Shanghai Masters: Djokovic denies Del Potro to claim 7th Chinese title
Something had to give. The two men who took to the magnificent Qi Zhong court in pursuit of the Shanghai Masters title both arrived unbeaten…
Something had to give. The two men who took to the magnificent Qi Zhong court in pursuit of the Shanghai Masters title both arrived unbeaten…
After Rafael Nadal resisted some of the hottest tennis of the week from Stanislas Wawrinka in his quarter-final, it was has hard to imagine a…
It was the kind of the moment that sums up the character, charm and popularity of the big man from Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro.…
The weather may have brightened over the Qi Zhong tennis centre as the big names opened their accounts at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, but it…
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…
So the 128 were reduced to the final 16 by their target date of Labour Day in New York. Some big names were felled along…
It was a surprise, but at the same time should have been no surprise at all. Amid all the big names playing for their place…
This time last year, as the tennis tour headed to its final Grand Slam, almost everything in men’s tennis had a very familiar ring. ‘The…
The summer surge of Rafael Nadal on the North American hard courts has yielded not just two more Masters titles—extending his record to 26 in…
When it comes to the US Open Series swing, there is barely time to draw breath between one big tournament and the next. From the…
There have already been upsets at the Rogers Cup in Montreal this week. Seeds tumbled in the first round—No12 Nicolas Almagro was followed by an…
By almost every measure, across this Wimbledon and across the last few years, one man has carved out the status of top dog and was…
This may have been one of the most surprising Wimbledon’s in recent memory, with many of the box-office names falling in the first week, or…
With the grass-court season just one week old, the major host of tennis’s green season has already celebrated one home-grown champion. Andy Murray heralded the…
So finally, the sun put in an appearance at Queen’s Club. The wind whipped up only white clouds and the air turned dry and warm:…
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…
With leaden skies threatening to put a dampener on the already lush and sappy grass of Queen’s Club, there were more than a few fingers…
There’s no question that the Sony Open Tennis tournament in the sultry Florida Keys, one of the tour’s early-season highlights, is feeling the pain. Along…
Perhaps for the fans of both men who took to court on the final day of the BNP Paribas Open, it had been a case…
The buzz at the BNP Paribas Open had, from the moment the men’s draw was made, focused on two things. Would Roger and Rafa renew…
With seeds No5 and 6, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych, already lined up for one BNP Paribas Open semi-final, it was the turn of the…