2024 Wimbledon preview
GRASSCOURT season is at its peak with the All-England Club preparing for the first day of action at Wimbledon tonight. Both the gentlemen’s and ladies singles kick off and will run for the next two weeks and we preview the huge Grand Slam event. GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES Top seed: Jannik Sinner (Italy) Italian Jannik Sinner enters […]
Demon headlines green and gold for Paris
TOP ranked Australian Alex de Minaur is headlining a nine-player squad for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games next month, as the green and gold look to collect more of the latter in France. It has been a long road for de Minaur to the Olympic Games, having been booked to play in Toyko four years […]
Raducanu rolls in Eastbourne second round
LOCAL young gun and US Open champion Emma Raducanu kick-started her Rothesay International campaign off with a convincing 6-4 6-0 domination of another US Open winner Sloane Stephens. Both players have had similar troubles since breaking out with a major win, with Raducanu’s unheard of race from qualifier to Grand Slam champion particularly a tough […]
Pegula survives thriller to win in Berlin
IT was a rocky match for world number five Jessica Pegula, but the American survived to pull through against 24th ranked Russian Anna Kalinskaya and secure her first WTA Tour title of the year. Pegula came back from a set down and five championship points down to win in three sets, 6-7 6-4 7-6 in […]
Sinner salutes in first title as world number one
ITALIAN young gun Jannik Sinner did not let the pressure of being the newly crowned world number one get to him as the top seed claimed the ATP 500 title in Halle overnight. The Australian Open champion showed he is just as impressive on grass, having to fight past a determined Hubert Hurkacz to win […]
Around The Tour: Thompson, Hijikata advance as Murray retires
TWO Aussies are through to the quarter finals of the ATP 500 event in London, defeating their respective opponents in the Round of 16 overnight. Second highest ranked Aussie Jordan Thompson and qualifier Rinky Hijikata both advanced through to the last eight, though in very different circumstances. Thompson was 4-1 up against local hero and […]
Around the Tour: Demon hits roadblock as Rublev rolled
AFTER celebrating his second ATP Tour title of the year just two days earlier, Australian Alex de Minaur fell to Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Cinch Championships in London. The new world number seven looked to be cruising after the first set with a 6-1 triumph, before Musetti found his rhythm […]
Demon lives up to top seed status with title
AUSTRALIAN Alex de Minaur‘s first ever tournament as a top seed ended in the best possible way with the Top 10 player taking out the Libema Open at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. The Aussie defeated American Sebastian Korda in straight sets 6-2 6-4 in 94 minutes to take out the ATP 250 event and kick […]
Top seed Demon dashes into second round
TOURNAMENT favouritism did nothing to distract top seeded Australian Alex de Minaur at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, winning in a tight straight sets match over Belgian Zizou Bergs. For the first time in his career, de Minaur was the number one seed, and he did well against a plucky Bergs, winning 7-5 6-4 to reach the quarter finals […]
Around the Tour: US Open winners set for quarter finals clash
A TANTALISING quarter finals clash between US Open champions Naomi Osaka and Bianca Andreescu awaits in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after the pair won their respective Round of 16 matches overnight. Osaka, who holds four Grand Slams – all on hard court – three more than Andreescu’s sole 2019 US Open title, will face the fellow wildcard on […]
