ATP Tour wrap: Future of ATP Tour on show across globe
THREE rising stars of the ATP Tour caused huge upsets across the three tournaments taking place, with Hugo Gaston, Carlos Alcaraz and Brandon Nakashima all bundling out top four seeded opponents to advance through to the next stage of their respective tournaments. In Mexico, the Mifel Open’s finalists were decided, whilst the semi-finalists for the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rinderknech stuns RBA in Swiss Open upset
ARTHUR Rinderknech has caused the upset of the day across the globe in the Swiss Open ATP Tour tournament, downing second seed Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets. The Frenchman won 6-2 6-4 in the biggest win of his career to advance through to the quarter finals at the event. Set to enter inside the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Trio of events begin
THREE ATP Tour tournaments have begun this week, all offering different things with the clay court ATP 500 event in Hamburg, Germany showcasing some top talent, and a couple of ATP 250 tournaments starting up with the clay court Nordea Open in Sweden and the grass court Hall of Fame Open in Newport, USA. At […]
ATP Tour wrap: Federer through to third round as Australians find form
PLENTY of intriguing results came to light on a huge fourth day of men’s action at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, with a number of unseeded Australians making their way into a huge third round of action while Roger Federer was amongst the successful seeds on the day. Federer’s pursuit for one last grand slam title continued […]
2021 Wimbledon preview: Will the Fed Express have one last stop? Can Serena equal the Grand Slam record?
THE Wimbledon Championships are finally here. One of the most eloquent events on the planet, the third Grand Slam of the year played on the grass courts of London are set to begin overnight with plenty of sub-plots in both the men’s and women’s draws. For the greatest ever champions at the event, there is […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rafa downs Gasquet for 17th time as Alcaraz impresses
IT was a fairly convincing day of action on Day 5 of the Roland Garros, with all men’s matches completed by the end of the fourth set although a smattering of lower seeds succumbed to hungry opponents in the Round of 64. Meanwhile, a teen talent made it through the second round with hopes to […]
ATP Tour wrap: Frenchmen falter as Djokovic and Nadal claim quick wins
DAY 3 at the 2021 Roland Garros produced some intriguing results, with two of the top seeds in Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal retaining their winning form with respective straight set wins, while Andrey Rublev‘s Roland Garros run was cut dastardly short. The world number seven struggled to keep up with German Jan-Lennard Struff early in the three hour and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Seeds fall in Parma as Belgrade sees seesawing action
THE two ATP 250 events are heating up as we enter the semi finals stage, following two huge days of quarter finals action at both Parma, Italy and Belgrade, Serbia. At the Emilia-Romagna Open, three of the day’s four seeds fell, while at Belgrade, world number one Novak Djokovic continued his run on home soil. Djokovic needed […]
ATP Tour wrap: Top three seeds bundled out in Parma and Belgrade
WORLD number one Novak Djokovic remains the only top three seed left across the ATP Tour’s two 250 events after the other five players all suffered defeats in both Parma and Belgrade. Just four matches were played in the Serbia Open to complete the Round of 16 matches, whilst all eight second round matches were […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djokovic equals fifth-most ATP Tour Open Era wins as seeds clean up at Parma
THE Belgrade and Emilia-Romagna Opens continue, with the former entering the Round of 16 stage while the latter played the remainder of its Round of 32 matches a day behind schedule following rain delays yesterday. In the Round of 16 in Serbia, Novak Djokovic made it through his first matchup relatively unscathed, escaping a third set […]
