Caroline Garcia came through the tough Premier 5 draw at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, via the likes of Angelique Kerber, Christina McHale, Dominika Cibulkova,…
So it’s farewell to North America, to the Majors, and—for most—to Davis Cup. But after the gruelling heat and hard courts of Montreal, Cincinnati, and…
This week, a stunning field has lined up in Wuhan, on the banks of the mighty Yangtze River, for one of the key tournaments of…
Yes, the Laver Cup, with its line-up of some of the best talent—young and old—that tennis has to offer, has packed the O2 in Prague…
The home team could not have hoped for a better start from their first three singles matches on the first day of the Laver Cup…
You might say there was a score to be settled between two of the most exciting young players on the tour. Both Alexander Zverev and…
They have not stinted on the technology, the new ideas, the lively concepts and, of course, the quality of the players in this first playing…
The format is simple, but the permutations are complex. And as the players for the first four matches of the Laver Cup were announced in…
“Both teams will fight their heart out to get their hands on it.” Roger Federer They looked dapper to a man, and so they should.…
Australian tennis legend Rod Laver has become a part of Czech history, being immortalised on a limited-edition postcard and stamp by Czech Post to celebrate…
Belgium may be one of the smaller countries in Europe, and it certainly cannot compete with neighbours, Germany, France and the Netherlands when it comes…
Ever since the new-concept Laver Cup tennis event was launched a year ago in New York, it has promised star-appeal by the bucket-load. That very…
Considering what Rafael Nadal went through last year—withdrawal from the third round at Roland Garros with a severe wrist injury, and then closing down his…
The US Open did not have everyone on side when it set out its stall two weeks ago. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic, Andy…
A full fortnight ago, the US Open draw divided itself into two very different halves. Three former champions fell into the top half, two of…
Considering three former US Open champions were missing from New York before the tournament even began—Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka—the remaining two quarter-finals…
When she arrived in New York as the No3 seed, and on the back of the Wimbledon and Cincinnati titles, Garbine Muguruza was one of…
After conceding the No1 ranking to Rafael Nadal just a three weeks ago, and pulling out of the US Open a fortnight ago, Andy Murray…
This year’s US Open women’s draw has produced enough storylines to keep even the most demanding fan happy. First, there was the ongoing battle between…
There were firsts within touching distance of all four of the surviving men in the bottom half of the US Open draw as they targeted…
Few who saw it will forget it, the final here in New York in 2009 between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro. It was…
