Can too many tennis ball changes cause injuries? Players think so. The tours are checkingPro tennis players have been wondering aloud whether arm injuries in their sport are related to the week-to-week changing of the tennis balls used by tournaments.
Gauff into Auckland quarterfinals. Raducanu out after falling in thriller to SvitolinaU.S. Open champion Coco Gauff has overcome hard-hitting Czech teenager Barbara Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-0 to extend her winning start to the year and Auckland Classic defense to the quarterfinals.
Nadal struggles at times during 4-set win at Australian OpenRafael Nadal has started the defense of his Australian Open title with a bit of a struggle along the way to a four-set victory over a cramping Jack Draper.