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 →
Another week of flawless tennis. His pre June struggles with form and recovery have long gone and without doubt no one is playing better tennis than the Serb right now. He has now won 31 of his last 33 matches as he marched through the field in Shanghai and is just 215 points off Rafael... Continue Reading →
The final destination is London. We are still a few weeks away from the curtain fall at the O2 Arena but 5 places remain and have to be filled so a week in Shanghai will decide a few on a very open field. Three are in, those three are Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and first... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray is playing the best tennis on the planet right now. The world number two edges closer and closer to that number one spot as he picked up his 6th title of the year and has now incredibly won 48 of his last 52 matches. Commentator and former coach of Murray Mark Petchey said... Continue Reading →
