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Tennis World Tour 2: Complete Edition Review — A Mid-Level Contender

Big Ant Studios found their audience with niche sporting simulators this last decade. Between Ashes Cricket and Rugby League Live , recent years have seen a greater focus on tennis, with the team offering the enjoyable AO Tennis 2 early last year.

In September 2020, they were back at it, this time launching Tennis World Tour 2 in collaboration with Nacon. Releasing to mixed reviews , Tour 2’s found a second lease on life with a next-gen “Complete Edition” for PS5 and Xbox Series X, which makes for a vast improvement over the original release, even if that improvement is relative.

Tennis World Tour 2: Complete Edition Review — A Mid-Level Contender

If you’re simply after a quick tennis fix, Exhibition Mode is your go-to here, letting you play with up to three other players locally in singles and doubles matches. In this mode, there are 48 different Tennis players to choose from, including Grand Slam winners Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, and Maria Sharapova. Sadly, a few notable icons, like the Williams sisters and Novak Djokovic, are missing, but the line-up remains impressive despite their absences.

Online multiplayer is also available, as are several pre-set and player-hosted tournaments. There’s also Tennis School, a training area filled with tests to keep your skills sharp.

However, the real focus lies in Career Mode, creating an original character in your journey to win a Grand Slam. You complete different events – including exhibition matches and tournaments. Those come with an entry fee, and higher fees mean higher winnings, should you succeed.

Gradually, you increase your career level, building up a reputation and signing with new agents, who offer performance buffs like greater strength or increased XP. Just be careful of your fatigue meter, which builds up after taking on events and impacts performance. Taking timely breaks to keep yourself in peak condition is a must.

Once you’re on the court, you have two shot options: precision and power. Providing you’re near the ball, racket swings occur automatically, but a good precision shot requires tapping a button as the ball gets closer. For power, you must hold that button down, releasing at the right moment for a devastating volley.

It sounds straightforward, but Tour 2 gets surprisingly challenging, and that difficulty can spike between matches. Even if you force your opponent into errors, moving them to the other side of the court, misjudging your shot timing can undo your hard work. Those seconds are key to taking a point or landing out of bounds.

That’s not to understate the surprisingly technical level of gameplay depth here, a depth that forces you to consider your strategy seriously. It’s not as arcade-like as more notable games like Mario Tennis – and it replicates real tennis to a decent extent.

Of course, that precise, realistic approach won’t sit well with everyone. To help you out, Tour 2 also includes a Cards system, allowing you to boost your own skills during matches – improving endurance, power, precision, and agility, for example – or reduce an opponent’s. You can hold five cards at once and save preset decks, buying them from a Card Shop for coins earned in career mode. Cards can even be sold for extra currency.

Since they’re best used in a pinch, they add a good layer of strategy to the gameplay.

Tennis World Tour 2: Complete Edition — The Bottom Line

• Captures the feeling of tennis well.
• Plenty of players and courts to choose from.
• Smooth performance.
• Numerous upgrades over the previous edition.
• Difficulty level is uneven.
• Some character models need improvements.
• Gameplay is quite technical.

As for next-gen improvements, Nacon has done an impressive job, and owners of last-gen’s Ace Edition can upgrade to the Complete Edition for free. Running at 60 frames-per-second in 4K, the Complete Edition also benefits from faster loading times, ray tracing, and enhanced particle effects.

It looks great, and that presentation’s only let down by a few off-base character models, which could’ve used some extra detail. Otherwise, all previous DLC is included with six new characters (including Murray and Sharapova), four additional stadiums, new cosmetics, and additional animations, too.

If you weren’t sold on Tennis World Tour 2 previously, Nacon’s next-gen upgrade won’t change your mind, but there’s an enjoyable simulator here and the Complete Edition is the best way to play. If you’re a serious tennis fan, this one comes recommended.

[Note: Nacon provided the copy of Tennis World Tour 2 used for this review.]

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I’m not really sure what’s happened with tennis world tour 2 ..

