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Davis Cup Finals – Semi-finals: Canada to meet Spain in decider

FIVE-time Davis Cup champion Spain has moved through to face Canada for the 2019 title after downing Great Britain in the semi-finals. The North American nation will be vying for its first-ever title after downing Russia 2-1 in the other semi-final. Both nations are yet to lose a tie at the Davis Cup Finals this […]

Tomas Berdych retires at 34

CZECH Tomas Berdych has announced his retirement at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday after a 17-year ATP Tour career, citing an ongoing back injury that kept him out of competition for 2018 and parts of 2019. The 34-year-old had some real highlights over the course of his career, reaching a career-high number four ranking […]

Davis Cup Finals – Round 3: Quarter finals set as reigning champs bundled out in two sweeps

CROATIA will not defend its Davis Cup title after being swept for the second time this tournament, going down 3-0 to Group B toppers, Spain. In other results, Serbia, Germany, Australia and Great Britain all booked a spot in the quarter finals to join Canada, while Russia and Argentina were able to secure runner-up places […]

Davis Cup Finals – Round 2: Canada first team to qualify as clean sweeps emerge

ROUND 2 of the Davis Cup action did not disappoint with a number of underdogs leaving their mark on the competition with a couple of upset wins. Canada have already secured their spot in the next stage thanks to a dominant performance against both the US and Italy while Australia showed they have plenty of […]

Davis Cup Finals – Round 1: Pospisil stuns Italy as Canada snatches victory

WHILE Round 2 of the Davis Cup Finals began overnight, we recap how the first round of action went down across the past two days with each group completing one match. There were some interesting results including Russia’s clean sweep of reigning champions, Croatia, as well as a rank outsider taking down a top 12 […]

2019 Davis Cup preview: All you need to know

WHILE we released our group-by-group previews over the past week, we have developed a full Davis Cup Finals preview with how the teams got here, where they are ranked and who we think might win it. DAVIS CUP WORLD RANKINGS: HOW THEY GOT HERE Under the new Davis Cup format, qualifiers were played back in […]

2019 Davis Cup preview: Group F

IN the sixth and final preview of our Davis Cup group previews, we take a look at Group F. The group is in our opinion the strongest of the lot. In the sense that any of these teams could advance not just in this group, but in other groups as well. USA are technically the […]

ATP Finals – Tsitsipas crowned ATP Finals champion

STEFANOS Tsitsipas is the lastest ATP Finals champion after downing Austrian, Dominic Thiem in a two-and-a-half hour epic contest in London. Both players were absolutely sensational throughout, with neither player giving an inch, but a 4-0 dominant run in the second set to the 21-year-old Greek, as well as holding firm despite Thiem’s powerful hitting […]

2019 Davis Cup preview: Group E

IN the fifth of our Davis Cup group previews, we take a look at Group E. The group has a lot of question marks surrounding the sides, with Grand Slam winner Andy Murray returning to lead Great Britain in as favourites against Kazahkstan and Netherlands. Realistically it is hard to see any of these teams […]

ATP Finals – Tsitsipas and Thiem to face off in decider

STEFANOS Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem will contest the 2019 ATP Finals title overnight with the two Group leaders winning their respective semi-finals. Tsitsipas defeated third seed Roger Federer 6-3 6-4, while Thiem moved through to the final match on the ATP Tour calendar with a 7-5 6-3 triumph over seventh seed Alexander Zverev. Both players […]

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