ATP Tour Archives: 10/2013

It’s been some year for Stan the Man. Such has been the growing profile—and confidence—of Stanislas Wawrinka since the start of 2013 that even his…

It is three days into the Paris Masters, the last ATP 1000 of the year, and already four men who began the tournament with hopes…

With so much drama surrounding the ‘race to London’ during the singles tournaments of the last fortnight, it has been all too easy to forget…

Matches between the last two men standing in Basel, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro, had long taken on the look of gladiatorial spectacles.…

The semi-finals at the Swiss Indoors had taken on a rather familiar look. Just as last year, one match featured the top seed and five-time…

There were some interesting statistics surrounding the meeting between Roger Federer and the man a decade his junior, Grigor Dimitrov. The elder statesman of the…

There is no doubting that the big man from Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro, has been in terrific form during the latter part of 2013—many…

The three-time and defending champion, David Ferrer, bounced straight back into his home city of Valencia with an impressive opening win, just a couple of…

With seeds falling like autumn leaves all around the city of Basel, it began to look as though Roger Federer may join them. On the…

When the popular Argentine Juan Martin del Potro stepped onto an indoor hard court for the first time this year, he won the title. That…

Home favourites Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka have, not surprisingly been very much the centre of attention in the opening stages of the Swiss Indoors…

The race to fill the last four places for the ATP World Tour Finals has been one of the most fiercely contested in living memory,…

Stanislas Wawrinka’s hold on the title of ‘Swiss No1’ was certainly a fleeting one, and as he succumbed to nerves in front of his Swiss…

He does, of course, know the small and perfectly-formed city of Basel like the back of his hand. Roger Federer was born just down the…

With the window for London qualification rapidly closing, the remaining two weeks of competition are vital for the clutch of players still in contention. Much…

It was a Sunday packed with three finals, each overlapping with the others, and so designed to make any tennis enthusiast dizzy—the more so because…

Rarely in recent years has the race to the ATP World Tour Finals remained so open so late in the season. With just four of…

Something had to give. The two men who took to the magnificent Qi Zhong court in pursuit of the Shanghai Masters title both arrived unbeaten…

After Rafael Nadal resisted some of the hottest tennis of the week from Stanislas Wawrinka in his quarter-final, it was has hard to imagine a…

Were it not for the fine form shown by the charismatic Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, since returning to the tour after almost three months away with…

All four of the quarter-finals of this year’s Shanghai Masters were, on past records at least, one-sided affairs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked No9, played Florian Mayer,…