After the first title in the series failed to impress, it seemed as though Nacon was doing all it could to make up for it. At least on paper, anyway. Big Ant Studios was brought in to develop this sequel, and its last title, AO Tennis 2 , actually impressed us a fair bit. Tennis World Tour 2 , however, seems like a step back for the studio. It’s an improvement over the first game, sure, but it still falls short of being a good tennis game.

So, what’s new? How about a new game engine that allows for improved animations and physics? That’s certainly welcome. Doubles is in, too, which many players will appreciate. You can even play in doubles online. And court surfaces now have an effect on play, adding another layer of challenge and/or strategy to each and every match. There are so many improvements in Tennis World Tour 2, big and small, that make sense, and that make it a clear step up from its predecessor. But they’re all nullified by two major changes that do the game no favours at all.

The first is a new timing-based shot system. You can tap one of the various shot buttons to perform a precision shot, or hold one to charge a shot up for more power, but get the timing wrong, and chances are the ball won’t go where you wanted it to. It’s meant to make play more skilful, but the system’s so hard to gauge that it effectively ruins the game. AO Tennis 2 has a similar system, but it also has a useful indicator to help you along. Tennis World Tour 2 doesn’t, and the timing of shots feels horribly inconsistent.

The place where the new timing-based shot system really makes its mark is in career mode. Take a professional such as Roger Federer for a spin in an exhibition match, and you might find yourself actually having a decent time thanks to his high stats. Even if your timing isn’t perfect, there’s a good chance your shot will still be good. Create your own character in career mode, however, and their pitiful starting stats will mean that unless you get good or better timing on a shot, chances are it will go out or hit the net. And getting good or better shots is made all the harder because of their poor starting stats. It’s just not fun.

The second of Tennis World Tour 2 ‘s major mistakes is a revamp of its cards system. Where cards could be equipped to players in the first game to boost their abilities in the long-term, here, they mostly provide boosts that last as little as one hit and as long as one match when activated during gameplay. Some of them even reduce your opponent’s abilities. You can reduce your opponent’s serving strength for, example, increase the precision of a slice shot, or restore a portion of your stamina. The trouble is, it feels largely ineffectual and superfluous.

Cards are purchased in packs from a store on the game’s main menu – currently, only in-game money can be used. You can then assign five of your cards to a deck, one of which providing a passive ability, and the other four active abilities that you activate during play by double-tapping a direction on the d-pad. After so many uses, a card expires and disappears from your deck. With effects being so precise and a game of tennis being so dynamic, however, using them effectively is a hit-and-miss affair. It’s also at odds with the game’s serious tone – it’s a very arcade-like feature in conception.

There are other issues with Tennis World Tour 2 as well. You’ll find the AI of your computer-controlled opponents to be a bit all over the place. Sometimes they’re magnificently dumb, other times they run rings around you. And while the game’s animations are improved, there are still times where they’re not particularly impressive. Finally, you’ll find the game’s character creator to be a let-down too; in career mode, be prepared to play as, and against, lots of unfortunate-looking souls.

Ultimately, Tennis World Tour 2 ‘s new timing-based shot system ruins what could have been a decent or even good tennis game. It makes gameplay so unpredictable, and not in a good way. If you plan on buying Tennis World Tour 2 just to play exhibition matches as your favourite professional players, you might get some fun out of it thanks to their boosted stats making things more lenient. But career mode will be unbearable for most, requiring either an obscene amount of skill or an inhuman amount of patience. AO Tennis 2 remains the best tennis game available right now, so just stick to that.

Tennis World Tour 2 is available on PS4, Xbox One and PC. We reviewed it on Xbox One X with a code provided by the game’s publisher.

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Tennis World Tour 2 Review: A Solid Serve To Tennis Fans

One of the most authentic virtual tennis titles available right now, Tennis World Tour 2 comes with steep learning that may turn off casual players.

While Top Spin 4 remains as many players’ choice for the best tennis video game, my personal experience with the genre remains limited to the titles released on the Sega Dreamcast, which included Virtua Tennis and Tennis 2K2. I never had the chance to check out the original Tennis World Tour when it released in 2018, but was intrigued by what the sequel had to offer after attending a preview event for the game. Tennis World Tour 2 is no doubt one of the most authentic virtual tennis titles available right now, but it comes with an incredibly steep learning curve that may turn off more casual players just looking for a fun tennis game.

