2021 Davis Cup Finals nominations confirmed
IT is less than a month away until the 2021 Davis Cup Finals kick off with some big names competing in the tournament. Lead by world number one Novak Djokovic and world number two Daniil Medvedev, there are plenty of stars across each line. The tournament is split into six groups of three (18 teams), […]
ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Challenger events conclude
WHILST Indian Wells got underway last week, not every player took the opportunity to compete at the ATP 1000 event, with four Challenger Tour tournaments running over the past week.All four ATP 80 or 90 tournaments were completed with a number of experienced players standing up. In the highest ranked tournament in Mouilleron-Le-Captif France, second […]
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 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: Seeds scatter on opening day of US Open
A MIXED bag of results were had on the opening day of the men’s US Open draw, with all of the top 18 seeds paving the way into the second round, before a flurry of lower seeded losses proved that seeding is not everything. The New York heat made five set clashes intriguing, with a […]
ATP Tour wrap: Intriguing Round of 32 complete in Switzerland, Mexico and Croatia
THE three ATP 250 events have continued this week, with a flurry of predictable winners emerging as some upsets brewed across the board. In Switzerland, two seeds competed with both claiming first round wins, as fifth seed Argentinian Federico Delbonis overcame Swiss wildcard Leandro Riedi 6-3 6-3 and seventh seed Serbian Laslo Djere downed Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Players heating up heading into quarter finals
WORLD number 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas had a good return to the court overnight progressing to the quarter finals at the Hamburg European Open, defeating German Dominik Koepfer in straight sets. Having lost to American Frances Tiafoe in a disappointing first round exit at Wimbledon, the top ranked Greek was a little shaky early when he […]
ATP Tour wrap: Competitions fire up on second day
ALL three ATP tour events continued overnight, with the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg seeing a trio of Serbians survive the first round, while at Newport, Americans ruled the roost on home turf and in Sweden another hometown hope fell at the first stage. At Hamburg, it was the Serbian show as fifth and sixth […]
ATP Tour wrap: Tiafoe stuns Tsitsipas in opening round of Wimbledon
THERE were no shortage of upsets in the men’s draw of Wimbledon on day one, but few were more eyebrow raising than powerful American, Frances Tiafoe‘s stunning straight sets upset of third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek star was seen as one of world number one Novak Djokovic‘s biggest threats – if not the biggest […]
2021 Wimbledon preview: Will the Fed Express have one last stop? Can Serena equal the Grand Slam record?
THE Wimbledon Championships are finally here. One of the most eloquent events on the planet, the third Grand Slam of the year played on the grass courts of London are set to begin overnight with plenty of sub-plots in both the men’s and women’s draws. For the greatest ever champions at the event, there is […]
