In these pieces I have said Shanghai brings out the best in people. It’s after the US Open, players have had time to reflect and build for the end of the season. At the stage Shanghai with the flair and brilliance of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and you’ve got a dream pair. When you play against Rafa... Continue Reading →
Throughout his career Roberto Bautista Agut had proved a problematic opponent for the best. 2016 was a phenomenal year for Andy Murray and Roberto who defeated Djokovic stood in his way of a third Masters 1000 in Shanghai but Murray added another Shanghai Masters to an incredible season! A closely contested half an hour left... Continue Reading →
2017 was a magnificent year for Grigor Dimitrov, not many would have expected the year to end with him winning the ATP Finals in London but before that there was some work to do. Down in Shanghai the Bulgarian missed out only slightly in an epic battle with Rafael Nadal! A place in the semi-finals... Continue Reading →
Matteo Berrettini had an incredible breakthrough season in 2019, the Italian rose to the occasion, took and created opportunities and sealed some big wins in a year which I described as a learning curve. One of which was a 7-6 6-4 win over Dominic Thiem in Shanghai. I thought the performance was very clever from... Continue Reading →
Performances at a Masters 1000 final don't get better than that. The most incredible year continues for the Russian who described his recent run as outrageous making six finals in a row picking up his fourth title this year. He set out his intentions quite early as you'd expect winning 10 of the first 12... Continue Reading →
The man from Athens has found some form over the last few weeks. After five defeats on the bounce on the tour he has found some form once again since the Laver Cup. Runner up in Beijing defeating Zverev and Isner and so far in Shanghai has seen off Auger-Aliassime, Hurkacz and now Novak Djokovic.... Continue Reading →
I think it is fair to start off with the fact that no one was expecting Denis Shapovalov to defeat Novak Djokovic in Shanghai with a 1-11 top ten win record since the beginning of last year but was that performance worrying? In a word, yes. 6-3 6-3 to Djokovic, score-lines can be deceiving but... Continue Reading →
Debutant in Shanghai having come through qualifying Juan Ignacio Londero set out his stall early on. The Argentine having a break through year on the main tour gave Andy Murray plenty to think about in the opening game of the match which took 14 minutes for the former champion to hold. His stubbornness and confidence... Continue Reading →
He was British number one but Kyle Edmund is set to fall out the top 70 in the world after his sixth defeat on the bounce. The former world number 14 has had a tough year which began with an injury at the Australian Open and just hasn't kicked on since. He has had a... 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 →
