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Bianca Andreescu shares her intense workout

Bianca Andreescu shares her intense workout & practise at Nadal academy

April 28, 2022 Bianca Andreescu Hot Spotlight

Bianca Andreescu shares her intense workout & practise at Nadal academy

In this video you will get to watch Bianca Andreescu’s power and strength workout & also her practise sessions at Nadal academy.

Bianca Andreescu shared one of her full-body bolstering workout routines, and guess what many of her social media followers were ready to give it a shot.

To do her workout routine you’ll need the most basic of equipment and accessories. Things like yoga mat, medicine ball, dumbbells, long resistance band, mini resistance band, bosu ball and basic gym equipment. If you don’t have everything on this list, feel free to improvise and get a bit creative, and that is what Andreescu advised.

The workout includes resistance-band push-ups, medicine ball slams and throws, squats, core body work, and more! For those of you who are looking for a fresh and energetic workout that focuses on both strength and power, then Andreescu’s rapid fire workout fits the bill.

Towards the end of the video there is a clip which shows her practising at the Nadal tennis academy just ahead of the clay court season.

Will Smith in tears at The Academy Awards

Will Smith in tears at The Academy Awards as Venus and Serena Williams watch

March 28, 2022 Serena Williams Spotlight

Will Smith in tears at The Academy Awards as Venus and Serena Williams watch

Will Smith was awarded the 2022 Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday for his depiction of Serena and Venus Williams’ father Richard Williams in King Richard, a critically-applauded film based on his life.

The win marked Will Smith’s first Oscar win in his 3rd nomination, surpassing Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos), Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick
 Boom!), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth).

Addressing the distinguished audience on stage after collecting his award, the 53-year-old delivered an emotionally-charged speech while struggling to keep his emotions at bay. Calling Richard Williams as a “fierce defender” of his family, Smith commented that he was called on to do the same for the girls who played Venus and Serena Williams, as well as Aunjanue Ellis, who played their mother Oracene Price.

The actor also added that he believed it his higher-calling to defend the people he loved, which he considered he had done to the best of his ability. On the verge of tears, Will Smith also pontificated about how it was important to endure and ignore abuse as an actor and to keep a smile on one’s face despite the deliberate contempt and mockery.

“It’s not about winning an award for me, it’s about being able to shine light on all the cast of King Richard and Venus and Serena Williams”

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Will Smith’s statement about the need to tolerate insults as an actor had something to do with the fact that he had earlier gotten into an confrontation with comedian Chris Rock.

Taking offense to a very unpleasant joke Rock made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the actor marched on to the stage and landed a crisp slap on his face. Smith went on to repetitively demand that Rock keep his mouth shut about any remarks relating to his wife.

The 53-year-old apologized to everybody for his temporary loss of control, adding that he did not mean to deviate from the “beautiful moment” of King Richard winning an Academy Award. Will Smith used the occasion to highlight the significance of the entire cast and crew of the movie, as well as Venus Williams and Serena Williams, who were executive producers on the film.

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Iga Swiatek to become No 1

Iga Swiatek to become No 1 but Sakkari not far back | Ashleigh Barty shock retirement creates ripples

March 25, 2022 Ashleigh Barty Iga Swiatek Spotlight

Iga Swiatek to become No 1 but Sakkari not far back | Ashleigh Barty shock retirement creates ripples

The Aussie star’s sudden retirement has shocked the world, but it seems to be a foregone conclusion that Iga Swiatek will take her place in the WTA rankings.

Though the 20-year-old Swiatek is a colossal 2,204 ranking points behind Barty, but there will be a new number one in the next few days and the second-placed Pole is in the best position.

Ashleigh Barty said yesterday that she will withdraw herself from the WTA rankings after revealing her retirement, paving the way for Poland’s Iga Swiatek to become the world’s top seed.

The 3-time Grand Slam-winning Barty has held top spot for more than couple of years. The world of tennis has been stunned with the Aussie star’s decision to quit at a very young age of 25.

