ATP Tour midweek update: Tsitsipas sent packing amidst stunning upsets
THE goods were delivered over in Russia for the St. Petersburg Open. From 16 names to eight, the competition is so far anyone’s game, as a number of top seeded players were sent packing following shock losses. Fourth-seed Aslan Karatsev’s demise came as a result of a brutal defeat by Australian John Millman. The world […]
ATP Tour Player Focus: Brandon Nakashima
DEVELOPING American prospect Brandon Nakashima is an exciting young talent, steadily making his way up the ATP Tour rankings since his initial senior debut in late 2019 on the Challenger tour. Still only 20-years-old and realistically only completing his second full season on the ATP Tour, the California native and former junior world number three […]
2021 ATP Tour preview: Big guns return for crack at ATP 500 title in Vienna
A STACKED field takes part in another ATP 500 event, this time in Vienna, Austria which kicks off tonight. It is one of two majors events on the ATP Tour this week, with the other being an ATP 250 event in St. Petersburg, which still features a number of up-and-coming stars. Erste Bank Open ATP […]
Norrie claims maiden Masters 1000 title for sparkling season to roll on
GREAT Britain’s Cameron Norrie has continued his remarkable revival this season, with the 26-year-old hitting his straps and bolting up into the Top 20 for the first time in his career. Coming into 2021, Norrie held a 51-60 win-loss record on the ATP Tour with no ATP Tour titles to his name. Fast forward to […]
Midweek Tour update: Indian Wells quarter finals get underway
SIX of the eight quarter finals have been completed across the ATP and WTA Tour’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Two of the men’s quarter finals were completed in very different fashions, whilst all four of the women’s quarter finals decided the 2021 semi-finalists. INDIAN WELLS ATP: Two in-form players upset a couple of […]
ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Sinner goes back-to-back in Sofia as Ruud stands alone with fifth 2021 title
CASPER Ruud is the only ATP Tour player to have collected five titles this year after winning in San Diego, as Jannik Sinner edged close to a ATP Finals slot after winning his third in 2021. SAN DIEGO OPEN ATP 250 FINAL RESULT: [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) defeated Cameron Norrie (GBR) 6-0 6-2 One of […]
Young gun focus: Carlos Alcaraz
THERE is a wealth of developing international talent making its way up the ranks across both the ATP and WTA Tours, with this series looking into some of the high flyers of late who have shot up the rankings in recent months. This week, we take a look at explosive Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz. >>READ: ATP Teenage […]
2021 ATP Tour preview: Stacked draw at San Diego ahead of Indian Wells
IT is a big week on the ATP Tour ahead of Indian Wells; as a stacked draw heads to San Diego, last year’s Sofia Open final could be played out in the second round, and a Top 30 player surprisingly opted to play in the Orleans Challenger event. SAN DIEGO ATP 250: A host of […]
ATP Tour wrap: Seeds scatter on opening day of US Open
A MIXED bag of results were had on the opening day of the men’s US Open draw, with all of the top 18 seeds paving the way into the second round, before a flurry of lower seeded losses proved that seeding is not everything. The New York heat made five set clashes intriguing, with a […]
ATP Tour wrap: More rain delays as Americans find form
THE second day of Western and Southern Open saw some intriguing results as the Round of 64 finished off and a couple of Round of 32 draws took the court. A number of Americans capitalised on home soil in Cincinnati, as three made their way through to the second round with two yet to play […]
