2020 ATP Astana Open preview: Paire and Kecmanovic lead field in Kazakhstan
WHILST the world’s top ATP Tour players are battling it out in Austria, a number of mid-tier talents will hope to win the penultimate ATP 250 event in Kazakhstan starting today. The 28-player hard court event is another new event on the calendar, taking place in Nur-Sultan and named the Astana Open. The top ranked […]
Seeds continue form at Cologne, three Spaniards fall at Antwerp
THE first day of Round of 16 action at the ATP 250 tournaments in Cologne, Germany and Antwerp, Belgium, saw a consistent day across the board, with just one seed falling across the two competitions but a couple of tough matches in the mix. At Cologne, everything went to plan for the three seeds with […]
Round of 32 at Cologne and Antwerp begin with close affairs
THE ATP 250 Rounds of 32 began at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium and the second straight tournament in Cologne, Germany, with plenty of action across the two competitions. At Cologne, just one of the two seeds heads through to the Round of 16, with ninth seed Marin Cilic unable to maintain control against American Steve […]
2020 European Open preview: Seven top 20 players set for Antwerp
SEVEN top 20 ATP Tour players will descend on Antwerp for the 2020 European Open which starts on Monday. The ATP 250 event is a hard court event and will see a stacked lineup, with 44th ranked Albert Ramos-Vinolas the lowest ranked direct acceptance, whilst Matteo Berrettini (8th) will head in as the top seed. […]
Medvedev headlines massive exits in Roland Garros first round
IT might only be the second day, but it was carnage at Roland Garros with four top 20 seeds bombing out, including two top eight seeds in a huge day of upsets. The biggest of the lot was fourth seed Daniil Medvedev, who faltered in his first match for the second consecutive tournament, losing to […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros preview: Can Nadal win number 13?
RAFAEL Nadal is always the nominal favourite at Roland Garros, probably because he has only lost three matches there in his entire career, of which one was via retirement. The King of Clay will be keen to bounce back from a shock loss to Diego Schwartzman in Rome to really put a stamp on his […]
Demon fires into first Grand Slam quarter final
ALEX de Minaur became the third quarter finalist through to the last eight for the first time, with a straight sets win over unseeded Canadian, Vasek Pospisil. The world number 28 had a breakout year last year winning three titles, but was yet to win in the second week of a Grand Slam. That all […]
Two milestone breakthroughs, some German history and a default exit provides excitement on day seven
TWO players will reach their first Grand Slam quarter finals, another his first US Open quarter final, and a fourth making it through in the most unexpected way. That was what the wash up of day seven at the US Open was like for those who witnessed the Flushing Meadows online. Denis Shapovalov and Borna […]
Thiem and Auger-Aliassime set up blockbuster
FELIX Auger-Aliassime booked his ticket to Round 4 of the US Open with a dominant 6-1 6-0 6-4 victory over Corentin Moutet. The Canadian has had an outstanding tournament so far, having only dropped one set across his three matches to date. Moutet came into this match with confidence after a strong win against 23rd […]
Fucsovics wins in five sets and hours to upset Dimitrov
IT was the longest match of the tournament thus far, but Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics will not mind, emerging victorious over highly fancied 13th seed, Grigor Dimitrov. The unseeded Hungarian has enjoyed a promising year in 2020, and that form continued with a 6-7 7-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 win in what took four hours and 50 […]