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Tennis World Tour 2 is unapologetically tough, requiring players to truly understand the ins and outs of tennis to be effective during matches. This is something to be applauded in regards to its authenticity, but is also a very off-putting element for bringing in new players. An in-depth tutorial mode exists that allows for new players to get a feel for the game’s mechanics, but speaking as someone who had no idea what they were doing to begin with, while the tutorial mode is in-depth, it definitely wasn’t enough for me to pick up and jump successfully into an exhibition match or any of the game’s other modes.

Unlike other more rally-based tennis titles, Tennis World Tour 2 requires pinpoint accuracy with its timing. Charging up a power hit and releasing a split-second too soon, or slightly mistiming a top-spin or slice will usually result in poor ball placement, giving your opponent the upper hand, or, worse, a failure to even land the ball in the court of play. Once you get over the hurdle of actually learning how to properly time your hits, matches become a lot more fun - whether your opponent is keeping you on your toes defensively, or you’re controlling the flow of the match yourself (hopefully leading to a point). It’s almost like you’re controlling the ball rather than your actual character, of which there is an impressive roster to choose from.

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36 players are available to you, with Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten as the two additional legendary characters. All of the newly added character animations and characters themselves looking great graphically. This extends into each of the arenas, which can be customized to fit whatever style of play you’re going for, such as the different types of courts that can be played on. The realistic aesthetics certainly add to Tennis World Tour 2’s goal of an authentic experience.

For The Fans

While realistic tennis mechanics are at the core of the Tennis World Tour 2 experience, a deck-building component provides a fun “Ultimate Team” type of element to the game. You’ll essentially collect these limited-use cards that are playable as in-match buffs that can give your player a slight leg up on the competition. Cards can be earned through gameplay, as well as purchased using the in-game currency. I’m personally not a huge player of Ultimate Team-type of games or game modes, but the passive abilities do add a fun fantasy element and different strategy to Tennis World Tour 2’s otherwise authentic-to-the-extreme experience.

The career mode in Tennis World Tour 2 is as expected, taking your player from an amateur to superstar and making career decisions song the way that ultimately dictates how quickly (and effectively) your player rises through the ranks. Online mode, however, is where Tennis World Tour 2 thrives in terms of its replayability - which is an apparent marked improvement upon the online functionality of the original game - as well as the addition of a doubles mode, which is brand new to the franchise.

The truth of the matter is that most Tennis World Tour 2 players will likely be seeking out the game specifically as fans of tennis or tennis video games. Ultimately, Tennis World Tour 2 succeeds in what it sets out to accomplish. The authentic look and feel of the entire game is something that hardcore fans of the sport can appreciate. Unfortunately, the game is also limited in that same sense, as the learning curve prevents more casual players from taking the court in a quickly accessible way. That said, if you’re willing to stick with it, Tennis World Tour 2 serves as an overall satisfying tennis title.

A PlayStation 4 copy of Tennis World Tour 2 was provided to TheGamer for this review. Tennis World Tour 2 is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and will be making its way to Nintendo Switch on October 15.

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Tennis World Tour 2 — Grand Slam or Double Fault ?

Master the basics as an amateur player and work your way up throughout an action packed career to play against some of the circuits most well known faces as a pro and the chance for a shot at the number one spot in Big Ant Studios racquet sport simulator — Tennis World Tour 2 .

Tennis World Tour 2 looks to reclaim that past glory with fully realised player physics, super high resolution textures and a complete set of licenses for both players and equipment manufacturers. If that wasn’t enough, Tennis World Tour 2 introduces an interesting card mechanic designed to spice up the gameplay further by allowing players to deploy hands from their deck mid-match to gain the advantage.

Starting out at tennis school, Tennis World Tour 2 walks players through a few training drills in order to instill in you the difference between accuracy and power and how failing to time correctly can seriously debilitate your swing giving your opponent the advantage. With that down it’s time to dive into a number of other modes but the most interesting is easily the career mode.

