Since the covid-19 pandemic in March the way a proportion of men's tennis has conducted itself has been nothing short of abysmal. From the drama's of the Adria Tour and the players behaviour off-court as well, Tennis in Atlanta, Zverev in Paris, Paire in Hamburg and lastly the flee of Russia by Sam Querrey. It... Continue Reading →
Now that everyone has played once it is a good indicator on who has performed and who needs to perform and soon. The great thing about this format as it quickly turns into must win for players and two who did win on Day 2 were Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev Djokovic and Daniil Dominate!... Continue Reading →
Last year on debut it was a week in London to forget for Daniil Medvedev but my god the Russian brought his A game on Monday night as he ran riot against Alex Zverev and even threw in an underarm serve. Before the match in my tournament preview I said it was fascinating to see... Continue Reading →
For the 12th and final year the ATP Finals will be played at the O2 Arena in London. The best in mens tennis will be there, unfortunately none of the 17,500 spectators will be present. It is good to see it but will be slightly bitter-sweet, I was meant to attend the semi-finals and finals... Continue Reading →
For a few hours on Sunday night the friendship of Dominic Thiem and Sascha Zverev will be put to one side. Dominic Thiem more than Sascha Zverev has been knocking on the door for quite some time and now the breakthrough will happen for someone. This is Dominic Thiem's fourth Grand Slam final having been... Continue Reading →
Borna Coric has had one of his best Grand Slam runs at the 2020 US Open making the quarter finals down in New York having saved six match points against Stefanos Tsitsipas in a previous round but the performance against Zverev made no sense. A while ago I think it was in Monte-Carlo I said... Continue Reading →
As the week at Flushing Meadows has gone on former champions have also gone. Roger, Rafa, Stan and Juan weren't here to begin with, Andy Murray performed a Houdini act to escape defeat to Nishioka but Felix Auger-Aliassime proved too much for the returning Brit and Marin Cilic who won in 2014 lost to Dominic... Continue Reading →
One of the mysteries for some time have been Sascha Zverev and double faults. Despite no tennis in some time the issue as shown in his participation in the Adria Tour hasn’t gone away but it goes much deeper. 2018 79 matches - 549 aces - 201 double faults 6.94 aces per match2.54 double faults... Continue Reading →
A new week but the same goal, the last set of players were out at Melbourne Park looking to make the quarter finals of the first major of the year but who made it? Simona Halep 6-4 6-4 Elise Mertens Simona Halep was the first up on Day 8 and delivered in just over 90... Continue Reading →
Sascha Zverev didn't have a 2019 to write home about but his season did end better than expected. A weekend in Laver Cup seemed to do him the world of good as he found some form in Beijing and Shanghai. Paris and Basel was a quick hello and goodbye but he showed some of his... Continue Reading →
