1. Richard Gasquet v Grigor Dimitrov (Wimbledon, R3) A festival of one-handed backhands will be on show on Friday when Richard Gasquet and Grigor Dimitrov meet in the third round of Wimbledon. Dimitrov defeated Steve Johnson in the second round, 7-6(8) 6-2 7-6(2). This looked like a tough match on paper for Dimitrov as Johnson…
This is always one of my favourite times of the tennis season and watching grass court tennis in the evening just feels so good. When I got home from work, the opportunities were endless! After Johanna Konta wrapped up another impressive win in Birmingham, I switched my attention to ATP. My focus will be on…
The top half of the men’s draw has stayed entirely with the seedings as the number one seed, Novak Djokovic will take on the number eight seed, Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals. Djokovic is yet to drop a set this tournament; in the fourth round, he beat Gilles Muller, 6-4 7-5 7-5. Hitting 47 winners…
1. Kei Nishikori v David Ferrer (AO, R4) The pick of the fourth round matches from the top half of the men’s draw will be a tenth career match between Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer. Nishikori defeated Steve Johnson, 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2 6-3 in the third round. Nishikori finished the match in excellent form, raising…
As the singles matches continue to disappoint, the doubles matches have been attracting the attention they deserve. Tuesday night’s match featuring Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez was a particular highlight. In Wednesday’s first doubles match, the Bryan Brothers came from a set down to earn their first win of…
The third day of action at the World Tour Finals in London will see the second set of matches from group B with Roger Federer against Kei Nishikori at not before 2pm and Andy Murray against Milos Raonic at not before 8pm. After a day of breadsticks, it would be nice to see a competitive…
The World Tour Finals are in town and being just one hour away from London, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity of live tennis! Here’s my recap of the action from Monday evening including some of my photos. I didn’t take my big lens so the pictures aren’t great. I’ve posted the whole album and…
The night match on Sunday starting at not before 8pm in the UK will feature a Paris rematch between Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. I’m excited because I have tickets for this match :-). The pair played in the quarter-finals of Bercy with Raonic snapping a six match losing streak to stun Federer in straight…
The final of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Bercy, Paris on Sunday will see Novak Djokovic take on Milos Raonic. Raonic was first into the final as he continued his superb week with a 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych. It was a competitive match that came down to who would hold their…
The poll for the Federer-Raonic quarter-final was one of the most one-sided polls of the whole year with a whopping 84% backing Roger… however it was Raonic who produced the best win of his career so far to stun Federer in straight sets, 7-6(5) 7-5. After Ferrer lost to Nishikori, the final eight was officially…
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