Novak Djokovic is safely through to the semi-finals of The Australian Open once again. The defending champion who is on an incredible eleven match winning streak this year was far from his very best but good enough to extend his winning record to 10-0 against Milos Raonic. Far from his best is a fair assessment... Continue Reading →
Australian Open Preview: Men’s Quarter Finals
Novak is after a eighth title, Roger is looking for major No.21 and other guys are looking for their first but as we approach who will go further and who will go home? Novak Djokovic v Milos Raonic Novak looks in the mood. He has gone from strength to strength over the course of the... Continue Reading →
Australian Open Day 7
Sunday at Melbourne Park was a pretty straight forward day, we now know half of the final eight as the top half of the women's draw and bottom half of the men's draw were in action. Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-4 Diego Schwartzman A good days work for Djokovic against the in-form Argentine. Diego has... Continue Reading →
Aus Open Day 3; Comebacks, capitulations and normal service!
Day three down at Melbourne Park was pretty much straight. The top players orchrested themselves through to the next round and others went the long way round. Caroline Wozniacki is keeping her run going with a very comprehensive 7-5 7-5 win against the seeded Dayana Yastremska who herself had some goals for the event really... Continue Reading →
Wimbledon; Middle Monday Preview
On Monday, 16 men and 16 women will battle for a place in the quarter finals. 32 will become 16 but who will be the final eight on both the men's a women side? Women's Bottom Half Maybe looking ahead but a guarantee is that we will have a first time Wimbledon finalist! In the... Continue Reading →
Stefanos Tsitsipas leads the Wimbledon chasing pack but even they have work to do!
A new Wimbledon champion is something we haven’t had in some time. In fact, the last new Wimbledon champion was Andy Murray back in 2012. Outside the big four of Rafa, Roger, Novak and Andy winning in London you have to go back to 2002 for someone different and that was Lleyton Hewitt who saw... Continue Reading →
Madrid ❌ Rome ❌ should Milos skip Roland Garros?
No one wants to skip a major but for Milos Raonic it might seem like the right thing to do. The right knee is still a problem for the former Wimbledon finalist who we haven't seen since his straight sets defeat to Kyle Edmund in Miami and now we probably won't see Milos until Roland... Continue Reading →
Off the hook! Raonic recovers from messy performance in the nick of time!
Performances don't get more messy than that. Milos Raonic now has Fabrice Santoro in his team following the departure of Ivanisevic and Fabrice is known for being creative and you could tell that idea was there but Milos was effectively a rabbit in the headlights. I like Raonice and I think Santoro was a good... Continue Reading →
No one surprised us in January better than these two, can they keep it going?
January and the Australian Open may have been about the achievements of Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic but also some shouting about what Milos Raonic and Lucas Pouille. Milos Raonic has had a tough time, a couple of Wimbledon finals to his name but injuries have not helped over the last couple of years but... Continue Reading →
Canada round-up! Wawrinka battles 💪🏻 Kiki’s big win 😁 Buzarnescu 🚑Raonic out ❌ Thiem’s unsurprisingly quick exit 🤔
In Montreal and Toronto it was a very busy day on Wednesday. Both sites were hit with rain but all men's matches got completed whereas for the ladies four of them will have to play twice on Thursday as four match are still yet to be completed. What were the stories from the day? Stan... Continue Reading →