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 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Medvedev continues form as power-hitters fire up
A COUPLE of seeds fell in an interesting day at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada, with six matches seeing seeded winners and just one unseeded clash played out. Just one Russian made it through the Round of 16, and that was number one seed Daniil Medvedev who drew the only remaining qualifier in the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Tiafoe capitalises on second chance as lower seeds skittled
JUST five of a possible 15 seeds advanced through to the Round of 16 at the National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada, and only one of those seeds was outside the Top 10. It was a huge day of upsets, but also straight sets results, with one walkover, and two three-set contests in an otherwise […]
Men’s Olympics wraps: Semi-finalists decided in Tokyo
THE men’s semi-finals have been decided at the Tokyo Olympics, with four tight clashes setting up an intriguing run to the Gold Medal Match. Three seeds remain in the draw with one outlier keeping things interesting with plenty of action still to come. Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic is right on the path […]
Olympics Men’s wraps: Upsets make a stir as Tsitsipas makes history and Nishikori wins on home turf
THE second day of Tokyo 2020 men’s tennis action saw plenty of intrigue as a trio of top 10 seeds fell at the first hurdle in the game of games. Possibly the biggest upset of the day came from Australian Max Purcell, who was a late entry following Andy Murray‘s late withdrawal and Alex De Minaur‘s […]
ATP Tour wrap: Canadians make history as upsets erupt on Manic Monday
A HUGE manic Monday at Wimbledon was always set to be a cracker, and with a couple of intriguing upsets in tow the fourth round of men’s action did not disappoint. Whilst the last matchup of the day between Daniil Medvedev and Hubert Hurkacz was suspended midway through the fourth set due to rainfall, the […]
Wimbledon 2021: Who’s into week two?
THE opening week of Wimbledon action for 2021 is done and dusted, and as the only grand slam that has retained the “Middle Sunday” day off for grass court maintenance, we take a look at the athletes from both the women’s and men’s draw who have secured their spot in the fourth round. In the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Korda eliminates Evans, joins illustrious group
UNITED States young gun Sebastian Korda has joined an illustrious group by winning through to the fourth round at both Roland Garros and now Wimbledon prior to his 21st birthday. The 20-year-old defeated Daniel Evans, 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 24 minutes to advance to the Round of 16 and join a […]