Career mode in Tennis World Tour 2 allows you to create a very detailed avatar through which to take on the world. The number of customization options is impressive and although you can take a preset model into your career,  it feels much more satisfying to create a digital likeness or adversely an absolute monster onto the court.

Career offers different match types and certain matches can’t be replayed so if you do lose, there’s no going back to fix a previous mistake, you just have to deal with it and bounce back. Playing (and hopefully winning) earns your character experience which as you progress will gain you a level up in addition to points to distribute in RPG-like fashion to four statistics which improve your abilities. 

Rather than throw you into the deep end most of the starting matches are single game or single set affairs with either singles or doubles play offered but as you progress the matches are substantially longer. Given how long a full match can last, it’s appreciated that Tennis World Tour 2 offers a mid match save option to allow players to take a break and come back swinging when the time suits them.

Although in many sports games gameplay is paramount it’s also great to see licenses used well and to full effect. Everything in Tennis World Tour 2 is as you would expect when you sit down to watch Wimbledon, with the players and their likeness spot on, all the logos and sponsors you would associate with tennis are here and branding makes the difference between a technically accurate sim and something you can connect with.

Earning currency from the careen mode can be utilised to purchase new equipment should you wish but its key use is to supplement your player with skill cards. Carrying up to five of these into a match, each player can choose to deploy one or more cards at any time to offer them an advantage in terms of stats or to disadvantage their opponent. 

Each card is ranked in terms of overall power and carries a number of uses. Cards are split across the key areas of endurance, power, precision and agility and may affect that statistic only. Increasing Stamina costs for a single game or decreasing forehand power for a number of games allows players to build a deck and hand to assist them in particular matches or challenges.

Playing the cards at the right time can be the difference between closing out a match or suffering a humiliating comeback by an opponent who was previously on the ropes so the card mechanics add a strategically important meta to an already great simulation.

Tennis is not easy to master though and Tennis World Tour 2 shows you this at every opportunity. Jumping into an exhibition with the top two stars – Rafael Nadal & Roger Federer — I struggled to score a few points, never mind a full game or set and it took some time working through the ranks in my career before I dared to try again. Opponents sometimes seem to have super human response times, especially in doubles matches, whilst my character just watches the ball sail by without raising a hand.

Looking beautiful, sounding great and with an authentic feel to it, Tennis World Tour 2 is an excellent take on the Tennis circuit whilst the addition of the card mechanic offers further strategy to a mainly action based game. Sometimes let down by its difficulty early on but definitely rewarding players who spend time mastering its mechanics it’s definitely worthy of your time if you enjoy Tennis.

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Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition Review – Upgrades Can’t Save This Flawed Mess

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Tennis World Tour , released in 2018, didn’t exactly hit an ace with gamers with its rough gameplay and generally unpolished state. Now developers Big Ant Studios serve up a second shot at tennis success with Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition , bringing not only an updated version of the game but some extra content in the PS5 version. Unfortunately, while there are a few positives, this latest offering still misses the mark and fails to bring the greatness of tennis to gaming.

As someone who plays and watches real tennis fairly regularly, I know that the game is exciting and fun, but for many reasons that magic is sadly missing from Tennis World Tour 2. For one thing, while controlling and moving your player on the court is straightforward in theory, in practice it is awkward and very frustrating. Moving side to side should be fluid, but character animation is clunky and the range of motion bafflingly limited; this results in your player annoyingly stumbling sideways instead of running for the ball. The game gives you the ability to sprint with the R2 trigger, but this is very laggy and your opponent will blast their shot past you before you are even close to reaching the ball.

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When hitting the ball, it doesn’t get much better. To take a shot, you hit the button when close to the ball, tapping quickly for an accurate but slower precision shot, and holding and releasing the button for a stronger but riskier shot. The problem here is that powered-up shots usually land out, and I saw no way to really control where they landed. There is supposed to be the ability to control left-right aiming with the left stick, but from what I experienced the only input that registered was “extreme left or right.” Thus, you’ll quickly find that the safe precision shot is your only regular option. This results in lots of longer rallies in which you might win some points by luck but otherwise have little chance at purposely hitting winners.

