Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Monfils survives as French drop out in disappointing day for home nation
SEEDS moved through across the three ATP Tour events on quarter finals day as the final fours in each tournament at Montpellier, Pune and Cordoba were decided. OPEN SUD DE FRANCE – MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: Number one seed and top 10 player, Gael Monfils has survived an awful day for the home nation, with the Frenchman […]
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 […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Barrere and Pospisil upset Dimitrov and Shapovalov in Montpellier
IT was another day of action packed matches with quarter finalists decided in the Tata Open and a couple of Frenchmen progressing through to the next stage of the Open Sud De France. TATA OPEN – PUNE, INDIA: Four players are through to the quarter finals after three impressive wins on Day 5 of the […]
ATP Tour daily wrap: Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune – Carreno Busta, Karlovic and Verdasco out in respective opening rounds
WITH the Australian Open now in the rear view mirror, the ATP Tour split across three continents, with tournaments in Argentina, France and India. We recap how the first matches from the respective Round of 32s went down. TATA OPEN, PUNE – INDIA: Both home nation representatives have fallen, while last year’s runner-up also went […]
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 Adelaide International: Day 3 – Australian Bolts into quarter finals
THE remaining seven quarter finalists have joined Daniel Evans in the last eight after a round of straight sets wins at the Adelaide International yesterday. It was a fairly predictable day in terms of results, though still through up a few surprises. The biggest surprise was 157th ranked Alex Bolt topping seventh seed German, Jan-Lennard […]
ATP Adelaide International: Day 2 – Evans continues rise as first round completed
DANIEL Evans is already through to the quarter Finals of the Adelaide International after a straight sets win over Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the sole second round match yesterday. Evans had already cruised past Argentinian Juan Ignacio Londero, while Bublik caused the upset of Day 1, triumphing over the highest ranked seed with a first […]
ATP Adelaide International: Day 1 – Seeds fall as draw opens up
FOUR of the top eight players are out of the Adelaide International with news filtering through that top seed Alex de Minaur had withdrawn from the tournament yesterday. He chose to exit, but he was joined on an extended break before the Australian Open by fifth seed Taylor Fritz, sixth seed Cristian Garin and eighth […]
ATP Cup – Day 4 wrap: Serbia joins Australia in Final Eight after continued dominance
DAY 4 at the ATP Cup saw plenty of ups and downs, with the gap narrowing as nations look to head into the Final Eight. Serbia cemented their spot, joining Australia in the next stage of the tournament, while star players continued to prove their dominance across the board. A further 144 aces were hit […]
ATP Cup – Day 2 Wrap: Nations continue their clean sweeps in Brisbane
THE round-robin stage of the ATP Cup continued on Saturday in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. In the first two days 426 aces have been served, meaning $42,600 has been raised so far from the ATP Tour alone for bushfire relief. Group A: France 2 defeated Chile 1 Benoit Paire (FRA) defeated Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 6-7 […]
