The high-profile Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships continue from one big tournament, the WTA1000 event, straight into one of the most prestigious 500s in the…
It has been talked of for years already, the question of when a new generation will break up the 15-year dominance of Roger Federer, now…
This last playing of the ATP Finals at the iconic O2 has not been how many envisaged. There should have been noise, and crowds, and…
There have been years at the ATP Finals when no-one could make out who would, or who could not, advance from the round-robin matches to…
And so it was time for the first of the last to get underway in the magnificent O2 arena in London. The Nitto ATP Finals…
After one first-round showdown between Major champions on Sunday, another wet day at Roland Garros delivered the other, this time between recent US Open champion…
This extraordinary US Open concluded with the 10th meeting between two of the best players in the world: No3 Dominic Thiem and No7 Alexander Zverev.…
After No5 seed Dominic Thiem reached his third Major final with two lung and leg-busting victories over Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev, he gave a…
Tennis fans and pundits have been calling on the next wave of players to step up to the plate on the biggest stages, to try…
Of the four quarter-finals to emerge from this year’s men’s draw, perhaps the most eagerly-anticipated was that between the top-ranked men at the top of…
From the oldest on Saturday to one of the youngest on Sunday, a story for the ages quickly changed when 21-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas beat 38-year-old…
Dominic Thiem may have cursed his luck when the draw was made last week for the season finale at the O2. Three times before, the…
Dominic Thiem’s excellent season continued apace at London’s O2 this week with his opening victory over Roger Federer, the Austrian’s third win over the Swiss…
It was certainly a tough opener for both men, No3 seed Roger Federer and No5 Dominic Thiem. Federer, 12 years the senior of the two,…
Within the space of an hour, two of the top players in the world, and among 2019’s most prolific champions, No3 Roger Federer and No5…
The world No5 Dominic Thiem has been one of the most consistent performers since he burst into the top 20 as a 21-year-old in 2015.…
If their only previous match was any guide, the Barcelona final between No3 seed Dominic Thiem and No7 seed Daniil Medvedev would be a tussle…
Was there anyone or anything that could get the better of 11-time champion Rafael Nadal in Barcelona, a tournament that he has so dominated that…
It was no surprise that Roger Federer, the poster-boy for almost two decades for the unique style of the one-handed backhand, referenced that feature of…
Roger Federer may have one of the most admired single-handed backhands in tennis, and it has certainly served him well in the 20 or so…
It was a mathematician’s dream, but for everyone else, it was a nightmare of scenarios. Such were the complexities of the final round-robin matches for…