the Terranova Tennis Club. The...
Codevilla (PV) – The staffs of Italy's top players gather for an extraordinary day, in every sense of the word. It's called the Tennis Mastery Summit, and it's a workshop bringing together the best Italian tennis has offered in recent seasons. Don't miss it to discover the secrets that led the...
A brief, thoughtful guide to the relationship between our sport and the "big screen." Tennis has always shared with soccer a lack of appeal in the film industry, and until now, it has been portrayed on the big screen even less than soccer. But things are changing. In...
In the second category final of the 24th edition of the tournament, paralleled to the 1st Enzo Petracco Memorial, there were moments brimming with determination and vitality, punctuated by flashes of excellent tennis. It's up to the "Seibessi family" to stage the recurring tournament, which holds high the organizational banner of the active Gorizia association, an event...
We at TennisTalker, as partners of the I Tennis Foundation, are pleased to announce that, thanks to everyone's help, the I Tennis Foundation for the Ukrainian Kids project, which began fundraising last May in Rome during the Charity Dinner, is about to launch. This involves...
The Canottieri Casale women's team and the CT Palermo men's team are the only teams with perfect points. The second day of the BMW A1 Series has concluded. ON THE WOMEN'S FIELD, in Group 1, the battle for the top spot among the winners of the first day ended in a 2-2 draw in Veneto, AT Verona...
Lloyd Harris, Francesco Maestrelli, and Lorenzo Carboni are directly entered into the main draw. Lloyd Harris, Francesco Maestrelli, and Sardinian Lorenzo Carboni are the three wild cards assigned to the main draw of the Olbia Challenger, an event to be played on the hard courts of the Terranova Tennis Club from January 15th to 22nd.
What does an accomplished surgeon like Giancarlo Staniscia think? During one of my many emergency room visits, I was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Giancarlo Staniscia (a father figure to me), president of the Lanciano CT team, which for many years had the...
The three best young players of 2005 will be among the main attractions at the Faip-Perrel Trophy: Jakub Mensik, "Jerry" Shang, and Dino Prizmic are aiming to continue the tradition of Bergamo producing a future superstar. The entry list is rounded out by former top-10 player David Goffin and four Italians: Zeppieri and Vavassori are eagerly awaited. There will be...
Tathiana Garbin's Italian team will be competing in Spain from November 7 to 12. The captain of the Italian Billie Jean King Cup national team, Tathiana Garbin, has announced the list of players called up for the highly anticipated Finals of the competition, which will take place from November 7 to 12 on the hard indoor court...
All the results from the first day of the top women's and men's team championships. The top team championship has begun, featuring eight women's and 16 men's teams ready to compete for the most coveted title. In the first phase, the teams are divided into groups of four...
In November, Italy will be represented in the United States with the Italy Under-16 Team. We spoke with Captain Luca Ronzoni, FITP National Coach. The IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge was founded in 2005, but at the time it was simply called the IC Junior Challenge. Since 2018, the tennis icon and member...
The project presented last May in Rome is about to begin. The Tennis Foundation, of which TennisTalker is a partner, is proud to announce that the I Tennis Foundation for the Ukrainian Kids charity project, presented in Rome during the Charity Dinner last May, has begun its countdown. It involves...
Azteca Sport, a club managed with dedication and meticulous care by Renata and Mauro Commisso, is constantly growing in quality and attractiveness. The tournament, sponsored for the sixth consecutive year by the Friulian furniture company Moroso, draws 155 participants to Colugna di Tavagnacco, features eight second-category rackets at the top, and, on the day...
Federico Ferrero and Filippo Trojano tell the thousand stories behind broken rackets in a photographic book. There are at least three good reasons to treat yourself to the photographic book Smashing Rackets, published by Ulrico Hoepli Editore, presented this week at the Hoepli bookshop in Milan with the two authors and the...
In just one week in Parma, 274 matches were played! At the end of a week of rare intensity, the European Under-16 Championships crowned the new masters of the category. The titles at the highlight of the Tennis Europe calendar were won by Germany's Justin Engel and Belgium's Jeline...
