Star-studded field enters Erste Bank Open
ONE of the most star-studded fields outside a Grand Slam will enter the Erste Bank Open in Vienna with only Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev and the injured Roger Federer as the key omissions from the tournament. World number one Novak Djokovic and US Open winner Dominic Thiem are the top two seeds in a huge […]
Rublev last Russian hope in St. Petersburg
ANDREY Rublev is the sole Russian representative in the St. Petersburg Open ATP 500 event semi-finals, following a huge win and the exit of compatriot, Karen Khachanov. The 22-year-old moved into the top 10 – up to number nine in the world following a 6-2 6-1 demolition of Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie, whilst Khachanov bowed […]
Medvedev’s disappointing form continues as only seed to drop
DANIIL Medvedev‘s disappointing form continued in his home nation with a weird three-set loss to American Reilly Opelka in the second round of the St. Petersburg Open. In what was otherwise an incredibly predictable day, Medvedev suffered the loss after being in a commanding position. He won 12 more points than his opponent for the […]
Half a dozen Russians reach St. Petersburg second round before a couple fall
UP until the last match of the day, the Russian fans were kept satisfied at the St. Petersburg Open with the final three Russians out on court all making it through to the Round of 16. Top seed Daniil Medvedev overcame a disappointing first set and some shocking recent form to down French veteran Richard […]
Russian wildcards produce upsets on day on at St. Petersburg
WHILE all the talk in St. Petersburg will be around the top 20 ranked Russian trio of Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov, a couple of wildcards from the home nation caused a good stir on day one of the ATP 500 event with upset wins. The 117th ranked Aslan Karatsev downed Australian Open […]
Zverev returns home as top seed in Cologne
ALEXANDER Zverev will return to Germany in a brand new ATP Tour tournament, the bett1HULKS Indoors which is a ATP 250 event. Zverev is one of only two Germans in the automatic entries – Jan-Lennard Struff is the other – with the pair among six top 30 players entering the hard court event. Zverev should […]
Russian trio to lead favourites in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG Open has been one of the few tournaments to benefit from the COVID-19 period with other cancellations allowing the Russian tournament to upgrade from an ATP 250 event to a prestigious ATP 500 event. Whilst the same draw of 32 players on indoor hard courts will remain, there will be more points on […]
Favourites advance into quarters easier than expected
ASIDE from one losing first set tiebreaker, the four quarter finalists through to the last thus far did not drop a set on their road to the next round at Roland Garros today. All the higher ranked players in each match-up got through, as top seed Novak Djokovic, fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 13th seed Andrey […]
Berretini falls in surprise upset
WORLD number 186 Daniel Altmaier had the biggest win of his career on Saturday, taking down seventh seed Matteo Berrettini 6-2 7-6 6-4 to progress to the round of 16 at Roland Garros. Berrettini doubled Altmaier’s number of unforced errors (42-21) struggling to find any form of rhythm on court. “I was struggling to find […]
Hamburg finalists fight back from two-set deficits to stage remarkable first round wins
STEFANOS Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev are lucky to survive the first round of the French Open after slow starts almost cost the Hamburg European Open finalists. A tight turnaround between the ATP500 event and the Grand Slam meant some soreness for the talented top 15 players, but neither would have expected to go two sets […]
