Top 5 must-watch matches: Australian Open – Day 6
A COUPLE of power hitters and a rivalry that stretches into the double digits headline a huge Day 6 on the Australian Open calendar. PICK OF THE DAY: [19] John Isner (USA) v. [15] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) With plenty of closely seeded matchups on Day 6, ultimately the most intriguing match is between similarly seeded […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 4 review – Gulbis and Verdasco remain alive in Aus Open
A COUPLE of top 10 picks and an Aussie up-and-comer are the only unseeded players remaining in the top half of the draw come Round 3 after only one seed fell in that half of the second round. It was business as usual in the top eighth of the men’s draw with all four seeds […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 2 review – Gulbis winds back clock with first round upset
ON Day 2 of the 2020 Australian Open, a second top 20 Canadian seed fell – this time to a qualifier – while a number of others had to fight hard in order to survive against stiff opposition. In the top eighth of the draw, world number one Rafael Nadal started off his Australian Open […]
Australian Open men’s preview: Number eight no worries for Novak?
THE question on everyone’s lips is can Novak Djokovic win an eighth title at Melbourne Park? It seems like regardless of what happens over the next two weeks history will be made. If Federer wins, he moves one more Grand Slam clear of his rivals, and levels Djokovic on seven Australian Open titles. If Nadal […]
2020 Australian Open draw announced with huge first round clashes
A TANTALISING fourth round match between world number one Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios, and world number one Ash Barty meeting reigning title holder, Naomi Osaka in the semi-finals highlights a bumper Australian Open following the announcement of the 2020 draw tonight. The pair have shown no love lost between Kyrgios and Nadal, and they […]
ATP Adelaide International: Day 2 – Evans continues rise as first round completed
DANIEL Evans is already through to the quarter Finals of the Adelaide International after a straight sets win over Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the sole second round match yesterday. Evans had already cruised past Argentinian Juan Ignacio Londero, while Bublik caused the upset of Day 1, triumphing over the highest ranked seed with a first […]
ATP Cup: Day 8 – Top two players advance to ATP Cup semis
THE world’s top two male tennis players will compete in the ATP Cup semi-finals after both Novak Djokovic’s Serbia and Rafael Nadal‘s Spain emerged victorious on Day 8 of the ATP Cup. Serbia and Spain join Russia and Australia in the semi-finals – as predicted by Draft Central‘s tournament preview – though the two semi-finals […]
ATP Cup Day 5- Kyrgios and Tsitsipas play out a thriller
THERE was a host of action on Day 5 of the ATP tour with Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas putting on a clinic in a game for the ages while Russia flexed their muscles against Norway. Group F Germany 1 defeated by Canada 2 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 6-1 6-4 Alexander Zverev […]
2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open preview: Is Stan the man for this year’s title?
BOASTING an open field with plenty of potential winners, the 2020 Qatar Open will almost certainly have a first-time title holder. The most recent winner was Roberto Bautista Agut, with Gael Monfils winning in 2018, ending the run of back-to-back victories by Novak Djokovic, and triumphs to David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal. In fact, the […]
ATP Cup – Day 1 Wrap: Aussies pledge for bushfire relief as countries establish a dominant start
FRIDAY marked day one of the ATP Cup taking place in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. With bushfires affecting much of the east and southern coasts of Australia, the ATP Tour has decided to donate one hundred dollars per ace hit at the ATP Cup for the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief, with a number […]