In serving (perhaps the most crucial part of a tennis match), this technical issue becomes almost a game-breaker. Again, powerful serves can be attempted with the same button-hold technique but since there is no control over placement, they almost always go out. Or, if you do manage a rare successful power serve, your opponent will always (in my experience) smoke it past you with their return shot. So, you’ll get broken a lot, but on the bright side your AI opponent also serves atrociously as well, keeping matches from being completely lopsided, I suppose. In normal tennis the server has the advantage but in Tennis World Tour 2, it is the opposite.

And then there’s the card system. I haven’t even yet mentioned Tennis World Tour 2’s strange buff cards that you get to play during matches to temporarily boost things like accuracy or power. They just feel weird and frankly, unwanted. As a fan of tennis, I just want to play tennis. I don’t want to be fiddling with cards and “boosts” and “debuffs,” especially when I am already struggling with an imperfect control mechanic as it is. The whole card system just feels out of place; in fact I’d go further and say it feels intrusive, an attempt by the developers to somehow lay the groundwork for some sort of microtransactions.

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I will admit, there are a few positives to Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition. It does look pretty nice, especially during matches where the overhead view gives the game a photo-realistic feel that will remind you of actual TV tennis broadcasts (aside from the absence of voiced commentary). There are nice ray-tracing effects added for this upgrade, and combined with the 4K resolution and 60FPS, it is definitely a looker at times. Many of the stadiums are also faithful recreations of real-life venues like Wimbledon, Flushing Meadows or Roland-Garros (although due to licensing they don’t always have the official names). On an aesthetic level Tennis World Tour 2 does at least give you the feel of a real-live tennis match.

And I will say that Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition gives you a variety of modes and ways to play. Exhibition matches let you play as any one of 48 tennis superstars to choose from, and they actually look pretty realistic. In Career mode, you can create your own player and work your way up the rankings, entering tournaments in singles and doubles matches and upgrading your gear with your winnings. There’s even Online mode if you want to play against another human, although I was unable to find an opponent during my play time, despite waiting in matchmaking for quite a while — maybe that is due to the game being so recently released, I don’t know.

But unfortunately, even the different modes, slick visuals and silky-smooth frame rate can’t make up for the fact that World Tennis Tour 2 Complete Edition’s core experience, playing tennis, is a huge let-down. It is extremely disappointing that Big Ant Studios has failed to adequately address the basic gameplay shortcomings that have been around since the first Tennis World Tour back in 2018. As a fan of the sport I badly wanted this game to be better, but Tennis World Tour 2 Complete Edition will make even the most die-hard tennis fanatic want to smash their racquet and head to the dressing room.

*** A PS5 game code was provided by the publisher ***

• 4K and 60FPS
• Detailed, well-rendered stadiums
• Lots of modes
• Frustrating movement control
• Flawed shot mechanic

Developer: Big Ant Studios

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Emma Raducanu set up a blockbuster meeting with world No 1 Iga Swiatek at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart after defeating Czech teenager Linda Noskova on Thursday.

Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, continued her stunning run of form after inspiring Great Britain to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with a 3-1 win over France last weekend.

After dismantling former No 1 Angelique Kerber for three games on Wednesday, the Brit crushed 19-year-old Noskova 6-0 7-5 to reach the last eight where Pole Swiatek awaits in her biggest match since her comeback from double wrist and ankle surgery.

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"After going through everything I went through after [winning the] US Open [in 2021], having eight months out after surgery, it gives you a different appreciation.

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Her progress will face its toughest test when against the Polish world No 1, who is a master of the clay court, but the Briton knows she is not under any pressure.

The showdown between the Grand Slam champions will be a rematch of their 2022 Stuttgart quarter-final, which Swiatek won.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek also defeated Raducanu 6-3 6-1 at Indian Wells last year to take a 2-0 lead in their head-to-head.

"We played two years ago here in the quarter-finals so it is exactly the same. I have come a long way since, matured a lot, and she has achieved so much," Raducanu continued.

