Roger Federer wins first Shanghai title to keep in race for year-end No1
It did not matter a jot that Roger Federer believed he had played some of his best tennis of the year to beat world No1…
It did not matter a jot that Roger Federer believed he had played some of his best tennis of the year to beat world No1…
It was proclaimed the blockbuster of the week at the Shanghai Masters, this much-hoped-for contest between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. Djokovic stood at No1…
Among the eight men who comprised one the oldest quarter-final line-ups in Masters or Grand Slam history, perhaps the most inevitable winners were the youngest,…
It’s a number that would take some time to prove, but it’s a fair bet that quarter-final day at the prestigious Shanghai Masters boasted one…
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer began their Shanghai campaigns as the top two men in the race to the ATP World Tour Finals. By the…
What a difference a day has made to the fortunes of David Ferrer and Andy Murray. Only last week, world No5 Ferrer suffered his second…
Glamorous Shanghai is a special city, and the Masters tournament hosted there is a special stop on the men’s tour. It has won the players’…
Tough though his draw may be, Andy Murray may reasonably expect to make a good run through the penultimate Masters tournament of the year in…
Rafael Nadal has been named ‘Friend of the Australian Open’ at the official launch of the 2015 tournament on the refurbished Margaret Court arena at…
US Open champion Marin Cilic is in danger of slipping out of the top eight qualifying places for the ATP World Tour Finals unless he…
Novak Djokovic, with three Masters titles to his name already this season, is seeking the 20th of his career in Shanghai next week. The world…
Over the eight years since these two 27-year-olds first met, the rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray has grown into one of the most…
The score stood at 3-3 in the first set, and the No2 seed, Rafael Nadal faced break point. And just as he went through his…
It’s not that US Open champion Marin Cilic was playing poorly when he took on Andy Murray in the quarters of the high-quality Beijing 500.…
Rafael Nadal, Beijing’s 2005 champion, and last week’s Shenzhen champion Andy Murray have joined illustrious company in the China Open quarter-finals. In the bottom half…
These are arduous days for Andy Murray. As the window for qualification for the ATP’s climax at the World Tour Finals grows smaller, Murray has…
It’s fair to say that Rafael Nadal has been missed by more than the army of fans that circles the globe. Take the comment made—and…
Stan Wawrinka, who tops the seeds at the second of the two ATP 500 events in the Asian swing, the Rakuten Japan Open in Tokyo,…
Things are looking very good indeed for a certain Novak Djokovic as he prepares to make his first appearance since the US Open on Beijing’s…
Andy Murray’s decision to take a wild card into the first playing of the Shenzhen Open may have been driven by his desire to reach…
It has been a long, rocky road for the Briton who made history on home soil almost 15 months ago. Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon…