Photo special: Favourite moments with Murray, Cilic and more in 2014
2014 was a year of big milestones for many but of lost ground for others. On the plus side, there were two new Grand Slam…
2014 was a year of big milestones for many but of lost ground for others. On the plus side, there were two new Grand Slam…
The big man from Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro, had a pretty good year in 2013. Having spent almost two unbroken years in the top…
One of the big themes when the men’s draw for Indian Wells hit the news-stands was the imbalance between the two halves. At the top…
The jewels in tennis’s ATP calendar, its nine Masters events, have arrived and, as if to celebrate, March is given over entirely to two of…
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…
As the Australian Open becomes a distant memory and the indoor swing of Europe winds down, February races headlong towards March and the first Masters…
Everything about the quarter-finals of the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam was big. The top three seeds were all in place: Juan Martin del Potro,…
It may be blowing a gale outside, and the surrounding waterways may be full to overflowing with water, but it takes a lot more than…
It does not take long to figure out why one of the busiest months on the tennis tour is also one that offers plenty of…
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…
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…
Eight men, eight days, and more than a quarter of a million fans—and it all comes down in the end to the top two players…
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…
If Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet provided a taste-bud-tingling aperitif in the second round of Group B action, what followed promised to be one of…
As soon as the draw was made, and the last to qualify, Richard Gasquet, was dropped into the same group as Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer…
Already in Paris, some gauntlets had been firmly thrown down by one ATP World Tour Finals quartet to the other. World No1 Rafael Nadal put…
Matches between the last two men standing in Basel, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro, had long taken on the look of gladiatorial spectacles.…
The semi-finals at the Swiss Indoors had taken on a rather familiar look. Just as last year, one match featured the top seed and five-time…
There is no doubting that the big man from Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro, has been in terrific form during the latter part of 2013—many…
When the popular Argentine Juan Martin del Potro stepped onto an indoor hard court for the first time this year, he won the title. That…
Rarely in recent years has the race to the ATP World Tour Finals remained so open so late in the season. With just four of…