Sinner the winner after toppling Thanasi
ITALIAN Jannik Sinner received the best possible 21st birthday present by overcoming a dogged Thanasi Kokkinakis in a thrilling three-set blockbuster. The players spent a whopping three hours and 15 minutes on court, with the 10th seed eventually overcoming the qualifier, 6-7 6-4 7-6 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open ATP […]
Upsets galore in Canada as seeds fall
IT was absolute carnage in both Montreal and Toronto at the top-end as seven of the nine top five seeds in action bowed out of their respective Masters 1000 tournaments. In what showed the evenness of the overall ATP and WTA Tours at the moment, only top women’s seed Iga Swiatek, and fourth men’s seed […]
Kyrgios bowls Baez, next up Medvedev in Montreal
AUSTRALIAN Nick Kyrgios has set up a mouth-watering second round clash against world number one Daniil Medvedev at the National Bank Open in Montreal. The world number 37 – who is coming off a title at the Citi Open in Washington – is in red-hot form and disposed of Argentinian Sebastian Baez in one hour […]
Mandlik reaps reward over Riske in San Jose
AMERICAN 21-year-old Elizabeth Mandlik has won through to the second round of the San Jose WTA 500 event, claiming her first ever WTA Tour main draw win in the process. Having stunned top qualifying seed Jil Teichmann to reach the main draw, Mandlik took down compatriot and former Top 20 player Alison Riske in straight […]
Italian qualifier cracks through for maiden Tour win
IT has been a long-time coming for 20-year-old Giulio Zeppieri, but the Italian qualifier finally posted his first ever main draw ATP Tour win. The world number 168 has an 0-4 career win-loss record to his name, and after surviving qualifying through the Croatian ATP 250 event in Umag, finally broke through for his maiden […]
2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals groups announced
A NEW Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup champion will be announced later in the year, with the 12 nations sorted into their respective four groups. Reigning champions Russia will not be eligible to compete in the 2022 BJK Cup edition, opening the door for another nation to come through. Last year’s runners-up Switzerland assume the […]
The seeds continue to fall at Wimbledon
OVER in the Ladies’ Singles draw at Wimbledon 2022, the surprise results continued to come. 12th seed Jelena Ostapenko was the latest of the seeds to fall, losing to world 103 Tatjana Maria. It was an epic tussle between the pair, the score line ultimately finishing 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 in favour of the German. Maria […]
Carnage at Wimbledon as Kerber, Sakkari fall
IT was a day of shock losses in the ladies singles at Wimbledon, with two of the contenders in the bottom half of the draw bowing out at the All-England club. The 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber suffered a straight sets loss to 24th seed Belgian Elise Mertens, meaning just one past Wimbledon winner is […]
Nadal wins marathon to set up duel with Djokovic
FRENCH Open specialist Rafael Nadal is through to the Quarter Finals of this year’s edition, after the Spaniard beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five set marathon 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. It was the Canadian who broke first in the opening set of their encounter, breaking Nadal twice on the way to a 5-1 lead. […]
Teichmann ousts Azarenka in three-hour epic
SWISS talent Jil Teichmann flew the flag for her nation, becoming the sole player into the Roland Garros fourth round after defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in an epic three-set match lasting more than three hours. On the same day that her higher ranked compatriot Belinda Bencic fell to US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, Teichmann was […]
