Dubai 2014: Wins for Berdych & Djokovic marred by del Potro misery
The opening day of tennis in Dubai began elegantly enough, and with just the right amount of star appeal to ease everyone into this high-power…
The opening day of tennis in Dubai began elegantly enough, and with just the right amount of star appeal to ease everyone into this high-power…
There are only 32 men in the main singles draw of the ABN AMRO championships in Rotterdam this week, and no fewer than eight of…
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…
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…
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…
It is hard to recall a time when the last Masters event of the season was so pregnant with possibilities. As the only indoor Masters…
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,…
The eighth of tennis’s nine showpiece tournaments, the Shanghai Rolex Masters, may have a short history but it is one of the most glamorous and…
Milos Raonic swept past Go Soeda to reach the second round of the Japan Open and keep his hopes of qualifying for the ATP World…
As the men’s tennis tour comes full circle back to where it began on the western Pacific seaboard in January, there is far more at…
Roland Garros, as host nation, might have expected to boast a strong French contingent on its burnt orange clay, but when it came to Wimbledon,…
The weather had been doing it all week—with the exception of a very windy but refreshingly sunny Friday—and it did it once again on semi-final…
For a man who a month ago was forced to retire with lower back problems in the second round at the Rome Masters, who hastily…
The leaden clouds scudded over the brilliant green courts of Queen’s Club throughout a packed Thursday schedule, but only once—and then for just five minutes—did…
David Ferrer admits he will need to produce his best tennis to have any chance of beating seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open…
It was a tough act to follow for the second pair of semi-finalists at Roland Garros, but on a cooling, shadow-filled evening on Philipp Chatrier,…
When it comes to Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grand Slam quarter-finals, there is just a bit of back-story. So as the bottom half of…
The contenders for the quarter-finals of the 2013 French Open began to take on the look of a bygone age as the draw unfolded towards…
As the Davis Cup quarter-finals get under way this weekend, some of the line-ups have taken on the look of David and Goliath contests. Only…
There were no more earthquakes in Indian Wells as the top half of the draw embarked on their third-round matches, but there was enough fire-power…