2021 Davis Cup Finals nation preview: Russia
IN November, the 2021 Davis Cup takes place across three cities in Europe as 18 teams aim to lift the ultimate international men’s team prize. Six groups of three sees the group winner automatically advancing to the knockout quarter finals, with the two next best nations also moving through. In the lead-up to the event, […]
2021 Davis Cup Finals nominations confirmed
IT is less than a month away until the 2021 Davis Cup Finals kick off with some big names competing in the tournament. Lead by world number one Novak Djokovic and world number two Daniil Medvedev, there are plenty of stars across each line. The tournament is split into six groups of three (18 teams), […]
2021 ATP Tour preview: Big guns return for crack at ATP 500 title in Vienna
A STACKED field takes part in another ATP 500 event, this time in Vienna, Austria which kicks off tonight. It is one of two majors events on the ATP Tour this week, with the other being an ATP 250 event in St. Petersburg, which still features a number of up-and-coming stars. Erste Bank Open ATP […]
ATP Tour Player Focus: Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
WHILE he may not quite yet have the same accolades as many of the talented young faces around him, there is no doubt Danish youngster Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune is on the way up in his career and has had a steady trajectory during his maiden year on the senior tour. A former junior world […]
2021 ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Hurkacz grabs third title of 2021 as Kwon wins maiden ATP trophy
TOP seed Hubert Hurkacz lived up to his pre-tournament billing to take out the Moselle Open in Metz, his third ATP Tour title of the year. The Polish rising star entered 2021 with just one title to his name, but has produced an impressive 29-16 year where he claimed the huge Miami Masters 1000, as […]
2021 ATP Tour previews – September 20: Millman returns to Nur-Saltan as Hurkacz leads stacked Metz draw
IT is a big week on the ATP Tour after a break from the 250 events post-US Open, whilst a number of Challenger events take place across the globe. Moselle Open – ATP 250: An impressively stacked draw from the lower half of the Top 30, Hubert Hurkacz leads all-comers as the number one seed. […]
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 […]
US Open preview: Will Djokovic go four from four in 2021?
THE final grand slam of the tennis calendar has arrived, with everything riding on the US Open hard courts for many players. With plenty of in-form players making the cut and some huge omissions from the ranks, we preview the ins and outs of the men’s draw and which players to watch. Looking down the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Seeds drop in Winston-Salem
IT was absolute carnage in Winston-Salem as the seeds dropped like flies overnight to present some opportunities for lower ranked players at the ATP Tour 250 event. In the final men’s tournament prior to the US Open, the lower ranked players inside the Top 100 prevailed, with the 63rd ranked Ilya Ivashka, 76th ranked Emil […]
ATP Tour wrap: Carreno Busta firms as title favourite after upset-fillet Round of 16 at Winston-Salem
TOP seed Pablo Carreno Busta has firmed as the ATP Tour Winston-Salem Open title favourite after winning through to the quarter finals at the ATP 250 event, and watching many of his closest rivals fall. The Spanish world number 12 is the only player left standing inside the Top 50 in the hard court event, […]
