Boult-ing to the San Diego title
COMING from a set down, Great Britain’s Katie Boulter knocked off Ukrainian sixth seed Marta Kostyuk, 5-7 6-2 6-2 to take out the WTA 500 San Diego Open. Just a day after boyfriend Alex de Minaur won at Acapulco and made the quick dash to watch her courtside, Boulter made it two from two for […]
Demon delights, defends Acapulco crown
IN-FORM Australian Alex de Minaur moved back inside the Top 10 on the ATP Tour rankings after successfully defending his crown at Acapulco on the weekend. Having won at the Mexican event 12 months ago, de Minaur stepped up to the plate again, winning the final against Casper Ruud in straight sets, 6-4 6-4. The […]
Humbert raging 2024 form rolls on in Dubai
WINNING his 13th match from 16 contests, Ugo Humbert‘s dream start to 2024 rolled on with the Frenchman defeating Alexander Bublik in straight sets to win the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships ATP 500 title. It was far from an easy draw, with Humbert knocking off top seed Daniil Medvedev and third seed Hubert Hurkacz, as […]
Humbert hunts down Hubi in Dubai upset
FRENCH fifth seed Ugo Humbert continued her fantastic recent ATP Tour form by defeating third seed Pole, Hubert Hurkacz to reach the Dubai Tennis Championships semi-finals. The 25-year-old currently sits at his career-high 18th in the world, and is on the verge of rising futher. Humbert is level on points with 17th ranked Frances Tiafoe, […]
Altmaier stuns top seed compatriot in Mexico
GERMAN world number 57 Daniel Altmaier has caused a massive first round boilover in the ATP 500 Abierto Mexicano Telcel yesterday. In a match that lasted two hours and 27 minutes, Altmaier took down top seed and countryman Alexander Zverev in three sets, 6-3 3-6 6-3. Though Zverev lead the head-to-head 2-0 coming into the […]
Under the Radar: Taylah Preston (Australia)
TEENAGE sensation Taylah Preston has been performing strongly on the ITF Tour the last five months, and is rapidly improving her WTA Tour ranking. Though many of her tournaments have been out of the spotlight given the lower level compared to the Tour, Preston has risen almost 300 places since September. Five months ago when […]
ATP Risers & Sliders: Feb 26, 2024
AUSTRALIA and Argentina feature prominently in this week’s ATP Tour Risers and Sliders piece, with a first time finalist and some surprise packets making impressive leaps up the world rankings. RISERS: Sebastian Baez (Argentina)28/12/2000 | Current Ranking: 21 (+9) | Career-High: 25 The diminutive Argentinian continues to remain on the edge of the top 20, […]
WTA Risers & Sliders: Feb 26, 2024
A MAIDEN WTA 1000 title in Dubai had Italian Jasmine Paolini and her final opponent Anna Kalinskaya high up in our WTA Tour Risers and Sliders piece this week, as we take a look at the players who took the biggest rankings jump and fall over the past seven days. RISERS: Jasmine Paolini (Italy)04/01/1996 | […]
Bulgarian boilover as Dencheva upsets red-hot favourite
SECURING her first prominent ITF Junior title, Bulgarian Rositsa Dencheva downed tournament favourite Laura Samsonova in the J500 title in Cairo. Samsonova came into the tournament as the top seed and had only dropped one set en route to the final, but had her work cut out for her against the world number 39. The […]
Terrific Thommo’ caps off astonishing Los Cabos run
IT WAS a run very few saw coming, but Australian Jordan Thompson continued his strong form in 2024 to pick up his maiden title at Los Cabos in Mexico. The Aussie defeated former top 10 talent Casper Ruud in the final, where he backed up from an epic come-from-behind victory against Alexander Zverev and make […]
