World Tennis Tournament: Tsitsipas survives opening round scare
SECOND seed and top 10 player, Stefanos Tsitsipas has survived an early scare to post a three-set win over Poland youngster, Hubert Hurkacz in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Tsitsipas won last year’s ATP Finals series and is tipped to head into the top five sooner rather than later, but […]
Monfils claims third Montpellier title
NUMBER one seed and tournament favourite, Gael Monfils has claimed his third Open Sud De France title at Montpellier following a straight sets win over Canadian, Vasek Pospisil. The world number nine drew level on points with Italian, Matteo Berrettini in eighth with the World Tennis Tournament coming up in Rotterdam likely to determine who […]
2020 New York Open preview: Isner new favourite following withdrawals
AMERICAN John Isner will head into the ATP250 event in New York as favourite, following Japan’s Kei Nishikori and just recently, Australia’s Nick Kyrgios withdrawing due to continued injury issues that have plagued his year so far. The Australian firebrand will face plenty of stiff competition, particularly from the North American contingent as Reilly Opelka […]
2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament preview: Monfils eyes off back-to-back as young guns circle
THE first major ATP Tour event of the season post the Australian Open is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament which sees no less than 17 top 30 players, and six in the top 12. Gael Monfils returns after his title win here 12 months ago, but 2019 runner-up, Stan Wawrinka was a late withdrawal […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 6 review – Kyrgios wins in his longest match ever to book fourth round clash with Nadal
ANOTHER four-plus hour contest at Melbourne Park under lights, a retirement and some straight sets wins by tip seeds highlighted a big day of action on Day 6. Gael Monfils became the first player to make the third round of the men’s draw in the top half after a straight sets win over qualifier, Ernests […]
Top 5 must-watch matches: Australian Open – Day 6
A COUPLE of power hitters and a rivalry that stretches into the double digits headline a huge Day 6 on the Australian Open calendar. PICK OF THE DAY: [19] John Isner (USA) v. [15] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) With plenty of closely seeded matchups on Day 6, ultimately the most intriguing match is between similarly seeded […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 4 review – Gulbis and Verdasco remain alive in Aus Open
A COUPLE of top 10 picks and an Aussie up-and-comer are the only unseeded players remaining in the top half of the draw come Round 3 after only one seed fell in that half of the second round. It was business as usual in the top eighth of the men’s draw with all four seeds […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 2 review – Gulbis winds back clock with first round upset
ON Day 2 of the 2020 Australian Open, a second top 20 Canadian seed fell – this time to a qualifier – while a number of others had to fight hard in order to survive against stiff opposition. In the top eighth of the draw, world number one Rafael Nadal started off his Australian Open […]
ATP ASB Classic: Day 3 – Lopez winds back the clock to down top seed
IT might be true that you can teach an old dog new tricks, with 38-year old Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez winding back the clock on Day 3 of the ASB Classic. The former top 15 player is now ranked 61st in the world, but he showed world number 12, Fabio Fognini – a veteran on […]
ATP ASB Classic: Day 2 – Millman advances through to next round
JUST three matches took place on the second day of the ASB Classic in Auckland, as three players are set for a huge day of action today with back-to-back matches. Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Pablo Andujar play first up today with the winner to face number one seed Fabio Fognini later in the day – […]
