Buenos Aires/New York wrap: Opelka out in New York as Schwartzman survives scare at home
A REIGNING champion is out of his title defence tournament, while another top seed only just survived an epic encounter as we recap the quarter finals from Buenos Aires and New York. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Number one seed and tournament favourite, Diego Schwartzman has kept his dream of winning his home town […]
2020 Rio Open preview: Clay court specialists head to Rio
RIO De Janeiro welcomes the top clay courters to its ATP500 event with more than $2.4 million AUD on offer across the tournament, including $529,300 for the winner. Leading the title contenders is two-time Roland Garros and Australian Open finalist, Dominic Thiem. With the exception of world number two, Rafael Nadal and an injured Matteo […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova pulls out as Sakkari downs Bencic
ILLNESS has forced third seed, Petra Kvitova to forfeit her St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter final clash, allowing safe passage for Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova into the semi-finals. It was not the only result where the lower ranked player took home the win, as sixth seed Maria Sakkari bundled out number one seeded Swiss star, Belinda […]
World Tennis Tournament: Monfils edges closer to back-to-back titles as Carreno Busta continues run
ONE teenager was bundled out, while another advanced through to the final four as third seed Gael Monfils tightened his grip on back-to-back ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament titles. Monfils triumphed just last week at Montpellier and he looks to add a ninth title to his illustrious career – the first time he would have […]
Thailand Open: Swiss youngster continues run to semis as top four seeds all out in Hua Hin
A STUNNING day of results has seen the remaining top four seeds ousted to blow the Thailand Open draw wide open. Number one seed and tournament favourite, Elina Svitolina was bundled out, as was third seed Wang Qiang and Chinese compatriot fourth seed, Zheng Saisai. While Svitolina’s exit might be a headline story, it was […]
2020 Dubai Tennis Championships preview: Clijsters returns in tournament full of Grand Slam winners
ARGUABLY the most anticipated tournament since the Australian Open, the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are choc-a-block full of big names and Grand Slam winners from the WTA Tour. Most of the top 10 are in appearance despite Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu unfortunately withdrawing from the tournament. Three of the four Australian Open […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: South Americans advance in Argentina as Thompson stuns Isner in New York
A STRONG South American presence will feature in the Argentina Open quarter finals, while in New York, it was a mixed bag of upsets and seeded winners. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: All four winners of the Argentina Open were South American, as the top two seeds moved through to the quarter finals, joined […]
2020 Delray Beach Open preview: Kyrgios and Raonic looking to add to trophy cabinet
REIGNING champion Radu Albot will be looking to make it back-to-back titles at the 2020 Delray Beach competition but will have to get past a host of quality players in the likes of Aussie cult hero Nick Kyrgios and Canadian Milos Raonic if he is any chance to hold the trophy aloft. FAVOURITE: Nick Kyrgios […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova survives scare as Alexandrova continues run
THREE more seeds have booked their spot in the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter finals with the completion of Round of 16 yesterday. In a day of largely expected results and straight sets wins, there was one surprise three-setter. Third seed, Petra Kvitova took two hours and 16 minutes to shake off determined Belgian, Alison […]
World Tennis Tournament: Three of the top four out in Rotterdam
A STUNNING day of upsets has seen another two top four seeds knocked out of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. After number one seed and world number five, Daniil Medvedev was sent packing in the first round, world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas and world number 11 David Goffin were also bundled out in remarkable […]
