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Coco Gauff vs Elina Svitolina prize money update: How much will Italian Open final winner take home? Purse details out

Coco Gauff vs Elina Svitolina prize money update: How much will Italian Open final winner take home? Purse details out

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Coco Gauff and Elina Svitolina are set to battle for the women’s singles title at the 2026 Italian Open in Rome, with more than just silverware on the line. The winner of Saturday’s final will receive just over €1 million along with 1000 ranking points. (Reuters/ AP) According to tournament prize money figures cited by Yahoo Sports and Tennis Gazette, the women’s singles champion will walk away with a massive €1,007,165 payout, while the runner-up is guaranteed €535,585. The Italian Open, one of the biggest clay-court tournaments ahead of the French Open, has a total prize pool of €8,235,540 this year. How much prize money will Gauff or Svitolina earn? The winner of Saturday’s final will receive just over €1 million along with 1000 ranking points. The losing finalist will still take home more than half a million euros and 650 ranking points. Tournament payouts for the women’s singles draw are as follows: Champion – €1,007,165 Finalist – €535,585 Semifinalists – €297,550 Quarterfinalists – €169,375 Second round – €92,470 First round – €54,110 The doubles …

‘Only way to fight for our rights’: Aryna Sabalenka warns of Grand Slam boycott ahead of French Open | Tennis News

‘Only way to fight for our rights’: Aryna Sabalenka warns of Grand Slam boycott ahead of French Open | Tennis News

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4 min readMay 6, 2026 07:00 AM IST Aryna Sabalenka has called for tennis players to boycott Grand Slams if they are not paid a higher percentage of the revenue the top tier events on the tennis calendar make. Sabalenka’s comments come on the heels of a letter the top tennis players, both male and female, wrote recently criticising the French Open prize money on offer this year. “I think at some point we will boycott it (Grand Slams),” Sabalenka said on the sidelines of the Italian Open. “I feel like that’s going to be the only way to fight for our rights.” Sabalenka, who turned 28 on Tuesday, has already pocketed four Grand Slams. After her comments, other female tennis players also spoke about them being open to boycotting Grand Slams if they are not paid a higher portion of the prize money. It must be noted that the players had also demanded other things such as better representation, health care benefits and pensions. “Without us there wouldn’t be a tournament and there wouldn’t …

Sabalenka reaches Madrid Open quarters, Zverev pushes through

Sabalenka reaches Madrid Open quarters, Zverev pushes through

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World number one Aryna Sabalenka overcame Naomi Osaka 6-7 , 6-3, 6-2 in a gripping battle on Monday to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals. Sabalenka reaches Madrid Open quarters, Zverev pushes through Third seed Coco Gauff was eliminated in a three-set battle with Linda Noskova decided on a final set tie-break in an exciting fourth-round clash. In the third round of the men’s draw, second seed Alexander Zverev won in straight sets against Terence Atmane and Alexander Blockx earned a surprising win against world number five Felix Auger-Aliassime. Sabalenka, who has claimed titles at Miami, Indian Wells and Brisbane this year, was tested by her Japanese opponent but came back from a set and a break down to triumph. “I’m really happy that I didn’t give up and I was pushing until the very last point,” said Sabalenka on court. She later told reporters: “When put me under pressure, I was able to pull out really incredible shots and incredible tennis. So I’m happy.” The first set between the two four-time Grand Slam winners was …

Coco Gauff opens up on dealing with imposter syndrome: ‘My coaches have been reminding me to remember who you are’ | Tennis News

Coco Gauff opens up on dealing with imposter syndrome: ‘My coaches have been reminding me to remember who you are’ | Tennis News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 25, 2026 05:31 PM IST 2-time Grand Slam winning tennis star Coco Gauff recently opened up about dealing with ‘imposter syndrome’ where she doubts her position as one of the best and feels her achievements are not real. “I think I have to believe that I belong where I am. Sometimes I can get imposter syndrome,” she said in a press conference in the Miami Open. “Even when they’re saying my accomplishments when I walk, or during the warm-up, it doesn’t feel like me. And I’m like, “Oh, actually, I do have a good career. But it doesn’t feel like that sometimes in the moment, because you’re working on things. My serve, it just feels like I don’t know that I shouldn’t be where I am, but tennis doesn’t lie. The ball doesn’t lie. So I just have to believe in myself. My coaches have been reminding me to remember who you are, and you’re a good player. I think they’ve been putting that into my head. And, at moments, I …

‘Are we tennis players or animals in zoo’: World no 2 Iga Swiatek on cameras in Australian Open | Tennis News

‘Are we tennis players or animals in zoo’: World no 2 Iga Swiatek on cameras in Australian Open | Tennis News

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The last 24 hours at the Australian Open have seen videos of world number three Coco Gauff smashing her racket on a ramp following her 6-1, 6-2 loss against Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals of the tournament as well as a video of world number two Iga Swiatek being denied access by security into the player’s gym without her tournament accreditation. Swiatek would suffer a 7-5, 6-1 loss to Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals. After the ouster, the six-time grand slam winner was critical of the fact that the players are recorded at different areas than the court during the tournament. “The question is, are we tennis players or are we animals in the zoo where they are observed even when they poop? OK, that was exaggerating obviously, but it would be nice to have some privacy. It would be nice to have your own process and not always be observed, without the whole world watching. It’s not simple. We are meant to be watched on the court and in the press. That is our …

