ATP Tour wrap: Three upsets and a retirement shake up Monte Carlo Masters
A STUNNING three-set upset of Clay Court King Rafael Nadal has Russian up-and-comer Andrey Rublev in a near-unbeatable way, moving through to the semi-finals of the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters ATP 1000 event. Rublev was one of three lower ranked players to win their respective matchups, leaving just him and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas as […]
ATP Tour wrap: Evans stuns Djoker in Monte Carlos madness
DANIEL Evans has pulled off the greatest win of his ATP Tour career, downing world number one Novak Djokovic at the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters overnight. The Brit, who struggles on the clay normally, somehow knocked off the world’s best player in straight sets, 6-4 7-5. It was not easy, but then no one expected […]
ATP Tour wrap: Beltings galore as top seeds return at Monte Carlo Masters
TOP seeds and clay court specialists made their way through to the third round of the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters event, with a massively one-sided day of results. As the 14 remaining matches in the second round were completed, just one of those – Frenchman’s Lucas Pouille‘s victory over Australian Alexei Popyrin – went went […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Sinner and Hurkacz to put friendship aside for Miami Open title fight
DOUBLES partners and rising stars on the ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz will put their friendship aside when they do battle on the Grandstand Court to determine the 2021 ATP 1000 Miami Open winner later today. Hurkacz and Sinner both toppled Top 10 opponents in respective upsets, and will now face off in […]
Miami Open 1000: Barty books semis spot as Hurkacz upsets Tsitsipas
WORLD number one Ash Barty is through to the 2021 Miami Open final after defeating fifth seed Elina Svitolina in straight sets. The Australian talent took one hour and 27 minutes to shake off the Ukrainian and advance through to the decider, continuing her run of good form this year after reaching a quarter final […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Korda continues run with Schwartzman upset
SEBASTIAN Korda will have the hopes of a nation on his shoulders after being the sole United States representative through to the 2021 Miami Open ATP 1000 quarter finals from a brutal day of Round of 16 action. Korda had a fantastic win over fifth seed Diego Schwartzman, 6-3 4-6 7-5 in two hours and […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Korda dominates on home soil as Hurkacz upsets Shapovalov
IN a day that largely went the way of the higher ranked player in each Miami Open ATP 1000 contest, the fourth round of the tournament was decided following eight singles matches played out overnight. Unlike the day before where all bar two matches were three-setters, this day was a little different with many of […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Tsitsipas and Nishikori set for third round blockbuster
WORLD number five Stefanos Tsitsipas and former world number four Kei Nishikori have collected important wins at the Miami Open this morning to set up a blockbuster third round clash between the pair for Tuesday. Tsitsipas breezed past Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4 and became just the third ATP player to claim 15 victories in the 2021 […]
2021 ATP/WTA 1000 Miami Open preview: Federer and Nadal withdraw as Barty returns
THE 2021 Miami Open is set to begin this week, played from Monday, March 22 through to Sunday, April 4, with the 1000 event expected to showcase some high calibre encounters across both the ATP and WTA Tours. Whilst the men’s list is missing a couple of notable names within the top 20, the women’s […]
ATP Tour wrap: Karatsev wins maiden title; top two seeds book Acapulco final
A MAIDEN title-winner was crowned in Dubai with victory over a qualifier in the final, as the top two seeds in Acapulco made their way through to the final. Russian wildcard Aslan Karatsev‘s remarkable start to 2021 has continued with the Australian Open semi-finalist claiming his maiden ATP Tour title with victory in the final […]
