2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 4
IT was a day of upsets on the women’s side, and an Aussie wildcard led the charge on the men’s as the 2022 Australian Open Round of 64 was completed yesterday. In the men’s draw, Australian wildcard Chris O’Connell was the talking point of the day, stunning 13th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, 7-6 […]
2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 2
DAY TWO of the 2022 Australian Open saw more upsets than its predecessor, and some epic five-set and three-set contests in the men’s and women’s draws respectively. At the conclusion of the day, the full first round is complete, with second round matches – Round of 64 – kicking off today. Despite a scare from […]
Around the Tours: Adelaide champions to battle in semi
THE only two Adelaide International champions will do battle in the semi-final of the 2022 tournament, when world number one Ash Barty comes up against Poland’s Iga Swiatek. Both are Grand Slam winners and overcame their respective Grand Slam-winning opponents in Sofia Kenin and Victoria Azarenka. Whilst Barty won in straight sets over Kenin 6-3 […]
Around the Tours: Chinese teen continues run
CHINESE teenage Qinwen Zheng continued her remarkable run in Melbourne to reach a quarter final at the event. In what was only her fifth main draw match of her career – she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Palermo last July – she was able to get past the always tough Vera Zvonareva […]
Around the Tours: Barty overruns Coco
WORLD number one Ash Barty produced a strong comeback to put away teenage prodigy Coco Gauff in three sets at the Adelaide International last night. In one of the matches of the day, Gauff took the first set against the rusty Australian, and went 4-2 up seemingly set to advance to the quarter finals. Instead, […]
ATP Tour midweek update: Reigning champ advances in Bulgaria as top seeds book quarter finals spots in San Diego
THERE was a mixed bag of results on the ATP Tour this week with mostly top seeds moving through to the quarter finals, and a couple of shock losses at Challenger level. SAN DIEGO OPEN ATP 250: San Diego’s ATP 250 event has largely gone to plan with five of the top eight seeded players […]
Davis Cup Playoffs results: World Group I – Gombos destroys Garin to send Slovakia in World Group Qualifiers
A SENSATIONAL smashing in front of a home crowd by Norbert Gombos has lead to Slovakia picking up the Davis Cup World Group I win over Chile and booking their spot in the 2022 World Group Qualifiers. They joined Norway, Republic of Korea and Finland as the other impressive winners, whilst Peru got up in […]
Davis Cup Playoffs preview: Part 1 – September 17-18 – World Group I
THE first of the Davis Cup ties running into the team events for the second half of 2021 take place from tonight, with a host of teams battling it out to earn World Group Playoff and World Group I Playoff honours. The way it works is that the 24 teams (12 matches) in World Group […]
Hot & Cold – ATP Tour: Young guns join big-serving South African as in-form talents
IN a new occasional series, we take a look at those players who are red-hot and those who are ice-cold in terms of their Tour rankings, starting with the men’s ATP Tour, following the conclusion of the US Open. RUNNING HOT: Lloyd Harris Weekly rise: +15 (31st – Career High) 2021 YTD: +56 (87th) The […]
ATP Next-Gens make move at US Open
FOUR Next-Gen eligible players reached the fourth round or better at the US Open in a terrific show of the future of men’s tennis. In taking a look at the Young Guns, we look at who made their move during the Grand Slam, with some rising double-digit rankings, and one becoming the top ranked player […]