Swiatek, who shot to fame by winning the Roland Garros title in 2020 and has shown incredible consistency since, told the media at the Miami Open that she is trying not to think about it too much.

Swiatek is only 691 points ahead of 3rd-ranked Maria Sakkari of Greece after winning at Indian Wells last week, her 2nd title in as many tournaments after her victory in Doha in February.

Speaking in public for the first time since revealing her shock retirement, Barty told a press conference in Brisbane: “My name will be removed from the list in the next ranking”.

Under the emerging scenario Sakkari and Swiatek have already formed quite a rivalry. What seems obvious is that if Swiatek blinks or wastes her No. 1 status opportunity, then Sakkari will be there close at her heels to grab it from her.

Sakkari and Swiatek locked horns for the first time at last year’s French Open and since then have had four more meetings.

Sakkari dominated Swiatek last year, beating the Pole at the Ostrava, Roland Garros and WTA Finals.

This year has started off slightly better for Swiatek but their rivalry is palpable.

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Rafael Nadal Suffers a Rib Fracture & Ashleigh Barty Retires

Rafael Nadal Suffers a Rib Fracture & Ashleigh Barty Retires | 2 Unexpected News Flashes in One Day!

March 23, 2022 Ashleigh Barty Rafael Nadal Spotlight

Rafael Nadal Suffers a Rib Fracture & Ashleigh Barty Retires | 2 Unexpected News Flashes in One Day!

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has sent tremors through the tennis community by revealing her abrupt retirement, just two months after her Australian Open triumph.

Meanwhile, Spanish legend Rafael Nadal is likely to be side lined for the next 2 months due to a rib fracture. The Spaniard looked to be in discomfort during the Indian Wells Open final against Taylor Fritz and the explanation is now known to all of us.

How did Rafael Nadal suffer a rib fracture?

Rafael Nadal’s season has unexpectedly been turned upside down in a manner no one could have ever thought. The Spaniard set out to the Indian Wells final with a 20-match win streak, but saw his individual best start to a season come to an end at the hands of Taylor Fritz. During the final, the Spaniard was in agony due to issues with his torso and had trouble breathing.

Upon further investigation by a medical team, it has been discovered that he endured a stress crack in the third rib. He is going to need full rest to recover and will be out of action for around four to six weeks and almost certainly won’t compete at the Monte-Carlo Masters or the Barcelona Open. His participation at the French Open also hangs in the balance.

It is suspected that in his semi final match against Carlos Alcaraz he may have injured himself internally, without realizing. It is also possible that the stress from that game spilt over onto the finals and that is when the pain of the injury came out. The muscles around the chest and rib cage come into motion during powerful serves and top spin strokes. It is quite possible that is the root cause of his injury.

Why has Ashleigh Barty called it quits?

In an unanticipated move, World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty announced that she was stepping down from professional tennis. She hasn’t participated since winning the Australian Open in January 2022 and in an Instagram update, made known her decision to hang up her racquet for good at such an early stage in her career, she is just 25 years of age.

Barty is just the 2nd player in the pro WTA circuit to retire as World No. 1, following Justine Henin in 2008. The Australian’s career accomplishments include winning the Roland Garros in 2019, The Wimbledon Championships in 2021, The Australian Open in 2022 and the US Open doubles title in 2018.

Barty secured a further 12 singles titles, including the WTA Finals in 2019. She also held the World No. 1 ranking for 113 straight weeks and 120 in total. One of the most adored players on the tour, her absence will be felt all around.

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sharapova Djokovic Speed Instinct Challenge

Sharapova and Djokovic Speed Instinct Contest | Behind the Scenes

March 18, 2022 Maria Sharapova Novak Djokovic Spotlight

Sharapova and Djokovic Speed Instinct Contest | Behind the Scenes

Interesting video where Djokovic and Sharapova team up for Head tennis.

This is an entertaining watch where both stars perform stunts with the tennis racquet and ball while improvising their talent in other sports like golf, bowling, etc.

