2024 Paris Olympics draw talking points
LAST night the 2024 Paris Olympics took place and there was no shortage of talking points coming out of the draw. Here is some of those talking points from the men’s and women’s singles. MEN’S SINGLES: Novak vs Rafa one last time? Speculation pre-draw was whether or not the two most successful Grand Slam winners […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Paris Olympic Games
PARIS will place host to a second massive tennis event in a couple of months when the Olympic Games gets underway this weekend. We took a look at some of the top players representing their countries, and who might lift the trophies. In an article tomorrow, Rookie Me Central will take a deep dive into […]
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 […]
Men’s Olympics wraps: Zverev claims gold for Germany
ALEXANDER Zverev has had a monumental week on the court, taking down everyone in his path to claim the Tokyo 2020 gold medal. Defeating world number one Novak Djokovic just two days ago, Zverev backed it up with a cool, calm and collected straight sets win over Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)’s Karen Khachanov. While Khachnov had […]
Women’s Olympics wrap: Bencic takes gold over Vondrousova, Monfils takes bronze
BELINDA Bencic has claimed Olympic gold for Switzerland, overcoming a shaky second set to take out the win against unseeded Marketa Vondrousova who takes home silver for the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, fourth seed Ukrainian Elina Monfils took out the bronze clash, coming from behind to defeat Kazakh Elena Rybakina. Bencic’s victory was by no means straightforward, only just […]
Men’s Olympics wrap: Djokovic denied medal by Carreno Busta
THE bronze medal matchup between world number one Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno Busta always looked to be a cracker with both players in fine form, but it appeared the sixth seeded Spaniard had the extra bit of spark with Djokovic coming in off the back of an unprecedented loss to Alexander Zverev the day prior. It was an outstanding 6.4 […]
Men’s Olympic wraps: Zverev denies Djoker Golden Slam, faces Khachanov in final
ALEXANDER Zverev has denied Novak Djokovic the chance at a rare Golden Slam – four Grand Slams and an Olympic Gold Medal in a calendar year – after coming from behind to defeat the world number one in yesterday’s men’s singles semi-final. Zverev toppled Djokovic 1-6 6-3 6-1 to advance through to the Gold Medal […]
Men’s Olympics wraps: Semi-finalists decided in Tokyo
THE men’s semi-finals have been decided at the Tokyo Olympics, with four tight clashes setting up an intriguing run to the Gold Medal Match. Three seeds remain in the draw with one outlier keeping things interesting with plenty of action still to come. Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic is right on the path […]
Olympics Women’s wraps: Gold medal match decider booked for Vondrousova and Bencic
IT will be an intriguing clash for the Gold Medal in the Olympics 2020 women’s tennis, with Marketa Vondrousova and Belinda Bencic making their way into the Tokyo final following respective victories and earning definite medal chances as they proceed. While Vondrousova had the expected tougher opponent in fourth seed Elina Monfils, the highest remaining seed left in […]
Olympics men’s wraps: Humbert topples Tsitsipas as Nishikori sets up Djoker clash
JUST eight men remain in the hunt for medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following the completion of the Round of 16 matches yesterday. With five of the top six seeds in action, four advanced through to the next round, whilst there was one huge upset, and the home crowd favourite remained alive in the […]
