ATP Tour Archives: 03/2013

A week ago, it all looked so easy. The Miami draw was made, the quarters were divided, and favourites for the semi-finals picked. Some choices…

Andy Murray will take on Richard Gasquet for a place in the final of the Miami Masters after the Frenchman sealed an impressive straight-sets win…

When Andy Murray embarked on his Miami campaign, the form books and history suggested his path would funnel down to a repeat of the 2012…

There were all kinds of things that marked out the fourth round of the Sony Open Tennis Masters in Miami. An impressive 13 of the…

After taking on the youngest man in the top 100, Bernard Tomic, in his first match, it was now Andy Murray’s turn to take on…

Some players have a knack of lighting up a tennis court, an ability to draw the crowds like a magnet, the kind of appeal that…

The No2 seed, Andy Murray, playing on the closest thing to home soil outside his homeland, is also in line to become No2 in the…

There’s no question that the Sony Open Tennis tournament in the sultry Florida Keys, one of the tour’s early-season highlights, is feeling the pain. Along…

In an unprecedented step, the biggest of the tennis Grand Slams, the US Open, has announced a second rise in its prize money just three…

When it comes to predictions about the winners of Masters titles, there are worse places to start than with the quartet that has filled the…

Perhaps for the fans of both men who took to court on the final day of the BNP Paribas Open, it had been a case…

With seeds No5 and 6, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych, already lined up for one BNP Paribas Open semi-final, it was the turn of the…

There has always been something special about these two, ever since they first met almost a decade ago. Few will recall that match, an early…

There were no more earthquakes in Indian Wells as the top half of the draw embarked on their third-round matches, but there was enough fire-power…

Admirers of the men who were in third-round action at the BNP Paribas Open may have felt the earth tremble beneath their feet in the…

2013 would not mark the first time that Andy Murray had overtaken Roger Federer in the rankings. He pushed the Swiss down to No4 for…

Few men in tennis could fill the headlines so constantly without playing a single match as the burnished Spaniard Rafael Nadal. But when a man…

Against of growing chorus of encouragement from within its ranks—most vociferously Andy Murray and Roger Federer—tennis is set to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme…

The BNP Paribas Open in the desert oasis of Indian Wells certainly knows how to put on a show. The prize money is eye-watering—$1m for…

It’s been clear since Novak Djokovic arrived in Dubai that he has grown into the role of ‘best in the world’ with some aplomb. In…

Rafael Nadal has admitted his delight at reaching his third straight final since returning to action as he prepares to take on David Ferrer at…