World Tennis Tournament: Pospisil’s giant-killing streak continues as he stuns Medvedev in 67 minutes
SOME people have a mid-life crisis, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil is having a mid-career spree as the 29-year-old’s remarkable past couple of months returning from injury continued yesterday with a stunning 67-minute rout of world number five, Daniil Medvedev. The Russian was seeded number one at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, but headed home early […]
Monfils claims third Montpellier title
NUMBER one seed and tournament favourite, Gael Monfils has claimed his third Open Sud De France title at Montpellier following a straight sets win over Canadian, Vasek Pospisil. The world number nine drew level on points with Italian, Matteo Berrettini in eighth with the World Tennis Tournament coming up in Rotterdam likely to determine who […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Second seeds fall in France and India
A COUPLE of huge shocks headline the semi-finals across the world, as one French star zeroes in on this third title at the Open Sud De France. OPEN SUD DE FRANCE – MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: Gael Monfils is closing in on a third title at Montpellier after booking a spot in the final yesterday. The top […]
2020 Argentina Open preview: Withdrawals open door for for Schwartzman
FATIGUE and injury to the Argentina Open’s top two seeds, Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini has opened the door for new number one seed, Diego Schwartzman to win on home soil. Joined by predominantly those who contested at Cordoba, Schwartzman becomes the benchmark after Thiem (fatigue) and Berrettini (injured) both withdrew over the past couple […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Monfils survives as French drop out in disappointing day for home nation
SEEDS moved through across the three ATP Tour events on quarter finals day as the final fours in each tournament at Montpellier, Pune and Cordoba were decided. OPEN SUD DE FRANCE – MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: Number one seed and top 10 player, Gael Monfils has survived an awful day for the home nation, with the Frenchman […]
2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament preview: Monfils eyes off back-to-back as young guns circle
THE first major ATP Tour event of the season post the Australian Open is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament which sees no less than 17 top 30 players, and six in the top 12. Gael Monfils returns after his title win here 12 months ago, but 2019 runner-up, Stan Wawrinka was a late withdrawal […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Marcora grabs back-to-back wins after 11-year wait
A LITTLE known Italian qualifier has stunned the number one seed in Pune to grab back-to-back ATP Tour wins, after not winning in his 11 years since joining the tour. TATA OPEN – PUNE, INDIA: The quarter finals are decided in Pune, and the number one seed and tournament favourite is out. France’s Benoit Paire […]
2020 Cordoba Open preview: Will Londero beat highly fancied compatriots for back-to-back titles?
THE first clay court event of the year kicks off in Cordoba, Argentina from February 3-9, with a 28-player field battling it out in the 250 event. It is only the second time the even has been played, with Juan Ignacio Londero winning in his home country over fellow Argentinian, Guido Pella in three sets. […]
2020 Tata Open preview: Can Karlovic go one better?
FOR those players wishing to remain on hard court after the Australian Open, then the Tata Open in Pune, India is the way to go. It has a long and expansive history, with Stan Wawrinka a four-time winner, and the likes of Carlos Moya, Pat Rafter and Mikhail Youzhny also past winners of the 250 […]
Australian Open: Semi-final preview – Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev
TWO players looking to win their first ever Grand Slam title face off in the second semi-final tomorrow. Fifth seed Dominic Thiem has made it through to a final twice before – losing the last two French Opens – while seventh seed Alexander Zverev is in his first Grand Slam semi-final of his career. FOR […]
