Aussies race into Davis Cup second round
AUSTRALIA cemented its spot in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers Second Round with a comfortable 3-1 vi tory over Sweden on the weekend. The green and gold wrapped up proceedings with a 3-0 start thanks to doubles pairing John Peers and Matthew Ebden getting the win, so with Rotterdam coming up for top ranked Alex […]
PREVIEW | 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers
THE FIRST stage of the 2025 Davis Cup gets underway this week with 13 matches taking place to see the winning sides join Netherlands in the second round of the Qualifiers. Italy has already qualified for the Finals later in the year, with the reigning champions to await the seven teams who will win through […]
Djokovic delivers after slow start to get up and running
WITH NEW coach Andy Murray watching on the sidelines, Novak Djokovic secured a first up win at the 2025 Australian Open after defeating a fast-starting Nishesh Basavareddy in four sets on Monday night. Djokovic had a scare to start the match, dropping the opening set to the American wildcard, before steadying to book his spot […]
Frenchman aces past Shelton to win
BECOMING the lowest ranked player to win the Swiss Indoors event since it joined the official ATP Tour, Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is now an ATP 500 champion. The towering young talent aced his way to victory against equally impressive server Ben Shelton, providing an ominous sign of things to come in a 6-4 7-6 […]
Around the Tour: Ito crafts third straight upset
ADMITTING she has not got “any power” and she is “skinny”, Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito has made a name for herself in Osaka. The 188th ranked Japanese hope knows where her strengths and weaknesses lie, and focuses on what she can do, rather than she cannot, leading her to a quarter finals appearance in the […]
Around the Tour: Saito strikes on debut in Osaka
JAPANESE teenager Sara Saito had a WTA Tour debut to remember, picking up an upset win over Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in Osaka overnight. The junior girls world number two earned a wildcard into the WTA 250 event and played her first main draw match against the 22-year-old world number 62, coming away with the […]
World number two finds Djoker card to fend-off Fearnley
SERBIAN star Novak Djokovic got a little more than he bargained for against unknown 22-year-old Brit Jacob Fearnley, with the world number 277 pushing the 24-time Grand Slam winner across three hours in a four-set match on Centre Court at Wimbledon. In a David vs Goliath story, the Edinburgh local was ranked outside the top […]
