Zizou Bergs and coach Kristof Vliegen have disbanded. “After much to be proud of and with lots of gratitude, Zizou and I mutually agreed to part ways. In the past few months Zizou reached the top 50 for the first time with big wins and his first ATP final. Surely many great things to come for you Zizou and I will be ready to congratulate you as you reach them. Good luck. Looking forward to being back on tour.”
Venus Williams will join the ESPN team broadcasting the 2025 Roland Garros Grand Slam, it will be her debut as a TV tennis analyst. It will be interesting to learn if the publicly introverted and verbally cautious Venus will open up with more thoughtful and insightful tennis observations in the TV booth, than the little content she has given to the media at press conferences for the last two decades. This column isn’t expecting much from Venus but hope to be proven wrong.
After defeating Jack Draper in the Madrid Masters final yesterday, Casper Ruud implied Draper has the potential to be a future ATP no. 1. “Jack, thank you for your nice words. What a player you are already at a young age. A player you’ve become on all surfaces. You’re a threat to everyone now. Doesn’t matter where. Doesn’t matter when. I think the sky is the limit for you. So unbelievable effort these couple weeks.. your team as well. Keep going. It’s an honor to watch you play. Luckily it was my day today.”
Ruud is the first Norwegian to win a Masters 1000 title. So far in 2025, the Masters 1000 title winners are: Jack Draper, Jakub Mensik, Carlos Alcaraz and Ruud.
Stan Wawrinka just lost in the Aix-en-Provence Challenger final to Borna Coric 67 63 76 in the third set. Stan’s first Challenger title win was in 2003, before Coco Gauff was even born. The players Stan The Man beat that week were (and the years they retired): 1R – Jerome Haehnel (2009); 2R – Alex Calatrava (2006); QF – Serrano (2005); SF – Arguello (2011); F – Ivan Navarro (2004). Coric has won four Challengers titles this year.
Wawrinka said the Jannik Sinner double positive drug test scandal has ‘hurt tennis’: “We have seen it in several cases in recent years. Some have been suspended for two years because they forgot to properly report their address. It has been handled in a way that I believe harms tennis because, in the end, you wonder what battle you are trying to win. Whether you are really looking for players who test positive or if it all comes down to having a good lawyer who can get you out in the best possible way.”
Andre Agassi did not win the Pickleball US Open title with world no. 1 Anna Leigh Waters.
Pickleball star Zane Navratil praised Agassi’s involvement in the fast-growing sport: “Andre Agassi is the front runner for man of the year in pickleball. He’s absolutely diving into the sport, and it couldn’t be better for @Pickleball as a whole.”
Andre Agassi · Borna Coric · Casper Ruud · Stan Wawrinka
Sam · May 6, 2025 at 4:51 am
Tennis World Scoops??? 😲
You mean you’re not the only one out there? 😉
Scoop Malinowski · May 6, 2025 at 6:47 am
Maybe the next big scoop will be what attire company signs Djokovic as Lacoste contract ends this year. Won’t be nike or Uomo Sport though ) I asked the Uomo founder if he would be interested in signing Novak but he said it will be too expensive.