Sebastian Korda has switched to Nike. The American tennis star was previously wearing Adidas apparel and shoes. Adidas has a strong line-up of tennis stars endorsing the brand including Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsistipas, and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The mid-season switch of a sponsor is not too common in tennis but it looks like Nike wanted to sign up an up-and-coming tennis player to its roster, which has been shrinking lately. The brand recently dropped former top ten player, Jack Sock.

Among the young top players, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, Italian tennis players Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, and American Taylor Fritz endorse Nike. Practicing prior to the Atlanta Open, Korda was seen wearing Nike Vapor Pro shoes and Nike apparel.

Interestingly, Sebastian Korda was seen wearing a Motorola patch on his shirt. Nike typically doesn’t allow its athletes to wear patches from other brands on its shirts though it made an exception for Naomi Osaka.

Maria Sharapova and her fiancé’ Alexander Gilkes became parents to baby boy Theodore (Instagram)

2022 Laver Cup will feature Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, and Roger Federer. It’s the first time the Big Four will play together in a tournament since the 2019 Australian Open. (BBC)

Caroline Wozniacki announced that she is expecting her second child (Instagram)

Naomi Broady is expecting twins. She solicited support from the tennis community for baby sitting her kids. (Twitter)

Nick Kygrios will play doubles with Jack Sock in Washington.

Lorenzo Musetti beat Carlos Alcaraz in three tight sets to win the German Open, his first ATP title (ATP)

Francisco Cerundolo beat Sebastian Baez to win the Swedish Open. He will move to world number 24 with his win.

Dominic Thiem is slowing finding his old form. He reached the quarterfinals at the Swedish Open, losing to Sebastian Baez. Next week, he reached the semifinals at the Swiss Open where he lost to Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals. (ATP)