I'll be honest, I'm not Fabio Fognini's biggest fan. The Italian has more often than not made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. In 2017 he got suspended from two majors and fined for sexist comments made to an umpire at the US Open. He's super talented but his behaviour has not been good... Continue Reading →
Who would have said on Monday that we'd get to the Monte Carlo final without; Rafa, Novak, Kei, Thiem, Zverev or Tsitsipas? Well that was the case and following the tournament everyone has plenty to think about going forward Rafa 'worst clay court match in 14 years' Well, that says it all! He said it... Continue Reading →
Pure dis-belief. Even at 4-6 0-5 I still didn't quite believe what was happening in Monte-Carlo. A man who has only lost 36 career matches on clay until now picked up defeat number 37 as Fabio Fognini perfected his way to a first Masters 1000 final. The performance was sexy, this is clay court tennis... Continue Reading →
Daniil Medvedev knows how to cause an upset. His first top 10 win in 2017 against Wawrinka at Wimbledon and has followed it up this week with wins against Tsitsipas and now Djokovic. Daniil is one of the players on the tour that has gone under the radar but with four titles (all since beginning... Continue Reading →
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares are safely through to the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo. The third seeds who have needed all three sets so far in their opening two victories down in Monte-Carlo only needed two sets to see off Joao Sousa and Diego Schwartzman who usually play their trade on the singles tour. For the... Continue Reading →
Sascha Zverev is set for his biggest challenge yet. Almost twelve months ago he made the second week of a major for the first time, not long after then he hired Ivan Lendl before the US Open but left New York in the third round but finished his season with four top ten wins in... Continue Reading →
It actually annoys me to write this. At the World Tour Finals in London in 2017 I wrote a piece about Dominic Thiem which said; “Style but no substance” It was frustrating then and even more so now as he has improved but that performance against Dusan Lajovic lacked any substance. Where was the power?... Continue Reading →
The quarter finals are set. It was another day of stunning clay court tennis in Monaco as 16 became 8 as the first clay Masters event of the season delivered once again. Djokovic 6-3 6-0 Fritz A very good performance from Novak, once he got going he really got in the groove and began to... Continue Reading →
Last month Stan turned 34 and his career of late has been halted with injuries. At the end of 2017 he had a knee injury which bothered him at Wimbledon and last year missed over 3 months of tennis and struggled with the comeback to the tour. This year has likewise been a struggle so... Continue Reading →
Novak Djokovic is just about through to the third round in Monte Carlo. The win down on the coast was his 850th in his career and it was a big one. Now you may look at the win and think well he defeated Kohlschreiber in three sets but we know that he is capable of... Continue Reading →
