2024 Laver Cup preview
IN its seventh edition, the 2024 Laver Cup will kick off tonight with some of world’s best male tennis players facing off in an exhibition-like event. Six players from Europe will go up against six players from the rest of the world – almost always the Americas and Australia – to decide who will have […]
Argentina surges into Davis Cup Finals
AFTER losing on day one to Canada, Argentina surged into the 2024 Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga after back-to-back wins the past two days. The South American nation went down to Canada on day one, but fortunately managed to win the doubles on that day which kept them alive. They then knocked off host […]
Aussies foil French Davis Cup hopes again
AUSTRALIA has kick-started its Davis Cup mission to go one better with a third straight year of beating France. The Aussies took until the deciding set of the doubles to get the job done, but were able to see out the match and win 2-1 in the opening group stage match of the 2024 tournament […]
2024 Davis Cup Finals preview: Group D
NEXT week the 2024 Davis Cup Finals kick off with the round robin portion of the tournament, and in the lead-up to the event, we preview each of the four groups. In today’s preview, we analyse Group D to see which of the four nations might advance to the knockout stage in November. NATIONS: 3rd. […]
You’ve got to be Djoking – Popyrin faces Novak in third 2024 Grand Slam
AUSSIE Alexei Popyrin looked like a man on a mission during his second round demolition job of Spaniard Pedro Martinez. In career-best form coming off an incredible ATP 1000 title earlier in the month, the 28th seed will now set his sights on 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic for an incredible third time in […]
Alcaraz storms past Safiullin into Olympic quarter finals
WORLD number three and reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz is just three wins away from a maiden Olympic gold medal after skipping past Roman Safiullin in a comfortable straight sets victory, 6-4 6-2. Alcaraz needed an hour and 29 minutes to dispatch of the neutral athlete and advance through to the Paris quarter finals. […]
French fancy fails as Argentine advances
ALTHOUGH things went to plan for most of the seeds overnight at the Olympics, everything did not go to plan for all as Ugo Humbert found out the hard way after the 10th seed went down to Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 7-5. 6-7, 7-5. In a match that lasted two hours and 44 minutes, the Argentine […]
Berrettini’s back, alright
AFTER having to take the tough road, Italian Matteo Berrettini is back alright. The former world number six claimed his third title of 2024 – and second consecutive trophy – at the Generali Open over the weekend when he knocked off Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7-5 6-3 in the final. The 28-year-old proved too powerful for […]
Alex slays Demons to reach Roland Garros quarters
AN AUSSIE is into the Roland Garros men’s singles quarter finals in Paris for the first time in two decades after Alex de Minaur defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev in a come-from-behind win overnight. After dropping the first set, de Minaur only dropped six more games for the rest of the match as he crushed the […]
Djoker shrugs off Spaniard to reach third round
WORLD number one Novak Djokovic needs to reach the 2024 Roland Garros final in order to retain top spot, and so far, so good for the Serbian star after her rolled Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets. In a one-sided match, Djokovic had a challenge early in the first set, but won 14 of […]
