It’s been a fantastic week of tennis in Beijing. This time of the year there is a lot on the line as players look to end their season on a high. Many come into early October with aspirations of making their tours final events in London and debuting in Shenzhen respectively and many will walk... Continue Reading →
The season is heading to it's finale but as ever there is plenty of tennis and news hitting the headlines as the tour finished it's stint in Asia heading back to Europe for now. Sharapova out of Linz! Maria Sharapova's season is not over yet but I will be surprised if we see her again... Continue Reading →
One word to describe Naomi Osaka’s performance against Bianca Andreescu? Gutsy. The former world number one never gave up and that’s a lesson you can’t teach in this sport. Osaka never lost her cool despite being broken from 40-0 to begin the match, 5-1 down and got to 5-5 before losing eight points on the... Continue Reading →
I actually don't know where to begin. I need a lie down after that, my head hurts. That match had more rollercoasters than a day out at Disneyland. 21:15 local time Naomi Osaka kicked off proceeding racing 40-0 up on serve before losing five points in a row and found herself a break down. The... Continue Reading →
It’s amazing what happiness and confidence does to a player. Going into the Laver Cup in Geneva the German looked out of sorts with his season. A season where a kick on was expected but off court issues have stolen the headlines in what has been a difficult year for Sascha Zverev. Laver Cup has... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray will be heading off to Shanghai with plenty of positives. A week which saw wins against US Open semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini and fellow Brit Cam Norrie ended in a competitive defeat to top seed Dominic Thiem. Competitive is the word to describe it. I said on Twitter after the first set you would... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray is safely through to the next round in Beijing. The Brit who began this week at 501 in the world is up to provisional 286 following impressive wins over Matteo Berrettini and Cam Norrie. It looked like being a case of Deja vu having come through against Berrettini 7-6 7-6 and leading Cam... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray has recorded his biggest win since returning from hip resurfacing surgery. The former China Open champion saw off US Open semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini. Matteo is currently ranked at No.13 in the world following a very good season and is in contention for a debut at the World Tour Finals. Andy set out his... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep will be at the WTA Finals for the sixth year running. The Wimbledon champion has had a difficult couple of weeks which recently forced the Romanian to retire in Wuhan but did head straight to Beijing. Halep's run in Beijing didn't last long. One win 6-1 6-1 against Rebecca Peterson and on Monday... Continue Reading →
Throughout the week in Beijing one of the stories has been about Rafael Nadal who of course got to the final a little unconvincing at times with the forehand in my opinion still a major issue for the Spaniard. Nadal has hit a few great forehands throughout the week which then prompts people to say... Continue Reading →
