Showing posts for: Daniil Medvedev
Double dose for Tsitsipas in desert

KEEPING his recent hot form rolling, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas took another step forward in overcoming his slow start to the year with a second win over former Top 10 talent Matteo Berrettini in as many weeks. Defeating him in a tough three-setter at Dubai last week en route to the ATP500 title, the eighth seed […]

Felix eyes off third 2025 title in Dubai

ALREADY boasting multiple ATP Tour titles in 2025, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime moved just one win away from a triple treat following his semi-finals victory over French qualifier Quentin Halys, 5-7 6-4 6-3. Auger-Aliassime is an indoor specialist, but is improving his outdoor work having fought through to make yet another final and notch up his […]

Griek God-like performance from Dutchman

SAVING four match points and producing the biggest win of his career, Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor is into the Dubai Tennis Championships semi-finals. The world number 47 ousted tournament favourite Daniil Medvedev in an epic three-set encounter, needing two hour and 40 minutes to defeat the Russian number one seed, 2-6 7-6 7-5. Griekspoor looked on […]

Brilliant Berrettini blasts past Monfils in Dubai

FORMER Top 10 talent Matteo Berrettini is set to be seeded at the upcoming Grand Slams after rising up to 29th in the world today. The Italian saw off the challenge of fellow former world number six Gael Monfils at the Dubai Tennis Championships, 7-5 6-4. The victory marked Berrettini’s third out of four matches […]

Lehecka escapes from Alcaraz as top four seeds tumble

THREE of the four top ranked players all fell at the semi-finals stage of the 2025 Qatar Open ATP500 event, with the biggest of those results being talented Czech Jiri Lehecka toppling world number three, Carlos Alcaraz. After the Spaniard received a scare up against Luca Nardi in the Round of 16 the match before, […]

Consistency remains key for Demon in Doha

AUSTRALIAN Alex de Minaur has become one of the most consistent ATP Tour players, with the world number eight’s latest victory over Dutch qualifier Botic Van de Zandschulp making it 32 wins from 33 matches against players outside the Top 30 since May last year. With the win, de Minaur advanced through to the quarter […]

Berrettini blasts past Djoker in Doha

LIKE A blast from the past, Italian Matteo Berrettini‘s brutal forehand was back to its breathtaking best against a returning Novak Djokovic as the former Top 10 player smashed his way into the Doha second round. While Djokovic was returning from an injury he sustained during his semi-final loss to Alexander Zverev at the Australian […]

Daniil disaster as Medjedovic triumphs in Marseille

IT HAS not been a good year for Russian Top 10 talent Daniil Medvedev with the former US Open winner crashing out of the ATP250 event in Marseille. While the top seed did reach the semi-finals, he barely gave a yelp in a frustrating 6-3 6-2 loss to Serbian Hamad Medjedovic. Medjedovic took 73 minutes […]

Foki fires against Fritz in Delray Beach

SPANIARD Alejandro Davidovich Fokina caused the upset of the tournament in Delray Beach, defeating top seed and favourite Taylor Fritz in two tiebreakers to reach the semi-finals. The eighth seed won the tiebreakers 7-4 7-5 respectively to close out the match in two hours and nine minutes. In an evenly fought contest, Fritz actually had […]

Brilliant Bellucci downs Daniil in Rotterdam

IT WAS an upset very few could have predicted, but Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci knocked out second seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev from the ATP Rotterdam Open overnight. Having opportunities to do it in straight sets, the Italian eventually won 6-3 6-7 6-3 to book his spot in the quarter finals of the ATP 500 event. […]

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