Vaccine Skeptic Sabalenka Tests Positive For COVID-19, Berrettini’s Brother Jacopo gets Naples Challenger Wild Card

Jannik Sinner easily beat Gael Monfils to win the Sofia Open. Still a good week for the Frenchman. (ESPN)

Garbiñe Muguruza defeats Ons Jabeur to win the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – her second title of the season and ninth overall. (WTA)

Aryna Sabalenka is out of Indian Wells after testing positive for COVID-19. She was skeptical of vaccines before her diagnosis. (Sky Sports)

Continuing tennis’ long tradition of tournaments giving wild cards to siblings of popular players, the ATP Challenger event at the Naples has given a wild card to Matteo Berrettini’s brother, Jacopo Berrettini. (Italy24)

Guillermo Coria is the new Argentine Davis Cup captain. Coria, the 2004 French Open finalist,  takes over from Gastón Gaudio, who chose to leave the captaincy. (Twitter)

Harriet Dart is struggling with an illness unrelated to COVID-19. (Twitter)

FBI will be on-site at Indian Wells to prevent threats and abuse to tennis players (Twitter)

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Barbora Strycova Welcomes Son Vincent

Barbora Strycova welcomed a baby boy Vincent on Thursday. Strycova shared the news with a lovely picture on social media.

Earlier this year, Strycova, a former doubles world number 1, announced her pregnancy with her longtime partner Petr Matejcek. She retired from professional tennis in May 2021. 

Though Strycova won 2 singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 16, her best results came in doubles. She won 31 doubles titles including the 2019 Wimbledon ladies’ doubles title with Hsieh Su-wei.

She was a member of the Fed Cup team for the Czech team that captured 6 titles between 2011 and 2018. She won a  bronze medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics with Lucie Šafářová.

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