ATP Tour wrap: Struff eyes off maiden title in home nation
GERMAN Jan-Lennard Struff will eye off his maiden ATP Tour title after downing Belarusian qualifier Ilya Ivashka to reach the final of the BMW Open in Munich. The 87-minute victory came after Ivashka had disposed of his top ranked compatriot Alexander Zverev in the quarter finals, with Struff doing it a lot easier, 6-4 6-1 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Dominant dozen for Nadal in Barcelona as Berrettini claims Serbia Open
IT was far from his most dominant Barcelona Open win – facing a championship point and needing three sets to finally lift the trophy – but Rafael Nadal proved too strong for Stefanos Tsitsipas, getting across the line in an epic three hours and 38 minutes. The 6-4 6-7 7-5 was the longest best-of-three ATP […]
ATP Tour wrap: Karatsev stuns Djokovic in enormous Serbia Open upset
NOVAK Djokovic was not only the sentimental favourite in his home tournament of the Serbia Open, but the raging one as well, as only one other Top 20 player was at the event with the world number one. Unfortunately he ran into a Russian rank in the form of world number 28, Aslan Karatsev whose […]
ATP Tour wrap: Sinner topples Rublev to set up exciting semis
ITALIAN young gun Jannik Sinner has booked his spot in the 2021 Barcelona Open ATP 500 event after defeating the red-hot Andrey Rublev in straight sets. Rublev has been huge at ATP 500 events over the past 18 months, claiming four titles at the level, but it was Sinner who stepped up to knock off […]
ATP Tour wrap: Nadal escapes against Nishikori as seeds advance in Barcelona
ONLY one unseeded players – Cameron Norrie – remains in the 2021 Barcelona Open ATP 500 event, after the Round of 16 yielded largely predictable results. Three of the top eight seeds were ousted in the third round, by five of the top six booked their place in the quarter finals. Top seed Rafael Nadal […]
ATP Tour wrap: Nadal stirred but not shaken by Ivashka in Barcelona
ELEVEN-time Barcelona champion Rafael Nadal had to overcome a bump in the road in the beginning of his quest to a dozen titles at the event, needing three sets to overcome Belarusian qualifier Ilya Ivashka. Nadal dropped the first set 6-3, but soon found his groove to take out the match in two hours and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Tsitsipas claims first Masters crown in Monte Carlo
STEFANOS Tsitsipas has claimed the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters 1000 event overnight, defeating Andrey Rublev in the final to secure his maiden title at Masters level. The ATP Tour rising star won his sixth Tour title with the victory, but his first at either a 500 or 1000 level. The match lasted 71 minutes as […]
ATP Tour wrap: Tsitsipas and Rublev to face off in Monte Carlo decider
STEFANOS Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev will face off in the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters final, defeating a couple of tournament giant-killers in Daniel Evans and Casper Ruud to secure their sports. The fourth seed Tsitsipas was relatively fresh after only playing a set before a retirement in the quarter final, while Rublev knocked off tournament […]
ATP Tour wrap: Three upsets and a retirement shake up Monte Carlo Masters
A STUNNING three-set upset of Clay Court King Rafael Nadal has Russian up-and-comer Andrey Rublev in a near-unbeatable way, moving through to the semi-finals of the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters ATP 1000 event. Rublev was one of three lower ranked players to win their respective matchups, leaving just him and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas as […]
ATP Tour wrap: Evans stuns Djoker in Monte Carlos madness
DANIEL Evans has pulled off the greatest win of his ATP Tour career, downing world number one Novak Djokovic at the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters overnight. The Brit, who struggles on the clay normally, somehow knocked off the world’s best player in straight sets, 6-4 7-5. It was not easy, but then no one expected […]
