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May 9 2000: The day Jim Courier announced his retirement from professional tennis
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 9, 2000, Jim Courier retired from professional tennis after a career which included four Grand Slam titles and two Davis Cup titles
“I felt his level dropped”: Dino Prizmic, 20, on reading the moment against his idol Novak Djokovic
Dino Prizmic beat Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 on his Foro Italico debut on Saturday. The 20-year-old Croatian's account of the match was about something quieter than emotion, recognising, in real time, that the door had opened.
“A new reality I have to deal with”: Novak Djokovic’s quiet admission after Rome exit
Beaten in three sets by Dino Prizmic in his Rome opener, Novak Djokovic spoke with unusual directness about the physical reality he is now playing inside – and the choices that come with it.
Prizmic ends Djokovic’s perfect Rome opener as Croatian qualifier lands second top-10 win
Dino Prizmic walked onto Campo Centrale to face his idol and walked off having beaten him for the first time. The Croatian qualifier (No 79) stunned Novak Djokovic (No 4) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, ending the Serbian's 18-match unbeaten run in Rome openers and adding a second top-10 scalp to a résumé that did not have one a fortnight ago.
“We haven’t spoken about boycotting”: Alexander Zverev cools the rhetoric, but sharpens the numbers
Asked in Rome about the prospect of a Grand Slam boycott, Alexander Zverev – one of the signatories of the top players' letter – pushed back on the framing. The argument, he said, is about the revenue share, not the protest.
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“I want to blow apart this monopoly”: Angelo Binaghi sides with players against the Slams, and pushes his fifth-Grand-Slam dream
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On clay, Sinner has lost to one man in two years – Fils arrives with a case.