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Shuai Zhang in 2024. Photo: Getty

Shuai Zhang Earns a Wildcard to the Main Draw of the 2025 Australian Open

The 2025 Australian Open already has two players secured in the men's and women's main draw after the event called "The Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off". The Australian Grand Slam offers the best players from the Asia-Pacific region a chance to win an invitation to the main draw. In this way, Shuai Zhang secured the wildcard after defeating Guo Hanyu  7-6 0-6 7-5. On the men's side, Kasidit Samrej earned his, becoming at 23 years old the first Thai man since 2012 to step into the main draw of a Grand Slam.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Shuai Zhang se gana una wildcard al cuadro principal del Open de Australia 2025

Sorana Cirstea.

Cirstea confirms the signing of a legendary coach for her team

Moments of many changes in the coaching of the players. Also in the women's circuit, with several tennis players looking to assemble a perfect team that gives them a competitive boost to continue evolving. This is how Sorana Cirstea sees it, who aims to continue her second youth: she will now do so accompanied by a coach with a lot of experience at the WTA level. This coach is Sven Groeneveld, who has previously collaborated with names like Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, or more recently, Bianca Andreescu. A high-profile signing that confirms a very interesting partnership for 2025.

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Iga Swiatek, medications. Photo: gettyimages.

Swiatek forgot to include the medication for which she tested positive on the list requested by the ITIA

New information about the doping case involving Iga Swiatek is coming to light as the details of the resolution by the ITIA regarding her positive tests are revealed. Perhaps the most striking aspect is that the Polish player provides a list of 14 medications and/or supplements to the authorities after testing positive, as requested.

However, the substance that caused her positive result is not among them. Iga explains that she was tired, had only slept a few hours, and forgot to include the medication due to this fatigue and because it was not on the list from which she copied the information to send to the relevant authority. The ITIA finds it unusual, but after two interviews with the player, accepts her explanations.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Swiatek olvidó incluir el medicamento por el que dio positivo en la lista que le solicitó la ITIA

Nick Kyrgios talks about Swiatek's positive test. Photo: gettyimages

Kyrgios speaks out on Swiatek's case with the expected force

Indignant and outspoken. That's how Nick Kyrgios showed himself after learning about Iga Swiatek's positive doping test, going as far as to say that tennis was rotten and that the ITIA was responsible for it. The Australian finds Swiatek's arguments to be excuses and believes that a professional cannot always hide behind not knowing what they were taking. His words have been widely praised on social media.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Kyrgios se pronuncia sobre el caso de Swiatek con la contundencia esperada

Shuai Zhang in 2024. Photo: Getty

Shuai Zhang Earns a Wildcard to the Main Draw of the 2025 Australian Open

The 2025 Australian Open already has two players secured in the men's and women's main draw after the event called "The Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off". The Australian Grand Slam offers the best players from the Asia-Pacific region a chance to win an invitation to the main draw. In this way, Shuai Zhang secured the wildcard after defeating Guo Hanyu  7-6 0-6 7-5. On the men's side, Kasidit Samrej earned his, becoming at 23 years old the first Thai man since 2012 to step into the main draw of a Grand Slam.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Shuai Zhang se gana una wildcard al cuadro principal del Open de Australia 2025

Sorana Cirstea.

Cirstea confirms the signing of a legendary coach for her team

Moments of many changes in the coaching of the players. Also in the women's circuit, with several tennis players looking to assemble a perfect team that gives them a competitive boost to continue evolving. This is how Sorana Cirstea sees it, who aims to continue her second youth: she will now do so accompanied by a coach with a lot of experience at the WTA level. This coach is Sven Groeneveld, who has previously collaborated with names like Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, or more recently, Bianca Andreescu. A high-profile signing that confirms a very interesting partnership for 2025.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Cirstea confirma el fichaje de un legendario entrenador para su equipo

Iga Swiatek, medications. Photo: gettyimages.

Swiatek forgot to include the medication for which she tested positive on the list requested by the ITIA

New information about the doping case involving Iga Swiatek is coming to light as the details of the resolution by the ITIA regarding her positive tests are revealed. Perhaps the most striking aspect is that the Polish player provides a list of 14 medications and/or supplements to the authorities after testing positive, as requested.

However, the substance that caused her positive result is not among them. Iga explains that she was tired, had only slept a few hours, and forgot to include the medication due to this fatigue and because it was not on the list from which she copied the information to send to the relevant authority. The ITIA finds it unusual, but after two interviews with the player, accepts her explanations.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Swiatek olvidó incluir el medicamento por el que dio positivo en la lista que le solicitó la ITIA

Nick Kyrgios talks about Swiatek's positive test. Photo: gettyimages

Kyrgios speaks out on Swiatek's case with the expected force

Indignant and outspoken. That's how Nick Kyrgios showed himself after learning about Iga Swiatek's positive doping test, going as far as to say that tennis was rotten and that the ITIA was responsible for it. The Australian finds Swiatek's arguments to be excuses and believes that a professional cannot always hide behind not knowing what they were taking. His words have been widely praised on social media.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Kyrgios se pronuncia sobre el caso de Swiatek con la contundencia esperada

Yevgeny Kafelnikov criticizes the circuit following Swiatek's positive test. Source: Getty

Kafelnikov, with no hair on his tongue: "It's a shame what is happening to tennis"

As it happened with Jannik Sinner this summer, Iga Swiatek's doping positive on Thursday has stirred up the tennis world in regard to the case. Many players have wanted to share their impressions on social media, and some retired legends have also done so. For instance, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, with his cutting style, has aimed a dart with full intention at the current structure of our sport, sarcastically wondering why he didn't use steroids during his playing days. His final phrase is cutting: "It's a real shame what is happening in today's tennis".

Tweet from Yevgeny Kafelnikov after Iga Swiatek's positive test.

 

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Kafelnikov, sin pelos en la lengua: “Es una vergüenza lo que le está pasando al tenis”

Eva Lys Speaks Out Following Iga Swiatek's Positive Test. Source: Getty

Swiatek's positive test stirs up old wounds on the circuit: "Why don't all players receive the same treatment?"

Regardless of whether Iga Swiatek is innocent or not – which is not our job either–, what is clear is that a large part of the circuit still does not understand the modus operandi that occurs when a doping case arises. Starting with the timing of communicating it and ending with the decision to punish some more than others. Eva Lys, currently ranked #133 on the WTA, spoke out on social media defending past cases that did not have the same fortune as the Polish player in a similar situation. "I am beginning to think that not everyone receives an equal process, we all deserve the same opportunities," exclaimed the German.

Tweets by Eva Lys about the Swiatek case

 

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El positivo de Swiatek levanta viejas ampollas en el circuito: “¿Por qué no todas las jugadoras reciben el mismo trato?”