ATP Tour wrap: Carreno Busta firms as title favourite after upset-fillet Round of 16 at Winston-Salem
TOP seed Pablo Carreno Busta has firmed as the ATP Tour Winston-Salem Open title favourite after winning through to the quarter finals at the ATP 250 event, and watching many of his closest rivals fall. The Spanish world number 12 is the only player left standing inside the Top 50 in the hard court event, […]
ATP Tour wrap: Seeds fall to the sidelines as Tiafoe downs Murray
A MIXED bag of results was had during the Winston-Salem Open Round of 32, with a number of seeds falling at the second round hurdle as a couple of lucky losers joined the winners list. Four seeds head to the sidelines after today’s action, with fifth seed Alexander Bublik, sixth seed Marin Cilic, 10th seed Federico Coria and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Monfils notches up 500th win in rare Cincinnati upset
ENIGMATIC Frenchman Gael Monfils has become the eleventh player and just the second Frenchman to notch up 500 wins, when he took down Australian 14th seed Alex de Minaur in Cincinnati today. Monfils won 6-3 7-5 to advance through to the third round of the tournament, one of only two unseeded players to knock off […]
ATP Tour wrap: More rain delays as Americans find form
THE second day of Western and Southern Open saw some intriguing results as the Round of 64 finished off and a couple of Round of 32 draws took the court. A number of Americans capitalised on home soil in Cincinnati, as three made their way through to the second round with two yet to play […]
ATP Tour wrap: Medvedev continues form as power-hitters fire up
A COUPLE of seeds fell in an interesting day at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada, with six matches seeing seeded winners and just one unseeded clash played out. Just one Russian made it through the Round of 16, and that was number one seed Daniil Medvedev who drew the only remaining qualifier in the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Tiafoe capitalises on second chance as lower seeds skittled
JUST five of a possible 15 seeds advanced through to the Round of 16 at the National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada, and only one of those seeds was outside the Top 10. It was a huge day of upsets, but also straight sets results, with one walkover, and two three-set contests in an otherwise […]
ATP Tour wrap: Nadal withdraws as Americans stand up and second round gets going
THE second day of men’s National Bank Open action saw the completion of the Round of 64, while the Round of 32 action got underway in Toronto, Canada. Rafael Nadal also announced his withdrawal from the competition, citing soreness to the foot injury that kept him out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. His […]
ATP Tour wrap: Sinner sole seed left in Washington after one-sided results
JANNIK Sinner is the last surviving seed at the 2021 Citi Open in Washington, with the Italian young gun favourite to take out the ATP 500 event. Sinner was one of four semi-finalists decided on the day and none of the matches went beyond two sets, with the losing player winning six or less total […]
ATP Tour wrap: Americans control the airways as Round of 32 and 64 come to blows
A HUGE day of results was had at the Citi Open, with the Round of 64 completed as the Round of 32 began and plenty of Americans setting up shop on home turf in Washington. In the Round of 54, all five Americans reigned supreme while it was a completely different story for the trio […]
Olympics Men’s wraps: Broady claims huge upset as Tsitsipas keeps it simple
A COUPLE of big exits haunted the men’s Round of 32, following suit with the women’s draw, as seeds continue to fall to lower ranked opposition. Stefanos Tsitsipas came back with a vengeance to claim a 6-3 6-4 victory over Frances Tiafoe, putting his Wimbledon exit at the hands of the United States representative to […]
