Five ATP players to watch: Young guns outside the top 30
WITH the ATP Tour currently on pause due to the coronavirus, we take a look at five players who have already shown signs of progressing to the next level with their games. For this task we have looked at players outside the top 30 who are yet to really make their mark, but three of […]
Djokovic claims 79th title, remains undefeated in 2020
WORLD number one, Novak Djokovic has claimed the 79th title of his career, remaining undefeated in 2020. Djokovic took out the Dubai Tennis Championships – the fifth time he has won the title – by defeating world number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4. In a match that only lasted 78 minutes, Djokovic was too good […]
Dubai Tennis Championships: Djokovic and Tsitsipas to battle for Dubai title
WORLD number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas has earned the chance to go one better than last year’s runner-up prize at Dubai Tennis Championships after reaching the final for another year. Last year, the Greek won through to the final before falling short to hand Roger Federer a remarkable eighth Dubai title. Yesterday, Tsitsipas got past unseeded […]
ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Tsitsipas fights from a set down to win
IT took him longer than he would have liked, but Greece’s world number six, Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the semi-finals at Dubai after downing difficult German, Jan-Lennard Struff. A day after Struff strolled into the last eight with a 39-minute rout of Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the top 40 player took the first set off […]
ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Seeded victories overshadowed by 39-minute blitz
WHILE five of the six seeds in action made their way into the Dubai Tennis Championships quarter finals in a predictable day of action, their games were overshadowed by a stunning performance from German, Jan-Lennard Struff. The world number 34 has always been considered a difficult opponent to play – he even took a set […]
ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Fognini and RBA fall as other seeds progress through to Round of 16
FABIO Fognini has become the first seed to fall at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, after suffering a loss to Great Britain’s Dan Evans in the Round of 32. The hot-and-cold Italian firebrand was seeded fourth at the tournament, but again failed to make it past the first round, losing 3-6 6-4 7-5 to the […]
ATP Dubai Tennis Championships: Novak breezes through in an hour
WORLD number one, Novak Djokovic showed no signs of having an extended break since his Australian Open triumph, speeding past Turkey’s Malek Jaziri in an hour of play at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Serbian star won 6-1 6-2 in exactly 60 minutes, as he ironed out any cobwebs he had from not playing in […]
Tsitsipas goes-back-to-back in Marseille for first title in 2020
GREEK star, Stefanos Tsitsipas has gone back-to-back at the Open 13 Provence in Marseille, downing Canadian teenager, Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. The 21-year-old was able to defend his 2019 title with an inspired tournament, winning his way through to the final and then serving up a treat in the decider with a 6-3 6-4 […]
Delray Beach/Marseille wrap: Nishioka books unlucky finals spot as ATP Tour future to face off in Marseille
DELRAY BEACH OPEN – DELRAY BEACH, UNITED STATES: A stunning come-from-behind performance from world number 63, Yoshihito Nishioka has seen the Japanese number two reach the final at Delray Beach. He was well beaten in the first set by sixth seed, Ugo Humbert but turned it around after that to run away with the contest, […]
Delray Beach/Marseille wrap: Medvedev out in Marseille as Nishioka ends teenage prodigy’s run
PLENTY of players enjoyed spoiling the party for the American locals at Delray Beach, while the number one seed fell in Marseille by a veteran Frenchman. DELRAY BEACH OPEN – DELRAY BEACH, UNITED STATES: Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka has spoilt the party of American wildcard Brandon Nakashima, downing the teenager in a come-from-behind three-set win. Nishioka […]
