2024 Davis Cup Finals preview: Group B
NEXT week the 2024 Davis Cup Finals kicks off with the round robin portion of the tournament and in the lead-up to the event, we preview each of the four groups. In today’s preview, we analyse Group B to see which of the four nations might advance to the knockout stage in November. NATIONS: 2nd. […]
Popyrin stuns Djoker to oust defending champion
RED-HOT Australian Alexei Popyrin was already in the form of his life, but that form got even better when he incredibly knocked out defending champion and world number two Novak Djokovic in the third round of the US Open. A day after Carlos Alcaraz was skittled by Botic Van de Zandschulp, the 28th seed went […]
No escape for Alcaraz as Dutchman downs third seed
ARTHUR Ashe Stadium’s crowd during the night match was left a little speechless following Botic Van de Zandschulp causing a monumental upset over third seed Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard and former number one was coming off a Wimbledon title and Olympic silver medal, but has won just one of his past three matches, with the […]
Kokkinakis stuns Tsitsipas in US Open first round
IT WAS all Greek to most when trying to interpret what went down on the Grandstand court at the US Open when Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis upset 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Adelaide-born world number 86’s parents were both born in Greece, and no doubt most of Greece would have a soft spot for the Australian. […]
2024 US Open preview: Men’s singles
OVERNIGHT the 2024 US Open kicks off with a wide open draw across both the men’s and women’s singles. We take a look at how the Flushing Meadows major is shaping up in our tournament preview. Top eight seeds The men’s singles sees reigning champion Novak Djokovic seeded second overall in his quest to win […]
Pop goes the Aussie underdog
IN ONE of the more surprising ATP Masters 1000 results in recent history, Australian Alexei Popyrin defied all odds to secure just his third ATP Tour title, and first above 250 level. It was fitting that his National Bank Open final win came against world number six Andrey Rublev, having stunned a whoopping five Top […]
Djoker completes career Golden Slam
WORLD number two and 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic added an elusive Olympic medal to his CV of accolades overnight, defeating third seed and in-form Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. The rising Spanish star won at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon – the latter over Djokovic – but at the Paris Olympics it was the Serbian […]
No escape from Alcaraz in Paris for Felix
THERE was nowhere to hide for Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime who felt the full brunt of an impressive Carlos Alcaraz overnight, going down 6-1 6-1 in the Paris Olympics semi-finals. Alcaraz stormed to the win in just an hour and 15 minutes to guarantee himself a medal, making light work of the North American who had […]
Musetti denies Zverev back-to-back golds
ITALIAN Lorenzo Musetti is through to the Paris Olympics semi-finals, all while denying reigning men’s singles gold medallist Alexander Zverev a shot at back-to-back golds. Zverev won the top gong in Tokyo, but has fallen in the last stage before the medal rounds with Musetti getting up in a tight 7-5 7-5 contest on Court […]
Alcaraz storms past Safiullin into Olympic quarter finals
WORLD number three and reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz is just three wins away from a maiden Olympic gold medal after skipping past Roman Safiullin in a comfortable straight sets victory, 6-4 6-2. Alcaraz needed an hour and 29 minutes to dispatch of the neutral athlete and advance through to the Paris quarter finals. […]
