It has been a limited 2020 season on the tour but in this short space of time one player that has really impressed is Simona Halep. The Romanian plans her schedule with the bigger picture in mind now and it's leading to more consistency. Halep began her season quite late, she didn't play Brisbane or... Continue Reading →
It began in Acapulco and then 1299km away in Monterrey the star in Mexico these last few weeks was Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez. Leylah already grabbed some headlines this year defeating Belinda Bencic in a live Fed Cup rubber but headed to Acapulco ranked at 191 in the world and is now set to climb... Continue Reading →
In a piece the other day I said that Stefanos Tsitsipas looked in the mood the moment he turned up in Marseille following a difficult start to 2020. The Greek defended his title in France, hopped on a plane to Dubai and hasn't looked back since! Coming into this one I expected Dan Evans to... Continue Reading →
Dan Evans has booked his place into a semi-final at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis this week following a string of fantastic performances. With this run which is not over yet the Brit will debut on Monday at a career high ranking of around 27 in the world. His first match he came from a... Continue Reading →
Casper Ruud has once again been in good form. The Norwegian began his year with big wins over Isner and Fognini at the ATP Cup but failed to win in Auckland or Melbourne. A few thousands miles away on the clay in Buenos Aires the 21 year old has played some of his best tennis... Continue Reading →
Carlos Alcaraz has really made an impression on the ATP tour this week in Rio. The 16 year old Spaniard sealed a first win on the tour on his debut at 3:00am in the morning down in Brazil and has created many records this last year. Last year at the age of 15 he defeated... Continue Reading →
1-6 1-6, 1-6 2-6, 4-6 2-6 and 2-6 1-6. Elina Svitolina has gone out of four events so far this year without much fight. Following her swift exit from Hua-Hin last week the world number six was set a difficult task in Dubai. The draw had her up against Garbine Muguruza but a shuffled around... Continue Reading →
When it comes to Grigor Dimitrov finding his level of consistency that saw him get to world number three I am optimistic. I have followed Dimitrov throughout his career and three words stuck in my mind from August 2018... "Hope Dies Last" This is why I know he will always fight and never give up.... Continue Reading →
Daniil Medvedev's game is fascinating to watch. Over the last twelve months the Russian has achieved some incredible feats on the tour. Last year was full of plenty of highlights including titles in Shanghai and Cincinnati with his biggest moment being that final against Rafael Nadal in New York fighting back from the brink to... Continue Reading →
