Seven of the top eight seeds have reached the quarter-finals in Monte-Carlo, which should finish with a flurry. It is safe to say that the last two days have failed to produce any gripping matches. The four day Easter weekend starts tomorrow and I am very much looking forward to watching some of the action…
A fantastic slate of third round matches in Monte-Carlo for Thursday requires the full SWEEP of matches in today’s preview. The action on Thursday features the world’s top six players with Nadal, Djokovic and Federer highlighting Court Central. In other news, BBC Sport continues to wind me up with their poor coverage of tennis. They…
There were no major upsets on day 3 of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as Novak Djokovic sailed through to the third round with a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Albert Montanes in just 45 minutes. Three seeds fell as Jerzy Janowicz, Mikhail Youzhny and Kevin Anderson all lost in the first round. Janowicz continues to labour…
Monte-Carlo is one of those frustrating tournaments that begins on a Sunday with main draw action beginning before qualifiers have even been placed. Therefore, I have missed my chance for a full blown preview. I did make up some rapid predictions after I saw the draw which I have discussed below, but I’ll be focusing…
Wow. Novak Djokovic produced an exceptional performance to defeat Rafael Nadal in the final of Miami, 6-3 6-3 and complete the rare and impressive Indian Wells – Miami double. This felt like one of the quickest matches in the Nadal-Djokovic rivalry lasting just 1 hour and 23 minutes as Djokovic saved the one break point…
Friday was one of the most bizarre days on the ATP tour as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both received walkovers into the Miami final. This was a real blow for fans who had bought tickets for Friday as they saw no singles action! Kei Nishikori, who was scheduled to play Djokovic in the first…
The second semi-final in the mens draw will be decided on Thursday as Alexandr Dolgopolov takes on Tomas Berdych (4-4 at time of writing) and Rafael Nadal plays Milos Raonic. A prediction will be added to this article on Friday morning. In the meantime, here is a preview for the first semi-final between Novak Djokovic…
Novak Djokovic edged out Andy Murray, 7-5 6-3 in the first of the mens quarter-finals. I’ve had issues with Djokovic-Murray matches before, but this was actually very good! Despite the amazingness of the Wimbledon final, I thought the tennis was pretty shocking. However when they go for their shots and mix it up, it’s fun…
The quarter-finals in the top half of the Miami mens draw will see Rafael Nadal take on Milos Raonic and Tomas Berdych play Alexandr Dolgopolov. Stanislas Wawrinka was defeated by Dolgopolov in three sets as the Ukranian player continued his rather dazzling recent run of form. In the last two months, he has made the…
On Saturday I posted about the speculation regarding Juan Martin del Potro’s wrist and unfortunately the big man himself confirmed the inevitable on Sunday night. Del Potro was due to have surgery on his left wrist on Monday and is unlikely to return to the court in 2014. Ideally it would be great to see…
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