The race for the World Tour Finals at the O2 will continue in Paris on Thursday as Milos Raonic, David Ferrer, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Grigor Dimitrov all won on Wednesday. In the day matches, Fabio Fognini was the only seed to fall, losing out to the world number 176 French qualifier, Lucas Pouille. …
Of all three finals on Sunday, I never expected that the Valencia final between Andy Murray and Tommy Robredo would produce the best final. And this wasn’t just the best final of the day, it was one of the best finals of the entire year. Andy Murray saved five match points to defeat Tommy Robredo…
There were upsets aplenty in Shanghai on Wednesday with the bottom half of the draw looking rather bare in terms of seeds. None of the surprises were particularly surprising; Rafael Nadal lost in straight sets to Feliciano Lopez, but it was revealed yesterday that he has appendicitis. Kei Nishikori lost to Jack Sock, but has…
I’ve been focusing on the WTA tour the past few weeks, but how could I ignore the sensational line-up of quarter-final matches in the ATP draw in Beijing? I saw a few highlights of Rafael Nadal’s first match since Wimbledon against Richard Gasquet in the first round of Beijing. There was one rally in that…
Gael Monfils recovered from a mini-meltdown at the end of the second set to record another straight sets win, this time over Grigor Dimitrov, 7-5 7-6(6) 7-5. Dimitrov had set points in the second set tiebreak, but faltered on several key points. He then double faulted on match point. It was a disappointing performance from…
The biggest upset of the men’s tournament saw David Ferrer go out in four sets to Gilles Simon, who played a great match. Every now and then, Simon seems to come alive. He did it against Rafael Nadal in Rome and I remember a great match he played at the US Open against Juan Martin…
For the second consecutive week, Novak Djokovic fell in the third round of a tournament and this time, to Tommy Robredo. TOMMY ROBREDO. The Spaniard has had a brilliant week, winning all his matches in straight sets. Despite these rather surprising losses, I’d still take Djokovic as the favourite to win the US Open. I…
Allez Jo! The big headline on Thursday surrounded the world number one, Novak Djokovic, who was knocked out of the Rogers Cup by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 6-2. Although some saw it coming after Djokovic was on court for two hours and 40 minutes against Gael Monfils, this scoreline is just crazy. Novak doesn’t lose matches,…
Fourteen second round matches will take place on a jam-packed day in Toronto. Rain hurt the forecast for the second day running, but all the matches got completed. In one of two second round matches on Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka needed a third set tiebreak to get past Benoit Paire. In first round action, Ivo Karlovic…
Here’s my final report from Wimbledon with plenty of photos for your viewing pleasure. It was another crazy day full of tennis, full of excitement and full of Pimms. I got really lucky with tickets this year being able to go twice. I hope the ballot gods are on my side again next year! Lucie…
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