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Novak Djokovic - On this day

July 23, 2006: The day Novak Djokovic won the first title of his career

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day, July 23, 2006, Novak Djokovic won the first ATP Tour title of his career.

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Oliviero Palma - WTA

Exclusive – Palermo tournament director, Oliviero Palma: “I do feel great responsibility”

Palermo has great hopes for its Ladies Open, which, after a break of almost five months because of the Coronavirus pandemic, will be the first event on the WTA Tour. Its tournament director, Oliviero Palma, tells us all about it.

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Carole Bouchard

Exclusive – Citi Open’s Mark Ein: “The big thing is the travel issues; can people come and go?”

After almost five months away because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the ATP Tour is due to resume on August 14 with the Citi Open in Washington. In an exclusive interview, Mark Ein, who runs the management of the tournament, told Tennis Majors he feels a special responsibility as the first event back but still fears cancellation because of things beyond his control.

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The power of the Grand Slams is virtually limitless

Of the many things to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis in tennis, one thing has become clearer than ever; the four Grand Slam events rule the sport.

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Dominic Thiem

Even without the ATP Tour, Dominic Thiem likes it when his schedule is packed

Dominic Thiem emerged from lockdown exactly the player he was before: someone who needs to play everything he can, all the time. On Saturday, he will headline Ultimate Tennis Showdown at the Mouratoglou Academy, another stop in his already hectic schedule.

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Carole Bouchard
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 2019 ATP Finals
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4 things we learned about the ATP/WTA resumption

The ATP and WTA Tours announced on Wednesday that they will resume in...
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Mattek-Sands: Tennis United proves the ATP and WTA are stronger together

Tennis Majors caught up with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, in order to dig into the...
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Tsitsipas: “UTS is a way to change our sport”

Creativity and expressiveness characterise the game and personality of Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas. Get...
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For French tennis, Roland-Garros is life or death

Before a global pandemic began to wreak havoc on the tennis world, nobody...
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Roger Federer becomes highest-paid sportsman for first time

Roger Federer has made another bit of history after becoming the first tennis...
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Caroline Garcia: “Rafael Nadal’s soul is everywhere here”

Caroline Garcia got stuck in Manacor during the lockdown, while training at the...
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Selfless Suárez Navarro: “I value the privileged life that I have”

Tennis players do live in a bubble, but when the coronavirus pandemic struck...
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Who’s the No.1 of the Tennis Majors’ top 30 lockdown stars?

As the tennis world begins to come out of lockdown, we celebrate those...
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Lifting the Mood: Tennis Majors’ top 30 lockdown stars: (Part 5, from 10 to 6)

As the tennis world begins to come out of lockdown, we celebrate those...
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Pavlyuchenkova on the relief-fund: “We still tried to think about everyone, but…”

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova explains why she is satisfied with the relief fund proposed by...
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Unclear about the 2020 new tennis calendar? Here is the current situation

The ATP and the WTA announced that they will both resume in August,...
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Lifting the mood: Tennis Majors’ Top 30 Lockdown stars (Part 4, from 15 to 11)

As the tennis world begins to come out of lockdown, we celebrate those...
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Lifting the mood: Tennis Majors’ top 30 lockdown stars (Part 3, From 20 to 16)

As the tennis world begins to come out of lockdown, we celebrate those...
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Major Rankings - Part 2
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Lifting the mood: Tennis Majors’ top 30 lockdown stars (Part 2, From 25 to 21)

As the tennis world begins to come out of lockdown, we celebrate those...
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Let apart by men who did not belive in themselves, women had to fight to make their own tennis tour growing.
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The WTA: how women got their revenge and their rights

In the final episode of our trilogy about the roots of tennis' divided...
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Paul Bonnaud