It has been a wild opening day at Roland Garros in the Autumn, history has been made as the first match was played under the new Phillipe Chatrier roof on a day of upsets, bad weather, big performances and even a walk-off! Vika sails through despite walk-off After taking a 2-1 lead early this morning... Continue Reading →
The opening round of a Grand Slam always throws up a few exciting round one battles but Roland Garros has heavily delivered on the mens draw. Jannik Sinner vs David Goffin Earlier on this year which seems like a lifetime ago now Jannik Sinner won his first match against a top ten player in Rotterdam... Continue Reading →
The return of official tennis competition isn't that far away. As exhibitions have continued around the world one player who has impressed is Jannik Sinner. Jannik made an impact last year on the tour, received a wildcard for the NextGen Finals in Milan and won the lot with an incredible level of tennis from the... Continue Reading →
Jannik Sinner hadn't be able to test himself until now in Rotterdam following a bizarre walkover in round two. An hour or so before his first round match against Radu Albot the Moldovian withdrew injured which would usually mean a lucky loser from qualifying would take his place. Quite incredibly at an ATP 500 event... Continue Reading →
Hubert Hurkacz (22) - Polish A player who caught some headlines last year. Hurkacz had a good run at Indian Wells and Miami with some big performances. He saw off Tsitsipas in Rogers Cup, Thiem in Miami and Nishikori at Indian Wells last season. The Pole has a very strong game from the baseline and... Continue Reading →
Jannik Sinner wasn't even meant to be in Madrid but the 18 year old who had only played 16 tour matches before his wildcard in Milan at the NextGen Finals. He turned up and from day one meant business. Day by day he took apart games of everyone ranked higher than him in the ATP... Continue Reading →
Jannik Sinner was never in Milan to just make up the numbers however little did we expect the Italian to walk away with the title. To put it into perspective Sinner had only played 16 tour level career matches coming into the event and after 21 has a title! Sinner who is 18 trains with... Continue Reading →
After the first couple of days it did look like we were heading this way and after topping their groups and dominating their semi-finals we will have a first meeting between Alex de Minaur and Jannik Sinner. Sinner who entered as a wildcard for the NextGen finals in his home country has entertained the locals... Continue Reading →
The final eight are on route. A chance to finish the season with some silverware at the Next Gen Finals in Milan but who will reign champion at the championships? Stefanos Tsitsipas will not be at the event as he has qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Felix Auger-Aliassime was due to... Continue Reading →
Denis' first! It has been coming and I'm pleased it did. After seven semi-final defeats on the trot for Denis Shapovalov the Canadian went not one but two better. Not only did he make his first ATP tour final but he won his first title against Filip Krajinovic in Stockholm ending his week without a... Continue Reading →
