Year in the review – 2019: Karolina Pliskova
FOR the fourth consecutive year, Czech Republic’s world number two, Karolina Pliskova finished in the top eight. A key player on the WTA Tour, she reached world number one at various stages over the past few years, but sits at number two heading into 2020. Rank: #2 Wins: 52 Losses: 17 Titles: 4 Prize Money: […]
Year in review – 2019: Roger Federer
ROGER Federer finished 2019 as he had begun it – in third spot on the ATP Tour rankings. He dropped as low as seventh at one point and this season has been far from one of his most glamorous, but you can never write the Swiss Master off. Rank: #3 Wins: 53 Losses: 10 Titles: […]
Year in review – 2019: Ash Barty
ALWAYS touted as a future star of the WTA Tour, Ash Barty lived up to all expectations in 2019, shooting to the top spot in the rankings after claiming Roland Garros mid-year and the WTA Finals. Rank: #1 Wins: 57 Losses: 13 Titles: 4 Prize Money: $11,307,587 Barty became tennis’ most recognisable face on the […]
Year in review – 2019: Novak Djokovic
AFTER holding the number one ranking for most of the year, Novak Djokovic was pipped at the post by Rafael Nadal to drop back to number two in the world. Rank: #2 Wins: 57 Losses: 11 Titles: 5 Prize Money: $13,277,228 The Serbian had a terrific start to the year, winning the Australian Open in […]
Young Gun focus: Alexander Zverev
GERMAN youngster Alexander Zverev is one of tennis’ bright young stars. He finished 2018 with consecutive straight set victories over Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic en route to winning the biggest title of his career, the ATP Finals. As such, Zverev came into 2019 with the number four ranking and lofty expectations that were difficult […]
Davis Cup Final: Spain claims sixth title in 2-0 sweep of Canada
SPAIN has earned its sixth Davis Cup title and the first under the new 2019 format with a sensational 2-0 win over Canada overnight. In the story of the final Roberto Bautista Agut came back into Spain’s line-up just three days after the death of his father. Meanwhile Felix Auger-Aliassime was a surprise call-up to […]
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 […]
