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Thiem overcomes raucous Irish crowd as Austria takes lead

IT was an atmosphere that Grand Slam champion Dominic Thiem was seldom used to, as he and his Austrian team faced off against surprise packets Ireland in Limerick for the Davis Cup World Group Qualifiers. The former world number three faced off against Irish world number 935 Michael Agwi in a thrilling contest, bouncing back […]

ATP & WTA Tour Scores: February 1, 2022

FINDING all the ATP and WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw results from the tennis tournaments heading into February 2. ATP TOUR OPEN SUD DE FRANCE: Montpellier, France | ATP 250 | Hard It was a day for the […]

Davis Cup Playoffs preview: Part 4 – September 18-19 – World Group II

THE first of the Davis Cup ties running into the team events for the second half of 2021 take place from tonight, with a host of teams battling it out to earn World Group Playoff and World Group I Playoff honours. The way it works is that the 24 teams (12 matches) in World Group […]

Qatar Open: Day 3 wrap – Tsonga, Raonic knocked out of contention

SEEDED players dropped like flies in Day 3 of the Qatar Open, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic among those knocked out in only the second round of the tournament. Qualifier, Corentin Moutet put up a spectacular performance against Raonic to head into the fourth day of competition, collecting a debut win against the fourth […]

Qatar Open: Day 2 wrap – Wawrinka starts 2020 with a bang

DAY 2 of the Qatar Open saw the completion of the first round of 32 and the first matches of the following round, with first and fifth seeds, Stan Wawrinka and Laslo Djere running down their respective opposition. Wawrinka continued his solid form, with the 15-ranked Swiss running out victor against Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy to […]