2021 Junior Davis Cup preview: France, Russia and South American nations among ones to watch
NEXT week the 2021 Junior Davis Cup kicks off, with the future of the ATP Tour on show in Antalya, Turkey. The past winners of the Junior Davis Cup include Canadian duo Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, and Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz. We take a look at the sides who have qualifier and how they […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Top seeds all advance in predictable week in Ostrava and Columbus
TWO WTA Tour tournaments are at the quarter finals stage of the event, with unsurprising results across the board for the most part. We take a look at who is firing as the Tour gets to the pointy end of the season. OSTRAVA OPEN WTA 500: The four big guns in at the WTA Tour […]
2021 Junior Billie Jean King Cup preview: Russia the favourites as Czechs, Germans and Argentinians also eye off crown
THE future stars of the WTA Tour will hit the courts in Antalya, Turkey next week for the 2021 Junior Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Past winners of the tournament include Poland’s Iga Swiatek and United States’ Coco Gauff, with the pair going on to have outstanding seasons at senior level since leading their nations […]
2021 Laver Cup preview: Can Kyrgios and Shapovalov take down Europe?
MANY of the world’s best ATP Tour players have descended on Boston in the United States, with Team Europe looking to maintain their unbeaten record against Team World. Whilst the Europeans are far more highly ranked – their lowest ranked player is ranked higher than the best Team World – the head-to-heads show it may […]
2021 Laver Cup Team Europe preview
EVEN without a member of the ‘Big Three’ old guard – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer – and the previous most recent Grand Slam winner heading into the year in Dominic Thiem, the Team Europe lineup is still a ridiculously strong side that sees the lowest ranked member of the team still higher […]
Davis Cup Playoff results – September 18-19: Belgium surges home to avoid upset as Argentina bounce back
FOUR of the five seeded nations in the World Group I Playoffs got home despite some shaky early results from the first two nations, while an unfortunate injury ruling Stefanos Tsitsipas out of his nations’ tie with Lithuania ultimately saw Greece drop to the World Group II Qualifiers again. WORLD GROUP 1: Bolivia (2) defeated […]
2021 WTA Tour previews – September 20: Swiatek top seed at WTA 500 event
A WTA Tour 500 event in Ostrava will headline this week’s action, with a 125 event in the United States, and a couple of W80 tournaments in Europe. We make note of some of the key points to keep in mind. OSTRAVA OPEN – WTA TOUR 500: Iga Swiatek coming in as top seed after […]
2021 ATP Tour previews – September 20: Millman returns to Nur-Saltan as Hurkacz leads stacked Metz draw
IT is a big week on the ATP Tour after a break from the 250 events post-US Open, whilst a number of Challenger events take place across the globe. Moselle Open – ATP 250: An impressively stacked draw from the lower half of the Top 30, Hubert Hurkacz leads all-comers as the number one seed. […]
2021 WTA Tour Title wrap: Tauson continues winning run, Paolini claims maiden title
A NEW WTA Tour champion was crowned in Portoroz as a teenage star continued her rise up the rankings, and some experienced talents won titles on the ITF Tour. LUXEMBOURG OPEN | WTA 250: Luxembourg, Netherlands | Hard Winner: Clara Tauson (Denmark) Three weeks after winning a 125K title in Chicago, defeating Emma Raducanu in […]
Davis Cup Playoffs results: World Group I – Gombos destroys Garin to send Slovakia in World Group Qualifiers
A SENSATIONAL smashing in front of a home crowd by Norbert Gombos has lead to Slovakia picking up the Davis Cup World Group I win over Chile and booking their spot in the 2022 World Group Qualifiers. They joined Norway, Republic of Korea and Finland as the other impressive winners, whilst Peru got up in […]
Davis Cup Playoffs results: World Group II – Switzerland destroys Estonia, Tunisian second seed comes up big
IN a fascinating first couple of days of Davis Cup tennis, there were blowouts, upsets and nations returning to the higher Davis Cup group. >> DAVIS CUP PLAYOFFS PREVIEW (PART 2) Switzerland (5) defeated Estonia (0) We predicted Switzerland to win easily at home against Estonia, and they did just that with a clean sweep […]
Davis Cup Playoffs preview: Part 4 – September 18-19 – World Group II
THE first of the Davis Cup ties running into the team events for the second half of 2021 take place from tonight, with a host of teams battling it out to earn World Group Playoff and World Group I Playoff honours. The way it works is that the 24 teams (12 matches) in World Group […]
