Holger Rune’s Nishikori’s homecoming
DANISH rising talent Holger Rune has ended the run of local hope and former Top 5 player Kei Nishikori with a come-from-behind three-set win at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. The world number 14 who is still searching for his first title in 2024 and five overall, won 3-6 6-2 7-5 in two hours and […]
Nishikori edges closer to third Tokyo triumph
FORMER Top 5 ATP Tour player Kei Nishikori reached the quarter finals of his home ATP 500 event in Tokyo with a commanding 6-2 6-3 victory over Australian Jordan Thompson. The Japanese home favourite is a two-time winner at the event, getting up in 2012 and 2014, but it has been a decade-long break between […]
Best local hope breezes into Beijing third round
WORLD number seven Qinwen Zheng wasted no time asserting her authority on the second round match at her home WTA 1000 tournament, defeating Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova in an hour and 15 minutes, dropping just two games along the way. It was Zheng’s first career win at the event with plenty of support cheering […]
Shelton doubles up to reach Tokyo quarters
AMERICAN young gun Ben Shelton showed a deep run at the US Open and then busy Laver Cup schedule has not slowed him down, winning back-to-back matches at the Japan Open Tennis Championships on Friday. Shelton is the reigning champion at the ATP 500 event in the nation’s capital, and is now back into the […]
Sorribes Tormo survives four-hour marathon in Beijing
SPANIARD Sara Sorribes Tormo survived the fourth longest WTA Tour match in Open era history with a come-from-behind win over Chinese wildcard Gao Xinyu in an epic four-hour and 15-minute battle at the China Open in Beijing. In what can only be described as a battle of attrition, the 104th ranked Sorribes Tormo came back […]
Michelsen topples Tsitsipas in Tokyo
AMERICAN rising talent Alex Michelsen has caused a massive boilover at the Japan Open Tennis Championships, stunning fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a come from behind Round of 32 victory. Michelsen won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in a dominant last two sets to secure the win in one hour and 48 mintues, Tsitsipas – who has […]
Europe mounts come-from-behind Laver Cup win
BACK-to-back victories for Carlos Alcaraz on the third and final day of the Laver Cup helped steer Team Europe to a memorable 13-11 victory over Team World in Berlin. After facing a 4-8 deficit heading into the day and then was 7-11 down after Ben Shelton‘s upset victory over Daniil Medvedev, it was local hope […]
Brilliant Bia produces memorable title win
COMING back from a disappointing first set, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia produced a Korea Open final to remember. The South American who is ranked 17th in the world was seeded three at the WTA Tour event in Seoul, and overcame an early challenge from top seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina to win 1-6 6-4 6-1. In […]
World on verge of Laver Cup three-peat
TEAM World surged ahead on day two of the 2024 Laver Cup with a couple of singles upsets to take an 8-4 lead over Team Europe heading into the final day of the event. Despite Team Europe boasting some of the ATP Tour’s biggest names – five of their six players are Top 10 compared […]
Korea Open finalists decided after frantic day
FALLING 24 hours behind on the schedule due to a washed out quarter finals day, players returned to the court in the Korea Open to double-up with both the quarter finals and semi-finals yesterday. The WTA 500 event saw six singles matches played all up with the two finalists – Beatriz Haddad Maia and Daria […]
All square after day one at Laver Cup
PROCEEDINGS are level after one day of action at the Laver Cup in Berlin, with the three singles and one doubles match taking place split between Team Europe and Team World. Despite the former stacked with five Top 10 players, Team World showed it is happy to embrace the underdog status and keep punching above […]
2024 Laver Cup preview
IN its seventh edition, the 2024 Laver Cup will kick off tonight with some of world’s best male tennis players facing off in an exhibition-like event. Six players from Europe will go up against six players from the rest of the world – almost always the Americas and Australia – to decide who will have […]
