ATP Tour wrap: Korda eliminates Evans, joins illustrious group
UNITED States young gun Sebastian Korda has joined an illustrious group by winning through to the fourth round at both Roland Garros and now Wimbledon prior to his 21st birthday. The 20-year-old defeated Daniel Evans, 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 24 minutes to advance to the Round of 16 and join a […]
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 […]
Wimbledon qualifiers: Who made the cut?
THE Championships at Wimbledon are set to begin tomorrow, with a huge two weeks of grass court action returning after being cancelled in 2020. We delve into the 32 men’s and women’s competitors who enter the main draw of their respective events following three rounds of qualifiers. MEN’S The 16 men’s competitors range from highly […]
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: Eastbourne Day 1 rained out as Ruud and Khachanov claim wins at Mallorca
THE opening day at Eastbourne was rained out, seeing the event pushed back a day as Day 2 went business as usual at the Mallorca Championships in Spain. Two of the three seeds proved successful on the second day, as Casper Ruud and Karen Khachanov both claimed wins to open their accounts in the first round. Ruud […]
ATP Tour wrap: Murray makes successful return as Medvedev struggles on grass
THE second day at both the Halle Noventi Open in Germany and Cinch Championships in London produced some big results, with the top seed at the first event defeated in straight sets, while a former world number one returned to the winners list at Cinch. It was Jan-Lennard Struff who claimed a huge win at Halle, […]
ATP Tour wrap: Garin fights back from two sets down and two match points in epic day of Roland Garros action
A WHOPPING 11 of the 16 Round of 64 Roland Garros ATP matches required at least four sets, in an epic day of action in Paris. Six matches went the full five sets, with an additional five going to four and only the five straight sets results. Of those straight sets results, three of the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Thiem exits first round of Roland Garros
THE opening day of Roland Garros proceedings saw plenty of significant results, although none more so than the ousting of fourth seed Austrian Dominic Thiem. Thiem looked well on his way to booking a second round entry with a two sets to love lead, before dropping the remaining sets to be taken down in five sets. […]
ATP Tour wrap: Ruud claims second Geneva title as Norrie does double to face Tsitsipas in Lyon
CASPER Ruud has claimed his second ATP Tour title with the Geneva Open overnight, defeating fellow up-and-comer Denis Shapovalov in a tight two-set contest. The Norwegian third seed has always been stronger on clay, and he showed it against the second seed Canadian, grinding out a first set tiebreak win, before recording the only break […]
ATP Tour wrap: Shapovalov to face Ruud in Geneva final
TOP three seeds Denis Shapovalov and Casper Ruud are through to the final of the 2021 Gonet Geneva Open following respective straight sets wins in their semi-finals overnight. The second seeded Shapovalov defeated Uruguayan qualifier Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-5, while Ruud continued his great success on clay with a 6-3 6-2 triumph over Spain’s Pablo […]
