ATP Tour Archives: 11/2013

Part two in our review of the year’s most compelling matches looks at numbers one to three. 1. Wimbledon semi-finals: Novak Djokovic beat Juan Martin…

The latest in our review of the 2013 tennis season looks at the most compelling matches. The selection attempts to balance entertainment, drama and special…

Two down, half a dozen to go, but to leaven this year’s weighty series of reviews, here’s the first of a lightweight, unashamedly superficial interlude.…

The first in a series of reviews of the 2013 tennis season, highlights the men, both new and familiar, who made great strides during the…

Defending champions the Czech Republic, despite entering the Serbian lion’s den of Belgrade this weekend, and despite seeing the formidable world No2 Novak Djokovic in…

Once again, The O2 in London has proved to be a near perfect setting for the climax of the men’s tennis tour. There is no…

Novak Djokovic, defending champion, had put up some fight against Richard Gasquet in his third and final round robin match just 24 hours before his…

This time last year, in this place at this tournament, the picture was very different for the two pin-ups of tennis. Rafael Nadal had been…

In the end, the final place in the semi-finals of last tournament of the year, the prestigious ATP World Tour Finals, would have nothing to…

It turned into one of the most unusual post-match news conferences of the year when Novak Djokovic arrived after his round-robin victory over Roger Federer…

The round-robin format of the ATP World Tour Finals, featuring as it does the best eight tennis players in the world, is a delight for…

It seems that tennis, in a very modest way, is rediscovering its grass roots—literally. Just months after Wimbledon made the surprise announcement that The Championships…

Roger Federer may have lost to Richard Gasquet only twice in a dozen previous meetings, but the match they were about to play may have…

Roger Federer appeared in less familiar dress on Centre Court at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday. No banadana, no Nike apparel, but instead…

All it needed was one more match win and Rafael Nadal, who missed the season finale in London a year ago, and dropped to No5…

Novak Djokovic has described Viktor Troicki’s ban for failing to provide a blood sample as a “total injustice” and admits that he has lost faith…

And so to the second blockbuster of the second day at the ATP World Tour Finals, and for the second time, a replay of a…

Viktor Troicki has had his 18-month ban for failing to provide a blood sample reduced to 12 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.…

It would normally be seen as an extraordinary occasion at the ATP World Tour Finals when the biggest three names in men’s tennis of the…

For the first time since 2009, the year-end No1 will not be signed, sealed and delivered before its two chief combatants take to court at…

As tennis’s finale gets under way in London, it is the season of appraisals, of measures, of best-evers and best-of-the-years. It is award time, when…