ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Novak breezes through in an hour
WORLD number one, Novak Djokovic showed no signs of having an extended break since his Australian Open triumph, speeding past Turkey’s Malek Jaziri in an hour of play at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Serbian star won 6-1 6-2 in exactly 60 minutes, as he ironed out any cobwebs he had from not playing in […]
World Tennis Tournament: Pospisil’s giant-killing streak continues as he stuns Medvedev in 67 minutes
SOME people have a mid-life crisis, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil is having a mid-career spree as the 29-year-old’s remarkable past couple of months returning from injury continued yesterday with a stunning 67-minute rout of world number five, Daniil Medvedev. The Russian was seeded number one at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, but headed home early […]
Australian Open: Day 2 review (Day 1 completed) – Fognini produces comeback as Jabeur sends Konta packing
WITH rain causing a major delay on Day 1, we have split the remainder of the Round 1 Australian Open review into two parts. First we look at the games that did not take place or were suspended from Day 1 that were completed on Day 2, with a further two articles – one men’s […]
Qatar Open: Day 3 wrap – Tsonga, Raonic knocked out of contention
SEEDED players dropped like flies in Day 3 of the Qatar Open, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic among those knocked out in only the second round of the tournament. Qualifier, Corentin Moutet put up a spectacular performance against Raonic to head into the fourth day of competition, collecting a debut win against the fourth […]
Qatar Open: Day 2 wrap – Wawrinka starts 2020 with a bang
DAY 2 of the Qatar Open saw the completion of the first round of 32 and the first matches of the following round, with first and fifth seeds, Stan Wawrinka and Laslo Djere running down their respective opposition. Wawrinka continued his solid form, with the 15-ranked Swiss running out victor against Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy to […]
Davis Cup Finals – Round 3: Quarter finals set as reigning champs bundled out in two sweeps
CROATIA will not defend its Davis Cup title after being swept for the second time this tournament, going down 3-0 to Group B toppers, Spain. In other results, Serbia, Germany, Australia and Great Britain all booked a spot in the quarter finals to join Canada, while Russia and Argentina were able to secure runner-up places […]
Davis Cup Finals – Round 1: Pospisil stuns Italy as Canada snatches victory
WHILE Round 2 of the Davis Cup Finals began overnight, we recap how the first round of action went down across the past two days with each group completing one match. There were some interesting results including Russia’s clean sweep of reigning champions, Croatia, as well as a rank outsider taking down a top 12 […]
2019 Davis Cup preview: Group E
IN the fifth of our Davis Cup group previews, we take a look at Group E. The group has a lot of question marks surrounding the sides, with Grand Slam winner Andy Murray returning to lead Great Britain in as favourites against Kazahkstan and Netherlands. Realistically it is hard to see any of these teams […]