Australian Open 2026 | The Forehand problem: Why Coco Gauff can’t break through tennis’s final barrier | Tennis News

Australian Open 2026 | The Forehand problem: Why Coco Gauff can’t break through tennis’s final barrier | Tennis News

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Coco Gauff arrived at last year’s US Open with an audacious plan to overhaul her serve. Its recent faltering results – she had lost a match in which she hit 19 double faults – prompted a sudden change in her coaching team and an attempt to change her technique in real time as the most high-profile American at her home slam. The plan achieved mixed results. Yet, as Gauff obliterated her racquet in the locker room following a 1-6, 2-6 quarterfinal defeat to Elina Svitolina at the Australian Open on Tuesday, the source of her frustration would not have been her serve. Instead, it was another prominent technical flaw in her game: an unstable forehand. The American, turning 22 in two months, has had the unenviable task of attempting to evolve as a tennis player under the glare of the public eye ever since she was 15 years old. Her impressive results – two Major titles and a career-high ranking of World No. 2 – at such a young age are a result of a …

Coco Gauff asked about Donald Trump’s 2nd term at Australian Open: ‘I feel fatigued talking about it’ | Tennis News

Coco Gauff asked about Donald Trump’s 2nd term at Australian Open: ‘I feel fatigued talking about it’ | Tennis News

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American tennis player Coco Gauff was asked about Donald Trump’s second stint in office after she won her second round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday and the two-time Grand Slam winner said she was fatigued speaking about these issues. Trump’s second term has seen the American president order the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, start a bid to ‘own’ the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, and insist on Canada being the United States of America’s 51st state. It has led to the Canadians gravitating towards China, and forced the European Union to unilaterally rise against the Trump threat of tariffs. Apart from these international overtures, Trump’s domestic failings have been highlighted by the wide berth and funding provided to the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE’s crackdown on what they believe are illegal immigrants and the wanton use of force, has seen mass protests erupt in different states of the country. Coco Gauff was asked about the state of America 1 year into the 2nd Trump Administration “I hope forward that …

Sabalenka reaches Madrid Open quarters, Zverev pushes through

Djokovic launches latest bid for record 25th Grand Slam title

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A defiant Novak Djokovic launches his latest bid to win a record 25th Grand Slam crown while title contenders Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek are also in action at the Australian Open on Monday. A bumper second day at Melbourne Park sees three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev, home hope Alex de Minaur and fourth seed Amanda Anisimova also enter the fray. The 38-year-old Serbian great Djokovic faces Spain’s 71st-ranked Pedro Martinez on the final match of the day on Rod Laver Arena. A former world number one, now ranked four, Djokovic is the undisputed king of Melbourne’s hard courts, having won a record 10 Australian Open crowns. He has won 24 major titles, equal for the most ever with Australia’s Margaret Court, but a 25th has remained agonisingly out of reach. With Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now dominant, Djokovic’s last Grand Slam victory came at the US Open in 2023. Despite age and injury catching up with him, Djokovic said on the eve of his favourite tournament: “I know that when I’m healthy, when I’m …

Can Iga Swiatek create history at Australian Open by becoming the 11th woman to complete the Grand Slam? | Tennis News

Can Iga Swiatek create history at Australian Open by becoming the 11th woman to complete the Grand Slam? | Tennis News

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She plays with the weight of history behind her; triumph at Melbourne Park would make her the 11th woman in the game’s history to complete the Grand Slam: the elusive achievement of winning at least one title at each of the four Majors. Swiatek, as all pros in her position ought to do, coolly played it off. “I’m still young. I have plenty of time to do different things and achieve different goals in my career,” she said during her pre-tournament press conference. “I really don’t need to put that pressure on myself to do something in the next two weeks.” Since Don Budge achieved the feat over 90 years ago, only 18 singles players have managed the Grand Slam. 2026 sees the prospect of three more doing so, and while Jannik Sinner will have to wait for the French Open, both Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz can break the barrier in Melbourne itself. In a sport obsessed with pitting landmarks against landmarks, this is the real marker of greatness. The magnitude of reaching it, and …

Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz team up for USA’s title defence of United Cup

Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz team up for USA’s title defence of United Cup

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Third-ranked Coco Gauff will be joined by sixth-ranked Taylor Fritz as the United States are set to defend its title at the United Cup next week in Australia. United Cup is the only combined ATP and WTA team and it will kick off the 2026 tennis season on the 2nd January. The tournament will be played in two cities: Perth and Sydney, with three groups playing their matches in Perth and three in Sydney. The tournament will give several of the world’s top players preparation matches ahead of the first major of the year, the Australian Open, which gets underway on 18th January in Melbourne. Eighteen teams will be part of the tournament with each team having one ATP and WTA player each. The teams are grouped in six three-team pools that will compete in round-robin format. The top team from each group along with the best runner-up will advance to the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals will take place in Sydney on 10th and 11th January. All competition will take place on hard courts. …