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So commonplace has the shorthand phrase ‘the Big Four’ become in talk of the best known quartet in tennis—Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and…

As if the tension surrounding the Australian Open draw was not enough, the bizarre half-hour spent waiting for defending champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka…

Andy Murray had enjoyed an unbeaten season in the Far East swing of 2011 but this time he came away without a title. Novak Djokovic…

The biggest annual event in team sport, the Davis Cup, wanted to make a bang with its 100th final in Prague this year. And the…

The 100th final of the Davis Cup between David Ferrer’s Spain and Tomas Berdych’s Czech Republic has the makings of a very special occasion indeed.…

The final day of round-robin competition brought one of the most highly anticipated matches of the week—an extraordinary eighth meeting in 2012 between two of…

It’s the half-way stage at the World Tour Finals, and some things never change. Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray in yet another classic, race-to-the-wire…

The task facing David Ferrer in his second match at the World Tour Finals was truly formidable. He had played Roger Federer 13 times across…

Looking at the career record of Juan Martin del Potro, and at his size and his power, it may come as a surprise that he…

It has been a long time coming, and is long overdue for one of the biggest hearts in one of the most compact men in…

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The Paris Masters may have rued the loss of the ‘big four’ from its draw—Rafael Nadal…

There is one fact that may have gone unnoticed about the headline names in Valencia and Basel this week—indeed one factor that permeates both the…

The Grand Slams have been and gone, the Asian swing has been short and sweet, and the tennis tour has headed to Europe for the…

Davis Cup forces a tough turn-around after an exhausting summer of tennis, and the demands are especially heavy on the high-ranked men who have gone…

It was Super Saturday at the 2012 US Open, so the forecast must be rain. Well, the threat of rain at least—enough to ensure that…

The day before his 30th birthday, Andy Roddick talked of the burden of the modern game and why it is so hard for young players…

Ever since world No3 Rafael Nadal withdrew from the US Open draw, it was the question on everyone’s lips: Would Andy Murray fall in Roger…

With Roger Federer’s No1 consolidated by his fifth Cincinnati Masters title on Sunday, the five-time US Open champion has been named top seed in the…

At 30 years of age, Roger Federer has it all. Almost. He’s won all the Grand Slams—17 of them. He’s master of the World Tour…

As the sky cleared of rain clouds and the wind dropped to a balmy breeze, it seemed barely conceivable that, two hours before, play was…

In many ways, the match up between the compact, bustling, coiled spring of David Ferrer and the tall, languorous, slow-but-explosive Juan Martin del Potro was…