"It is a match where I have nothing to lose. I can just swing and enjoy it. I am looking forward to it."

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Swiatek made a winning start to her Stuttgart title defence with a 6-3 6-4 win against Elise Mertens.

The 2022 and 2023 champion was making her first appearance on clay this season after a first-round bye - and the world No 1 proved too strong for Mertens, winning in an hour and 33 minutes.

"I'm really happy with the way I played. Elise was really good on defence. I'm happy with the way I handled it," said Swiatek.

"There's always pressure when you're favourite in every match. In Doha, it was hard to let the pressure go... in the past two years, it's never easy. I'm not taking anything for granted. Keep my focus, it's the only way."

On playing Raducanu, the Pole added: "Looks like she's getting her game back together."

Air Iga taking flight ♨️ #PorscheTennis pic.twitter.com/uWBxoLImPF — wta (@WTA) April 18, 2024

Fourth seed Elena Rybakina reached the last eight with a hard-fought three-set win over Veronika Kudermetova, triumphing 7-6 (7-3) 1-6 6-4, and will now face Jasmine Paolini after the latter dumped out seventh seed Ons Jabeur 7-6 (10-8) 6-4.

Elsewhere, sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova defeated Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff , seeded second and third respectively, won their last 16-matches on Wednesday.

Sabalenka - who has lost in the final in Stuttgart in the last three seasons, first to Ashleigh Barty and then back-to-back to Swiatek - beat Paula Badosa and Gauff knocked out fellow American Sachia Vickery.

Eight of the top 10 ranked women are at the tournament, the main event in the first week of clay tournaments on the WTA Tour.

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Rafael Nadal Nets First Top 20 Win Since 2022 With Victory at Madrid Open

• Author: Tim Capurso

Rafael Nadal defeated world No. 11 Alex de Minaur 7–6 (6), 6–3 in the second round of the Madrid Open on Saturday, earning his first ATP Tour victory vs. an opponent ranked inside the top 20 since November of 2022.

Nadal, 37, at times showed flashes of the form that helped him win 22 Grand Slams in his career. The Spaniard had his signature, lefty forehand-down-the-line shot working well, in addition to his crosscourt backhand, which he fired for winners multiple times.

Nadal, with a raucous crowd behind him, won a thrilling, 77-minute first set in a tiebreak, then quickly broke de Minaur's serve to grab a second set lead he would not relinquish.

When told during a post-match interview that it seemed like "the old Rafa Nadal was back," Nadal pushed back on the notion.

Are we beginning to see the return of the old Rafael Nadal? 🤩 @RafaelNadal #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/cKrwHWYYmN — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 27, 2024

"No, no, no not yet," Nadal said with a laugh. "It needs time, and I think for moments have been good level of tennis. I was able to do positive things but still on and off."

Nadal missed nearly the entire 2023 season after requiring surgery on his hip, an injury that had the decorated tennis pro pondering retirement going into 2024. On Wednesday, Nadal would not fully commit to playing in the French Open, a tournament he has won a record 14 times.

If he can maintain the form he displayed Saturday while staying healthy, it's likely he'll be on the court at Roland Garros when the French Open begins on May 20.

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S TUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Elena Rybakina eased to her third title of the season on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix.

Rybakina, the world No. 4-ranked player who defeated top-ranked Iga Świątek in the semifinals, saved the three break points she faced and took four from six opportunities to win in 1 hour, 9 minutes.

It’s Rybakina’s tour-leading 26th win of the year. The Stuttgart title comes after wins in Adelaide and Abu Dhabi this season. The Kazakh player’s previous clay-court wins were in Rome in 2023 and Bucharest in 2019.

“It’s an amazing tournament, and I'm really looking forward to come back next year,” said Rybakina, who also defeated Jasmine Paolini and Veronika Kudermetova in Stuttgart.

The 27th-ranked Kostyuk was under pressure from the start as Rybakina broke her serve and sealed the first set in just 30 minutes.