In the end Maria Sharapova is heard saying new balls please, didn’t know if that had a pun to it!

Svitolina Boycott

Svitolina Boycott | Elina Svitolina refuses to play against Russian & Belarusian Players

March 1, 2022 Elina Svitolina Spotlight

Svitolina Boycott | Elina Svitolina refuses to play against Russian & Belarusian Players

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina REJECTS to play Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in the round of 32 match of the Monterrey Open unless International Olympic Committee’s recommendations to ban Russian athletes are put in place.

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board on 25th February held that Russian and Belarusian national flags should not be exhibited at international sports events following Russia’s assault on Ukraine.

On 28th February, the International Olympic Committee’s executive board went even further and recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian contestants and representatives in any international sporting event from competing, but Elina Svitolina made her feelings known before the latest release.

‘We Ukrainian players requested to ATP, WTA and ITF to follow the recommendations of the IOC to accept Russian or Belarusian nationals only as neutral athletes, without displaying any national symbols, colours, flags or anthems,’ Svitolina said.

In a separate but related statement earlier on Monday, Ukrainian women’s tennis players including Lesia Tsurenko & Marta Kostyuk called on the Women’s Tennis Association to pull out of all tournaments from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

Athletes from Ukraine and other countries have insisted that international bodies to take action after Russia initiated its invasion by land, air and sea last week following a proclamation of war by President Vladimir Putin.

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Why Andy Murray considers himself a feminist

Why Andy Murray considers himself a feminist?

February 28, 2022 Andy Murray Spotlight

Why Andy Murray considers himself a feminist?

In 2019 Murray marked himself a feminist saying: “Have I become a feminist? Well, if being a feminist is about fighting so that a woman is treated like a man then, yes, I suppose I have.”

Recently Andy Murray voiced his disappointment concerning the gender bias at Dubai tennis Championships.

‘A big step backwards’: Andy Murray slams huge prize money discrepancy at Dubai tennis Championships

Tennis is often perceived as a worldwide leader in gender equality with equal prize money paid to men and women at the 4 Grand Slams. But a major inconsistency revealed this week during the Dubai Championships has sparked criticism from past men’s number one, Andy Murray.

In the women’s final winner at the Dubai Championships (WTA 500 event), Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko pocketed $104,180, but her male equivalent takes home close to 5 times more equivalent to a cool $523,740.
“Evidently that’s a big step backwards, so it’s not good,” Murray told journalists during the post-match interview after his 7-5, 6-2 loss to Jannik Sinner.

“If they’re the equal size events one week apart, that’s quite a big inconsistency.”

Murray has been vocal in his support for fairness and gender equality in the sport, and has made major personal assertions like contracting former WTA tennis great, Amelie Mauresmo as his mentor and coach in 2020.

In an op-ed for The Guardian, he described the double standards at play, implying many had been critical of his choice to work with Mauresmo purely because of her gender.

“I did well with AmĂ©lie and went far into grand slam finals, but a lot of critics saw the period when we worked together as a disappointment because I didn’t gain a grand slam title,” Andy wrote. “People criticized her for that, but that wasn’t the same thought process when it came to my other coaches – it was always me who was the problem, and I would get the critique when I failed. With AmĂ©lie, the questions I would come across a lot of the time after losing matches would be about our relationship. I’ve never had that at any other time in my career when I was with male coaches.”

Murray went on to note that the “best coaches should be the best people and without gender bias” and that more women were needed in this position within professional tennis.

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Iga Swiatek’s heartfelt comments

Iga Swiatek’s heartfelt comments for Ukraine post her win at the Qatar Open

February 28, 2022 Iga Swiatek Spotlight

Iga Swiatek’s heartfelt comments for Ukraine post her win at the Qatar Open

Swiatek’s emotional comments for Ukrainians came after her 6-2 6-0 win against fourth seed Anett Kontaveit at Doha last weekend.

