US Open: All quiet on the Djokovic front as No1 takes centre stage
There has been so much buzz around the rest of the ‘big four’ ahead of this year’s US Open—the remarkable Rafael Nadal run, the surprising…
There has been so much buzz around the rest of the ‘big four’ ahead of this year’s US Open—the remarkable Rafael Nadal run, the surprising…
New York is always vibrant, always busy, always serving up something special. But this week, the hoardings on the expressway between Manhattan and Queens, the…
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…
Novak Djokovic may have been thwarted by John Isner in his record-making attempt to win the complete set of Masters titles in Cincinnati this week,…
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…
The closing Saturday of this year’s Rogers Cup in Montreal began quietly enough. The sun shone, the wind had blown away the city’s heavy humidity,…
It was no surprise, perhaps, that Novak Djokovic used the sterling test he overcame in his quarter-final against Denis Istomin to return stronger, more focused,…
And so the shocks continued to come in Montreal as the seeds tumbled and the Canadians soared at the Rogers Cup. As if losing David…
If the opening days in Montreal had wait patiently for action from the top eight seeds—they all enjoyed byes to the second round—there was certainly…
The hot topic in tennis, as the tour embarks on the first of the two hard-court Masters that preface the last Grand Slam of the…
The Canadian Open is one of the oldest tournaments in tennis—only Wimbledon and the US Open pre-date it—and Montreal boasts all three of its most…
Roger Federer is not the most prolific winner in the draw of the Masters tournament that bears his name, Canada’s Rogers Cup. That honour belongs…