ATP Tour wrap: Tiafoe stuns Tsitsipas in opening round of Wimbledon
THERE were no shortage of upsets in the men’s draw of Wimbledon on day one, but few were more eyebrow raising than powerful American, Frances Tiafoe‘s stunning straight sets upset of third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek star was seen as one of world number one Novak Djokovic‘s biggest threats – if not the biggest […]
ATP Tour wrap: Davidovich Fokina ousts Ruud in five as big guns advance to fourth round
ALEJANDRO Davidovich Fokina provided the upset of the day in the men’s Roland Garros action, knocking out 15th seed Norwegian and clay court specialist Casper Ruud in five sets. The match was a momentum-swinging contest, with Ruud funnily enough only dropping two games total in the sets he won, but not able to close out […]
ATP Tour wrap: Garin fights back from two sets down and two match points in epic day of Roland Garros action
A WHOPPING 11 of the 16 Round of 64 Roland Garros ATP matches required at least four sets, in an epic day of action in Paris. Six matches went the full five sets, with an additional five going to four and only the five straight sets results. Of those straight sets results, three of the […]
ATP Tour wrap: French fall as Sinnik survives thriller to advance at Roland Garros
IT was a forgettable day for the French fans in Paris, as all six French representatives were bundled out of the 2021 Roland Garros ATP draw in the first round on day two. In a day that was largely favourable to seeds – with eight of the 10 seeds in action grabbing wins – there […]
ATP Tour wrap: Roger ousted in opening match
JUST the one Round of 16 match played out across the two ATP 250 events on Day 2, as both the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerland and Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon in France continue. But that one match saw Spaniard Pablo Andujar oust top seed and returnee Roger Federer, with the result the biggest win of Andujar’s […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djokovic and Nadal to contest for Rome title
RAIN delays set up an enticing eighth day of action at the Rome Masters, as two players played back-to back-matches on a huge day on clay. Whilst Stefanos Tsitsipas held the upper hand prior to the delays, it was not to be done as Novak Djokovic made great use of the delay to build his form once more. […]
ATP Tour wrap: Nadal and Opelka and Tsitsipas forced to wait on Djokovic lead
JUST two ATP Tour matches were completed in a ran-affected day of action, with Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas holding a nerve-wracking lead over world number one Novak Djokovic, and seventh seed Russian Andrey Rublev and unseeded Italian Lorenzo Sonego yet to go out on court. When the rain halted play, the Greek talent had […]
ATP Tour wrap: Thiem falls as Rafa is challenged during Round of 16
ROME saw another seemingly predictable day as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia continues to roll on, with plenty of top talent taking to the clay for the Round of 16. Whilst three seeds fell, two went down to higher ranked opposition in tough clashes as Dominic Thiem was the biggest name to drop to an unseeded opposition. […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djoker relishes in rain as delays wreak havoc on draw
RAIN impacted the latest day’s play at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, with just four of the Round of 32 matches completed, and seven Round of 64 matches wrapped up before the tournament organisers had to pull the pin on the day’s play. The only seed to book his spot through to the Round of 16 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Internazionali BNL d’Italia begins
THE 2021 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Masters 1000 event in Rome has begun, with four matches playing out on the opening day of the tournament and both of the day’s seeds heading to the second round. Eleventh seed Pablo Carreno Busta has already gone one better than his disappointing Madrid Open first round loss last week, outclassing Laslo Djere […]
