Ruud downed at Sardinia while seeds prevail in Cologne
IT was another big day across the two ATP 250 tournaments, seeing a much more successful pursuit from the respective home nations in Germany and Italy though a couple more seeds fell across the two competitions. Sardinia favourite Casper Ruud was the upset of the round, downed in straight sets and seeing just one seed […]
Medvedev’s disappointing form continues as only seed to drop
DANIIL Medvedev‘s disappointing form continued in his home nation with a weird three-set loss to American Reilly Opelka in the second round of the St. Petersburg Open. In what was otherwise an incredibly predictable day, Medvedev suffered the loss after being in a commanding position. He won 12 more points than his opponent for the […]
Seeds downed in Round of 16 at Cologne and Sardinia
JUST one seed across the two ATP 250 tournaments in Sardinia and Cologne survived the first day of Round of 16 action, with three seeds falling at Sardinia and one at Cologne. It was also not a successful outing for the homegrown players on court, with no Italian or German talents winning through to the […]
Half a dozen Russians reach St. Petersburg second round before a couple fall
UP until the last match of the day, the Russian fans were kept satisfied at the St. Petersburg Open with the final three Russians out on court all making it through to the Round of 16. Top seed Daniil Medvedev overcame a disappointing first set and some shocking recent form to down French veteran Richard […]
Day 2 at Cologne and Sardinia sees tough battles
DAY 2 in both Cologne, Germany and Sardinia, Italy started with a bang with a couple of intriguing matches headlining the respective ATP 250 tournaments. It was a successful day for Spanish competitors across the two tournaments, while a couple of Italians were dealt unlucky hands taking on compatriots. It was a rough day for […]
Raonic hits 21 aces to proceed to Round of 16 at St Petersburg
DAY 2 at St Petersburg saw two of the Russian favourites enter the draw, with third and fourth seeds Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov coming away with straight sets wins, as did fellow seeds Milos Raonic and Borna Coric. None of the day’s six matches went past two sets, with all the seeded matches completed […]
Struff suffers second consecutive loss to German qualifier, as Italian teen Musetti’s run continues
TWO ATP 250 events took off today with the Round of 32 in both Cologne, Germany and Sardinia, Italy with some upset results. Three seeds were ousted across both tournaments, with just two getting up as it was bad news for second ranked German, Jan-Lennard Struff, whilst great news for Italian teen sensation, Lorenzo Musetti. […]
Russian wildcards produce upsets on day on at St. Petersburg
WHILE all the talk in St. Petersburg will be around the top 20 ranked Russian trio of Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov, a couple of wildcards from the home nation caused a good stir on day one of the ATP 500 event with upset wins. The 117th ranked Aslan Karatsev downed Australian Open […]
Zverev returns home as top seed in Cologne
ALEXANDER Zverev will return to Germany in a brand new ATP Tour tournament, the bett1HULKS Indoors which is a ATP 250 event. Zverev is one of only two Germans in the automatic entries – Jan-Lennard Struff is the other – with the pair among six top 30 players entering the hard court event. Zverev should […]
Nadal stuns Djokovic for 13th career Roland Garros title
THREE sets were all Rafael Nadal needed to collect his record 13th Roland Garros title on Sunday, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5 and tying Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slams. It was the pair’s 56th career meeting – eighth at Roland Garros – which shaped up for an enticing battle, but it was […]
Russian trio to lead favourites in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG Open has been one of the few tournaments to benefit from the COVID-19 period with other cancellations allowing the Russian tournament to upgrade from an ATP 250 event to a prestigious ATP 500 event. Whilst the same draw of 32 players on indoor hard courts will remain, there will be more points on […]
Swiatek makes history with maiden Grand Slam win
IGA Swiatek has made history by becoming the first ever Polish person to win a Grand Slsam title when she defeated American Sofia Kenin, 6-4 6-1 in the Roland Garros final today. The 21-year-old Kenin is the reigning Australian Open final winning her maiden title at Melbourne park, but it was Swiatek who emerged victorious […]
