ATP Tour wrap: Americans star as Djokovic fires past Danish teen
A HUGE second day of US Open seeded to go to plan for home nation hopefuls and a number of the top seeds, as a number of exciting clashes went ahead. Just one of the day’s top 10 seeds was challenged, with top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic escaping virtually unscathed with a first […]
US Open preview: Will Djokovic go four from four in 2021?
THE final grand slam of the tennis calendar has arrived, with everything riding on the US Open hard courts for many players. With plenty of in-form players making the cut and some huge omissions from the ranks, we preview the ins and outs of the men’s draw and which players to watch. Looking down the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Zverev downs Rublev for W&S Open title as Winston-Salem begins
A HUGE final between two in-form players was always set to be a blockbuster, as third seed Alexander Zverev and fourth seed Andrey Rublev shaped up in a massive contest for the Western and Southern Open title in Cincinnati. Despite Rublev’s best efforts, Zverev was too good claiming a swift 6-2 6-3 result to be done and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rublev wins all-Russian clash as Zverev holds off Tsitsipas
A COUPLE of epic Western and Southern Open semi-finals took place in Cincinnati with the ATP Tour 1000 finalists decided following three-set wins to the two lower seeds. All top four seeds made their way into the semis, but then it was the third and fourth seeds who took the chocolates over their top two […]
ATP Tour wrap: Top four seeds win through to blockbuster Cincinnati semis
IT might not be the ‘Big Three’, but the next generation of ATP Tour stars were able to earn spots in the Western and Southern Open semi-finals after wins in their respective quarter finals overnight. The top four seeds in Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev all won in their respective matches […]
ATP Tour wrap: W&S Open quarterfinals led by Russian duo
THE Western and Southern Open Round of 16 saw some hug results with all remaining players seeded, bar one in Frenchman Benoit Paire. It was another successful day for Russia, as top seed Daniil Medvedev downed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-3 and fourth seed Andrey Rublev joined him on the winners list with a tight 7-6(2) 7-6(5) victory over Gael […]
ATP Tour wrap: Monfils notches up 500th win in rare Cincinnati upset
ENIGMATIC Frenchman Gael Monfils has become the eleventh player and just the second Frenchman to notch up 500 wins, when he took down Australian 14th seed Alex de Minaur in Cincinnati today. Monfils won 6-3 7-5 to advance through to the third round of the tournament, one of only two unseeded players to knock off […]
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 […]
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 […]
