Delray Beach/Marseille wrap: Goffin out at Marseille as Medvedev survives against Sinner
THE third seed in the Open 13 Provence is out, while others progressed through to the quarter finals. At Delray Beach, the favourites advanced, but not without a couple of tough battles. DELRAY BEACH OPEN – DELRAY BEACH, UNITED STATES: Steve Johnson has survived a gallant fight from American wildcard and former top 10 player, […]
2020 ATP Abierto Mexiano preview: Injury clouds for Australian hopes as Nadal returns
WHILE the majority of top 10 players have opted to take to the courts in Dubai, a strong portion of talented stars are heading to Mexico for the Abierto Mexiano. While the Mexican tournament used to be on clay, it changed to blue hard courts in 2014, which is what it makes it more intriguing. […]
Delray Beach/Marseille wrap: French teen pushes former top 10 player on home soil
THE second day of main draw matches in Marseille and Delray Beach got underway with a mix of surprising and statement-making results. DELRAY BEACH OPEN – DELRAY BEACH, UNITED STATES: A number of tight three setters and two retirements marked a busy day at Delray Beach with the Round of 32 complete. Among the tight […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: History to be made in Argentina with maiden title win
PORTUGUESE veteran, Pedro Sousa has emphasised the ‘lucky’ in ‘lucky loser’ with the counterpuncher reaching the final of the Argentina Open, while in New York, British seed Kyle Edmund will face Italian veteran, Andreas Seppi. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Sousa might have lost in qualifying, but a late withdrawal to Cordoba Open champion, […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: Opelka out in New York as Schwartzman survives scare at home
A REIGNING champion is out of his title defence tournament, while another top seed only just survived an epic encounter as we recap the quarter finals from Buenos Aires and New York. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Number one seed and tournament favourite, Diego Schwartzman has kept his dream of winning his home town […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: Kwon upsets Raonic to move through to quarter finals
A HUGE upset in New York has thrown open the title race as the first Round of 16 matches were completed across both the New York Open and Argentina Open. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: The first four Round of 16 matches were completed in Buenos Aires with three thrillers and one belting, though […]
Buenos Aires/New York ATP wrap: Aus Open quarter finalist out in first round at New York
AN Australian Open quarter finalist was bundled out in the first round of the New York Open, while an Argentinian had to battle hard on home soil to move through to the Round of 16 in the Argentina Open. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: In the only three-set match of the day and the […]
Newport Beach Challenger: Round 1/2 review – Americans progress on home soil
AFTER an entertaining few days, the Round of 16 in both the WTA and ATP Newport Beach Challenger events have been decided after the remaining Round of 64 and Round of 32 matches were completed. Women’s: Round of 32: American, Coco Vandeweghe progressed through to the next stage of the Newport Beach Challenger with a […]
2020 ATP Newport Beach Challenger preview: Can Fritz go the three peat?
IT is not often that one player has held a monopoly on the title of a Challenger event, but that is the scenario in which American, Taylor Fritz has done with Newport Beach. In only its third year in 2020, the ATP Challenger event will feature Fritz as the number one seed, having won both […]
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 […]
