2024 Laver Cup preview
IN its seventh edition, the 2024 Laver Cup will kick off tonight with some of world’s best male tennis players facing off in an exhibition-like event. Six players from Europe will go up against six players from the rest of the world – almost always the Americas and Australia – to decide who will have […]
Evans ties nation record as Brits beat Finland
GREAT Britain was able to rest two of its top stars and still get the job done against Finland on day two of the 2024 Davis Cup overnight. The passionate Manchester crowd got behind veteran Daniel Evans playing his 26th match in the blue, white and red, equalling the second most all-time record with Mike […]
2024 Davis Cup Finals preview: Group C
NEXT week the 2024 Davis Cup Finals kicks off with the round robin portion of the tournament and in the lead-up to the event, we preview each of the four groups. In today’s preview, we analyse Group C to see which of the four nations might advance to the knockout stage in November. NATIONS: 4th. […]
Sinner takes out Tabilo to reach Montreal quarters
WORLD number one Jannik Sinner became the first player to qualify for the end of year Nitto ATP Finals this week, and reached the National Bank Open quarter finals overnight in the process. The Italian top seed, who withdrew from the Olympics due to illness, proved too strong for Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in their Round […]
Nishikori stuns Stef in Montreal madness
JUST two days after grabbing his biggest win in a couple of years, Kei Nishikori has gone even better in the second round of the National Bank Open in Montreal, taking out world number 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. The current 576th ranked player in the world secured his first Top 20 win in […]
Around the Tour: Draper downs defending champ
TOP-RANKED Brit Jack Draper produced the biggest upset of his career by downing world number two and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at the Cinch Championships in London overnight. Draper won in a tight two-set contest 7-6 6-3 to put Alcaraz spot at number two in the world in threat ahead of Wimbledon. Prior to the […]
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 […]
Stan the Man too good for Sir Andy
FANS were treated to a battle of Grand Slam champions in the opening round of Roland Garros overnight, with 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka proving too strong for Great Britain’s Sir Andy Murray. The Swiss veteran won 6-4 6-4 6-2 in what will likely be the last time the pair meet on the French […]
2024 Roland Garros men’s singles preview
TOMORROW night Australian time the 2024 French Open kicks off in Paris, with a star-studded draw set to provide plenty of highlights in the men’s singles. We take a look at what the draw could provide, with the contenders and the Aussies to how they are placed. REIGNING CHAMPION Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Reigning champion Novak […]
Zverev denies all-Chilean final with comeback win
GERMAN Alexander Zverev is through to the 2024 Rome International Masters final after ending the run of Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and denying the chance at a first-ever all-Chile final at ATP 1000 level. The world number five has the chance to leapfrog Daniil Medvedev if he wins, having come back from a terrible first set […]
