ATP Tour Archives: 08/2013

It was a surprise, but at the same time should have been no surprise at all. Amid all the big names playing for their place…

A quick look at the CVs of Andy Murray and the man he would play in the second round of the US Open, Leonardo Mayer,…

The second round of the men’s draw of the US Open has still to play itself out, but already the old guard is showing just…

When a Grand Slam’s biography on one of its players displays a blank where his height and weight should be, you know this is a…

As if Andy Murray didn’t face enough hurdles in defending his first Grand Slam title in New York, he had to wait out both an…

There has been so much buzz around the rest of the ‘big four’ ahead of this year’s US Open—the remarkable Rafael Nadal run, the surprising…

From Roger Federer to Rafael Nadal, Venus Williams to Laura Robson, here are some of the top quotes, facts and stats as the 132nd US…

James Blake has announced that he will retire from tennis after the US Open, ending a 14-year career that includes 10 singles titles. The 33-year-old…

This time last year, there was one big name missing from the US Open start list: Rafael Nadal. His absence would, in the end, extend…

In an unfortunate twist of the scheduling, two of the four Britons in the main draws of this year’s US Open took to court at…

Five-time US Open champion, Roger Federer, must know the Billie Jean National Tennis Centre like the back of his hand. He first came here in…

New York is always vibrant, always busy, always serving up something special. But this week, the hoardings on the expressway between Manhattan and Queens, the…

Novak Djokovic may have been thwarted by John Isner in his record-making attempt to win the complete set of Masters titles in Cincinnati this week,…

Precisely one week ago, this onlooker attempted to convey the scale of what one superlative tennis player had just achieved. That report began… “The return…

When it comes to the US Open Series swing, there is barely time to draw breath between one big tournament and the next. From the…

The return of Rafael Nadal to the tennis tour in February this year after seven months away with knee injury had been nothing short of…

Considering Andy Murray and Colin Fleming had never partnered one another on the doubles tour before, and considering that they managed to enter the draw…

World No2 Andy Murray may not have come to Montreal expecting to reach the singles final. He is far too cautious to claim as much,…

The closing Saturday of this year’s Rogers Cup in Montreal began quietly enough. The sun shone, the wind had blown away the city’s heavy humidity,…

It was no surprise, perhaps, that Novak Djokovic used the sterling test he overcame in his quarter-final against Denis Istomin to return stronger, more focused,…

As the Rogers Cup quarter-finals got under way in Montreal, the sun continued to shine on a home nation that was celebrating two of its…