Davis Cup 2014: Murray, Wawrinka, Federer head starry first-round ties
Since its first tie in 1900, the Davis Cup has grown into the world’s largest annual international team competition, involving over 5,000 players from across…
ATP Tour Archives: 01/2014
A new day, a new Major champion but still the old Stanislas Wawrinka
When Stan Wawrinka awoke on his first morning as a Grand Slam champion, the reality may finally have begun to sink in. For when he…
Australian Open 2014: Stan becomes the man as Wawrinka beats Nadal
It may have taken the likeable Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 36 attempts to do it, but on Australia Day 2014, he finally fulfilled his vast potential…
Australian Open 2014: Blistering Nadal takes down Federer again
It’s easy to focus on the astonishing records put together by the two pin-ups of men’s tennis, world No1 Rafael Nadal and No6 Roger Federer.…
Australian Open 2014: ‘Stan the Man’ Wawrinka surges to first Major final
Ever since the draw for this year’s Australian Open was made almost two weeks ago, fingers and toes around the world had been crossed in…
Australian Open 2014: Third-time-lucky Wawrinka beats Djokovic at last
Even before Novak Djokovic began the defence of his title at Melbourne Park, the man who has been unbeaten at the Australian Open for the…
Australian Open 2014: Federer rolls back years with dominant Tsonga win
It’s probably fair to say that Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga know each other pretty well. Before the first Grand Slam of 2014 got under…
Australian Open 2014: Spain 6, France 2, as Nadal and Tsonga race to last 16
Whatever it is they put in the water of a certain pair of neighbouring European countries, other nations around the world must long for the…
Australian Open 2014: Federer warms to Tsonga & Murray test with 70th win
In the end, it all got too much at the 2014 Australian Open. The ‘happy slam’ had been battered by too many unhappy players, headlines…
Australian Open 2014: Hutchins makes winning return with Fleming
Ross Hutchins marked his return to Grand Slam tennis after recovering from cancer with a win as he and doubles partner Colin Fleming progressed through…
Australian Open 2014: Heroic Hewitt leaves baking stage to Nadal & Federer
The opening day of the Australian Open had set very fair to showcase the bottom half of the men’s draw. It was headlined, of course,…
Australian Open 2014: Double the fun for British teams & Hewitt-Rafter
Andy Murray may have stolen the British tennis limelight since the golden summer of 2012: A Wimbledon final, two Olympic medals and a US Open…
Australian Open 2014: Nadal, Murray, Federer in uphill fight to deny Djokovic
So the stage is ready once again to set tennis hearts aflutter as the first Grand Slam of the season, the extrovert, sun-drenched, self-dubbed ‘happy…
Lleyton Hewitt beats Roger Federer in Brisbane to win first title since 2010
When it came to the last match of 2014 on Brisbane’s ‘Pat Rafter’ court, just a week before the start of the Australian Open, it…
Rafael Nadal starts 2014 in winning style with his first Doha title
For a man who came into the New Year as world No1 on the back of 10 titles from 14 finals during his truncated 2013,…
Rafael Nadal targets first ever opening-week title in Doha
The problem with arriving at the first tournament of 2014 on the back of one of the best ever comeback seasons in tennis is to…
Andy Murray’s Australian Open warm-up is cooled in Doha
It was always going to be a difficult return to the tour for Andy Murray after playing no competitive tennis since back surgery in September.…