Newly crowned Qatar Open champion Iga Swiatek expressed her support to the Ukrainian people post Russia’s initiation of the invasion, saying she found it difficult to imagine a conflict “in the country next to me”.

“I want to show my support to all the families who are hurting in Ukraine. Seeing those pictures on the news and on social media is very emotional for me. I wouldn’t even imagine scary stuff going on like that in the country next to me. I hope that eventually it will be more safe. I also wish that looking at all the troubles we have in the world, the sport is going to connect,” she said.

“Even though we have many things splitting us, the sport is going to unite us, it’s going to bring us happiness. Thank you all for coming this evening. I hope the Ukrainian families are going to be home and safe.”

Russia’s assault on Ukraine has led to extensive reaction in sports world with many athletes in various sports denouncing the act.

Earlier, at the ATP event in Dubai, Russian player Andrey Rublev signed on the camera lens, “No war please”, after his semi-final victory over Hubert Hurkacz.

Meanwhile, former top-25 Ukrainian player, Dayana Yastremska said she and her entire family had spent two nights hiding underground in Odessa. “After spending couple of nights in the basement parking, my parents made a decision at any cost to send me and my little sister out of Ukraine! Mom,Dad, we love you very much, take care of yourself!!! I love you my country,” she wrote.

A 2nd-tier ATP Challenger event, which was scheduled to begin from February 28 in Moscow, has been cancelled. Many other sporting events in Russia have been cancelled.

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Rafael Nadal defeats Cameron Norrie

Rafael Nadal defeats Cameron Norrie in straight sets to win Mexican Open title

February 27, 2022 Rafael Nadal Spotlight

Rafael Nadal defeats Cameron Norrie in straight sets to win Mexican Open title

Rafael Nadal continued winning streak in 2022 by defeating British number one Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 to secure the Mexican Open.

It was not long before (around the end of 2021), Nadal, 35, thought he might have to step down from professional tennis because of a foot injury, but has won all 3 tournaments he has played this year.

Rafa won a 21st major title at the Australian Open after triumphing at the Melbourne warm-up event.

“At the start of the year this was unthinkable,” said Rafael Nadal.

“A month and a half back nobody would have imagined it.”

Victory over the Brit Cameron Norrie extended Nadal’s career-best winning start to the season to a fifteenth victory.

The 4th seed, who beat incoming world number one Daniil Medvedev in the quarter finals, bagged the title in Mexico without dropping a set.

It is the 91st title of Rafael Nadal’s career and a 4th in Acapulco, having won his first as an 18-year-old seventeen years ago.

Nadal, who also won in 2013 and 2020, is now the event’s youngest and oldest champion.

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Roger Federer's thoughts on Rafael Nadal's Australian Open Win

Roger Federer’s thoughts on Rafael Nadal’s Australian Open Win

February 7, 2022 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Spotlight

Roger Federer’s thoughts on Rafael Nadal’s Australian Open Win

RAFAEL NADAL cruised past Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic by winning a record 21st Grand Slam title at the current edition of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer has ended the suspense on how he felt watching long-time foe and friend Rafael Nadal break his Grand Slam world record.

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Roger Federer has been the most decorated man at Grand Slam level since Wimbledon 2009, with Nadal and Novak Djokovic playing catch up to his record of 20 titles.

Rafael Nadal was able to go past this benchmark in the Grand Slam race for the first time when he won the Australian Open on Sunday, attaining a record 21st Major trophy.

Federer broke Pete Sampras’ Grand Slam world record way back in 2009, winning a then-record 15th Major title at Wimbledon. Now he knows how Sampras felt almost 13 years back! Of course he also is aware on how difficult it is to break any form of world record.

Federer was one of the first players to applaud his long-standing opponent for his accomplishment in an expressive social media message, and has now shared how he felt viewing the final for the first time.

The Swiss tennis legend was nothing but happy for the 35-year-old Spaniard, admitting he knew more than anyone how challenging it was to break a record.

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