ATP Tour Archives: 01/2013

It all began like any other day at the office for David Ferrer as he opened serve against Novak Djokovic in the first semi-final of…

The first two quarter-finals of the 2013 Australian Open featured two top-10 seeds who faced men they might justly regard as their nemeses. No10 Nicolas…

‘Can Murray down Del Potro, Federer and Djokovic?’ That was the question attached to this correspondent’s preview of the 2013 Australian Open. How things can…

And so the Roger Federer storm continues—though as storms go, this has had the silky touch of Europe’s January snow rather than the hurricane blasts…

The Australian Open had narrowed its 128 men down to the ‘Sweet 16’ who would contest a quarter-final place in the second week of the…

There had been plenty of hype about the third-round meeting between Roger Federer and the ‘next-big-thing’ Bernard Tomic. The profile of the 20-year-old was done…

So commonplace has the shorthand phrase ‘the Big Four’ become in talk of the best known quartet in tennis—Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and…

It may have been early evening in Melbourne but the temperature was still scorching—40 degrees and too early yet for the local crowds to pack…

The rankings gap between the two men who opened the action for the bottom half of the men’s draw in Australia was neat but large—a…

The schedule for the opening day of the 2013 Australian Open was sure to appeal to this most passionate of sporting cities. For while superstars…

As if the tension surrounding the Australian Open draw was not enough, the bizarre half-hour spent waiting for defending champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka…

As the first Grand Slam builds a head of steam towards its start on the second Monday of 2013, tennis can depend on some familiar…

On the surface, the seedings for this year’s Australian Open have a very familiar look. On both the men’s and women’s sides, they are topped…