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ATP Tour wrap: Upsets continue ahead of US Open second week

A COUPLE of seeds fell in intriguing circumstances to finish off the first week of 2021 US Open action, as three five-set battles played out to complete the third round. Of the few upsets, a victory to wildcard Jenson Brooksby took the cake as the American downed 21st seed Aslan Karatsev in five sets, 6-2 3-6 2-6 […]

ATP Tour wrap: Djokovic and Zverev unscathed as Italians star in second round

THE US Open second round is done and dusted, with a couple more seeds falling as the top seeds came away mostly unscathed. It was another good day for Italians with seeds Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner both winning their respective matches in four sets, as Andreas Seppi joined the party with an upset of 10th seed Hubert […]

ATP Tour wrap: Americans star as Djokovic fires past Danish teen

A HUGE second day of US Open seeded to go to plan for home nation hopefuls and a number of the top seeds, as a number of exciting clashes went ahead. Just one of the day’s top 10 seeds was challenged, with top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic escaping virtually unscathed with a first […]

ATP Tour wrap: Schwartzman and Sinner celebrate birthday wins as W&S Open gets underway

THE Western and Southern Open has started with a bang, as the Round of 64 got underway. Four of the day’s five seeds prevailed as  mixed bag of results shaped up in a rain-filled day in Cincinnati. It was a big day in more ways than one for freshly 20-year-old Jannik Sinner, as the Italian left […]

ATP Tour wrap: Medvedev continues form as power-hitters fire up

A COUPLE of seeds fell in an interesting day at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada, with six matches seeing seeded winners and just one unseeded clash played out. Just one Russian made it through the Round of 16, and that was number one seed Daniil Medvedev who drew the only remaining qualifier in the […]

ATP Tour wrap: Nadal withdraws as Americans stand up and second round gets going

THE second day of men’s National Bank Open action saw the completion of the Round of 64, while the Round of 32 action got underway in Toronto, Canada. Rafael Nadal also announced his withdrawal from the competition, citing soreness to the foot injury that kept him out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. His […]

Olympics men’s wraps: Humbert topples Tsitsipas as Nishikori sets up Djoker clash

JUST eight men remain in the hunt for medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following the completion of the Round of 16 matches yesterday. With five of the top six seeds in action, four advanced through to the next round, whilst there was one huge upset, and the home crowd favourite remained alive in the […]

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: Upsets galore at Hamburg as quarters completed across the board

THREE of the four quarter finals at Hamburg European Open went the way of the underdog, with four seeds all bundled out at the quarter finals stage. The biggest name to fall was tournament favourite and number one seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who went down to sixth seed Filip Krajinovic in three sets. The Greek talent […]

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