Birthday boy Colton cracks Cobolli code
AMERICAN college graduate Colton Smith celebrated his 22nd birthday in style with a maiden ATP Tour maindraw win at Indian Wells on day one of the ATP1000 event. Smith stunned Top 40 talent Flavio Cobolli to discard the Italian from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 6-2 in an hour and 53 minutes. The […]
Daniil disaster as Medjedovic triumphs in Marseille
IT HAS not been a good year for Russian Top 10 talent Daniil Medvedev with the former US Open winner crashing out of the ATP250 event in Marseille. While the top seed did reach the semi-finals, he barely gave a yelp in a frustrating 6-3 6-2 loss to Serbian Hamad Medjedovic. Medjedovic took 73 minutes […]
Foki fires against Fritz in Delray Beach
SPANIARD Alejandro Davidovich Fokina caused the upset of the tournament in Delray Beach, defeating top seed and favourite Taylor Fritz in two tiebreakers to reach the semi-finals. The eighth seed won the tiebreakers 7-4 7-5 respectively to close out the match in two hours and nine minutes. In an evenly fought contest, Fritz actually had […]
Dutch delight for Demon
NEEDING to defend his run to last year’s final, Aussie Alex de Minaur is on the board at the 2025 Rotterdam Open. The world number eight defeated the player he may well face in the Davis Cup Qualifiers Second Round later in the year in David Goffin, extending his head-to-head against the Belgian to 6-0 […]
2025 ATP/WTA Tour Week 6 preview
TENNIS is truly ramping up post-Australian Open with four tournaments played across the ATP and WTA Tours this week. Both Tours have 500 events to headline Week 6, while also having a smaller 250 event in Cluj Napoca on the WTA Tour. We preview that event, as well as those 500s in Abu Dhabi, Rotterdam […]
PREVIEW | 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers
THE FIRST stage of the 2025 Davis Cup gets underway this week with 13 matches taking place to see the winning sides join Netherlands in the second round of the Qualifiers. Italy has already qualified for the Finals later in the year, with the reigning champions to await the seven teams who will win through […]
Demon sets up quarter-final meeting with Sinner
STANDALONE local hope Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian man to reach the quarter-finals of his home slam after dispatching American Alex Michelsen in straight sets, 6-0, 7-6, 6-3 last night. The eighth seed sent a packed out Rod Laver Arena into raptures having won in just over two hours. >> SCROLL to […]
Second wind: Monfils storms into week two
VETERAN Frenchman Gael Monfils has toppled fourth seed Taylor Fritz in a major upset at the Australian Open yesterday, sending him into the second week of the tournament. The 38-year-old saluted 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 in just over three hours to progress to the final 16 at Melbourne Park. >> SCROLL to see all the […]
Djokovic delivers after slow start to get up and running
WITH NEW coach Andy Murray watching on the sidelines, Novak Djokovic secured a first up win at the 2025 Australian Open after defeating a fast-starting Nishesh Basavareddy in four sets on Monday night. Djokovic had a scare to start the match, dropping the opening set to the American wildcard, before steadying to book his spot […]
Brisbane belief for Thompson after comeback
LOCAL hope and reigning semi-finalist Jordan Thompson is through to the quarter finals of the ATP 250 event following an incredible comeback facing three first set points against American youngster Alex Michelsen before winning 7-5 6-3. Thompson found himself down 2-5 and 0-40 on serve, with the Next Gen American only needing one point to […]
