Norrie claims maiden Masters 1000 title for sparkling season to roll on
GREAT Britain’s Cameron Norrie has continued his remarkable revival this season, with the 26-year-old hitting his straps and bolting up into the Top 20 for the first time in his career. Coming into 2021, Norrie held a 51-60 win-loss record on the ATP Tour with no ATP Tour titles to his name. Fast forward to […]
Midweek Tour update: Indian Wells quarter finals get underway
SIX of the eight quarter finals have been completed across the ATP and WTA Tour’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Two of the men’s quarter finals were completed in very different fashions, whilst all four of the women’s quarter finals decided the 2021 semi-finalists. INDIAN WELLS ATP: Two in-form players upset a couple of […]
ATP Tour Player Focus: Jannik Sinner
HAILING from northern Italy, 20-year-old Jannik Sinner has experienced a sharp rise up the rankings since breaking into the top 50 just 12 months ago. Currently sitting at a career-high 14, Sinner’s form this year has been nothing short of impressive with three title wins to his name and an additional final loss proving how […]
2021 ATP BNP Paribas Open preview: First time winner to be crowned
A NEW ATP BNP Paribas Open title winner will be crowned at Indian Wells this fortnight, with no past winners in the 96-player draw. Missing the ‘Big Three’ – Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal – as well as reigning 2019 champion Dominic Thiem due to injury, the field is an open draw led […]
ATP Tour midweek update: Reigning champ advances in Bulgaria as top seeds book quarter finals spots in San Diego
THERE was a mixed bag of results on the ATP Tour this week with mostly top seeds moving through to the quarter finals, and a couple of shock losses at Challenger level. SAN DIEGO OPEN ATP 250: San Diego’s ATP 250 event has largely gone to plan with five of the top eight seeded players […]
2021 ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Hurkacz grabs third title of 2021 as Kwon wins maiden ATP trophy
TOP seed Hubert Hurkacz lived up to his pre-tournament billing to take out the Moselle Open in Metz, his third ATP Tour title of the year. The Polish rising star entered 2021 with just one title to his name, but has produced an impressive 29-16 year where he claimed the huge Miami Masters 1000, as […]
2021 ATP Tour preview: Stacked draw at San Diego ahead of Indian Wells
IT is a big week on the ATP Tour ahead of Indian Wells; as a stacked draw heads to San Diego, last year’s Sofia Open final could be played out in the second round, and a Top 30 player surprisingly opted to play in the Orleans Challenger event. SAN DIEGO ATP 250: A host of […]
ATP Tour wrap: Medvedev cruises through as young guns advance to quarter finals
ONLY second seed Daniil Medvedev had an easy day out as the first half of the quarter finals were decided at the US Open today. The Russian second favourite for the Grand Slam crown showed no signs of slowing down in Flushing Meadows, as the only player into the quarter finals without dropping a set. […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djokovic and Zverev unscathed as Italians star in second round
THE US Open second round is done and dusted, with a couple more seeds falling as the top seeds came away mostly unscathed. It was another good day for Italians with seeds Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner both winning their respective matches in four sets, as Andreas Seppi joined the party with an upset of 10th seed Hubert […]
ATP Tour wrap: Americans star as Djokovic fires past Danish teen
A HUGE second day of US Open seeded to go to plan for home nation hopefuls and a number of the top seeds, as a number of exciting clashes went ahead. Just one of the day’s top 10 seeds was challenged, with top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic escaping virtually unscathed with a first […]