Kostyuk had surprised herself with her run to the final, including three consecutive wins over top-10 players Zheng Qinwen, Coco Gauff and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova. Kostyuk saved five match points against Zheng in the round of 16.

“I have to say, how incredibly proud I am to see so many Ukrainian flags out here this week. Thank you so much, guys, for coming,” Kostyuk said after her third final.

Kostyuk won her maiden title in Austin last year, and was runner-up in San Diego last month.

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• Madrid Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz vs Thiago Seyboth Wild preview, head-to-head, prediction, live streaming details

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Carlos Alcaraz will face Thiago Seyboth Wild for the first time on the tour.

Former World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz will face Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild in the round of 32 of the Madrid Open 2024 . Alcaraz is the hot favourite to win the ATP 1000 event, as he has arrived in the Spanish capital as a two-time defending champion.

On the other side, Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild has been looking decent at the clay courts of La Caza Majica. Interestingly, the 24-year-old recorded a surprising victory over Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 64 in straight sets. The win earned him a place in the next round; in addition to that, Wild has also become a topic to talk about.

Thiago Seyboth Wild has won only one career title yet on the ATP tour; however, he’s destined to win more. Moreover, the 24-year-old Brazilian is currently ranked #63 in the world, his best-ever ranking in singles. Thus, with nothing to lose, Wild has expected to give the home hope a hard time on the red soil.

Carlos Alcaraz vs Thiago Seyboth Wild match details

Date: April 28, Saturday

Time: 7:30 PM IST (Tentative)

Venue:   La Caza Majica, Madrid

Carlos Alcaraz vs Thiago Seyboth Wild preview

Carlos Alcaraz , like his tennis idol, Rafael Nadal , has a stronger game on clay. After winning the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Alcaraz went through a difficult hardcourt season filled with heartbreaks.

At the US Open, he bowed out after a loss against Daniil Medvedev, while at the World Tour Finals, he lost against Novak Djokovic . Despite injury concerns, Alcaraz made his return to the hardcourt major in Australia, where his comeback was ended by Alexander Zverev at the Rod Laver Arena in the quarterfinals.

Nevertheless, since the start of 2024, the young Spaniard has failed to find his old rhyme. He won the Indian Wells Masters; however, he later had to withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open due to an injury. The ATP World No. 3 has won 15 matches this year and has lost four.

Meanwhile, Thiago Seyboth Wild has majorly been eliminated from the first or second round of ATP 1000 events or majors. However, his efforts have been praiseworthy. At the Australian Open, he won two sets against Andrey Rublev, while he also reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open, where he eventually lost against Cameron Norrie. This year, the 24-year-old has played 19 matches, where he has managed to win only eight.

Head-to-Head Record

Carlos Alcaraz: 0

Thiago Seyboth Wild: 0

The two young tennis stars will face each other for the first time on the ATP tour.

Where and how to watch the live streaming and TV broadcast of Carlos Alcaraz vs Thiago Seyboth Wild, Madrid Open 2024, third-round match in India?

The match between Carlos Alcaraz and Thiago Seyboth Wild at the 2024 Madrid Open will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network. Consequently, fans can also enjoy the live telecast of the game on Sony Sports Ten 5 SD/HD channels and SonyLiv. Nevertheless, Tennis TV will also be live-streaming the match but a subscription will be necessary to get access to live action.

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Carlos Alcaraz, as well as Thiago Seyboth Wild, are eager to secure a spot in the next round. However, only one will advance to the round of 16. The Spanish tennis star will be playing as the hope, with a lot of support behind him.

Moreover, with the experience of winning two Grand Slam titles on different surfaces, the 20-year-old is a force to be reckoned with on the ATP tour. Alcaraz has also improved his net game, which has helped him get an upper hand over his opponent in recent months.

However, he will be facing the 24-year-old Brazilian tennis player for the first time. Thiago Seyboth Wild can turn out to be a surprise for the 2023 Wimbledon Champion. As seen against Lorenzo Musetti, Wild can move quickly on the court and create trouble for baseliners. Nevertheless, in tennis, a strong start is seen as a key to a good result.

Prediction: Carlos Alcaraz to win in straight sets.

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