ATP Tour wrap: Americans shine in Washington
THERE was plenty to cheer about for the United States back home in Washington as the Citi Open Round of 32 results were completed today. The ATP Tour 500 event saw a whopping nine Americans out on court across eight different games. Of the eight possible winners, six were successful, with the only two going […]
Olympics Men’s wraps: No stress for top seeds with one upset during R32
JUST one unseeded clash came to blows during the first day of men’s Round of 32 action at the Tokyo Olympics, and just one seed fell in a fairly predictable day of tennis. Three of the top four seeds reigned supreme, as world number one Novak Djokovic continued his run to a potential Golden Slam with […]
Olympics Men’s wrap: Seeds cruise through to second round as Millman takes down Musetti
ALL eight seeds out on court were able to advance to the second round of the Olympics in the men’s singles, with only one of those contests lasting three sets. The results showed the gap of the top competitors on day one, with Italian 13th seed Lorenzo Sonego having the biggest challenge of he lot, […]
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: 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 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Purcell takes out Monfils in stunning Eastbourne upset
LUCKY loser Australian Max Purcell has stunned top seed Gael Monfils in a three-set win overnight to book his spot in the Viking International Eastbourne quarter finals. The Australian needed two hours and 10 minutes to down Monfils, who has admittedly had a forgettable year, moving to a 2-8 record in 2021. Having battled with […]
ATP Tour Wrap: Thiem retires at Mallorca as Medvedev claims opener at Eastbourne
With Wimbledon right around the corner, the Viking International Eastbourne Tennis Tournament began this week held at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne. Meanwhile, the Mallorca Open continues this week and featured a mix of big names and young guns scoring big wins at the tournament. Seeds Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Alexander Bublik both found […]
ATP Tour wrap: Auger-Aliassime derails Fed Express as seeds slip on grass
FELIX Auger-Aliassime has taken out one of the best grass court players of all-time, defeating Roger Federer in a come-from-behind three-set win at the Noventi Open in Halle, Germany. The unseeded Canadian was one of four winners into the quarter finals at the event, coming back from a first set loss to pounce 4-6 6-3 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djoker relishes in rain as delays wreak havoc on draw
RAIN impacted the latest day’s play at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, with just four of the Round of 32 matches completed, and seven Round of 64 matches wrapped up before the tournament organisers had to pull the pin on the day’s play. The only seed to book his spot through to the Round of 16 […]
