Ruud through to second clay court final of 2020, faces Brazilian wildcard
NORWEGIAN rising star, Casper Ruud is hoping to make it two titles in a month when he goes out on court for the final of the Chile Open. The world number 38 reached his second final in three tournaments after winning the Argentina Open a couple of weeks earlier. He was able to see off […]
Djokovic claims 79th title, remains undefeated in 2020
WORLD number one, Novak Djokovic has claimed the 79th title of his career, remaining undefeated in 2020. Djokovic took out the Dubai Tennis Championships – the fifth time he has won the title – by defeating world number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4. In a match that only lasted 78 minutes, Djokovic was too good […]
ATP/WTA Mexican Open: Nadal to face Fritz, as Watson and Fernandez prepare for WTA title
THE Mexican Open finals have been decided in Acapulco with a number one seed to face a rising American, while a Canadian teenager takes on an experienced Brit. In the men’s draw, number one seed and world number two, Rafael Nadal breezed through to the Mexican Open final with a 6-3 6-2 win over seventh […]
Chile Open: Garin forced to retire as Ruud, Ramos-Vinolas cruise through to semis
THE top seed, tournament favourite and hometown hero, Cristian Garin is out of the Chile Open after he was forced to retire due to injury against Brazilian wildcard, Thiago Seyboth Wild in the quarter finals. Seyboth Wild won the first set in a tiebreaker with Garin clearly not himself, and eventually he had to call […]
Dubai Tennis Championships: Djokovic and Tsitsipas to battle for Dubai title
WORLD number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas has earned the chance to go one better than last year’s runner-up prize at Dubai Tennis Championships after reaching the final for another year. Last year, the Greek won through to the final before falling short to hand Roger Federer a remarkable eighth Dubai title. Yesterday, Tsitsipas got past unseeded […]
ATP/WTA Mexico Open: Dimitrov upsets Wawrinka as Xiu, Fernandez continue run
AN AMERICAN will play in the ATP Mexico Open Final following the quarter finals results, while in the WTA Tournament, a couple of teenage qualifiers continued their runs to move into the semi-finals. Seventh seed Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov took out third seed, Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to set up a semi-final clash with tournament […]
Chile Open: Wildcard and first seed among those through to quarter finals
DAY four of the Chile Open saw mostly predictable results heading into the quarter finals, with only one game not going to plan. In the match of the day, Brazilian wildcard Thiago Seyboth Wild defeated fifth seed Argentinian Juan Ignacio Londero in straight sets, running out victor in straight sets, 7-6 6-4. A tiebreaker finished […]
ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Tsitsipas fights from a set down to win
IT took him longer than he would have liked, but Greece’s world number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the semi-finals at Dubai after downing difficult German, Jan-Lennard Struff. A day after Struff strolled into the last eight with a 39-minute rout of Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the top 40 player took the first set off […]
ATP/WTA Mexico Open: Teenage prodigies through for WTA Tour, as upsets create havoc for ATP Tour
THREE teenagers are through to the final eight in Acapulco on the women’s draw, while it was less positive for three of the world’s brightest stars on the men’s draw. American qualifier, Tommy Paul has caused a massive boilover by downing German top 10 player and number two seed, Alexander Zverev in the Round of […]
Chile Open: Chilean wildcards out as three out of four seeds advance
THREE of the four seeded players who took to the court in Santiago yesterday are through to the final eight after straight-set wins on the clay. In the upset of the day, Argentinian qualifier, Renzo Olivo defeated fourth seed, Pablo Cuevas in three epic sets. The little-known 297th ranked Argentinian made his way through qualifying […]
