Tennis as you’ve never seen it: Murray, Ivanovic, Sharapova and Hewitt kick off IPTL
Tennis fever is taking over corners of the globe that have rarely had the good fortune to see stars such as Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray,…
Novak Djokovic Archives: 11/2014
From Djokovic and Federer to Goffin and Coric: records and rankings in 2014
It’s a fortnight that has seen a plethora of new landmarks: familiar names like Roger Federer continuing to create historic firsts; fresh names like Kei…
Novak Djokovic arose a worthy champion from Tour Finals’ ashes
It all ends here: So the banners for the 2014 playing of the season finale at The O2 proclaimed. And true to form, ranking, and…
ATP World Tour Finals: Injured Roger Federer pulls out to hand title to Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer has made a shock withdrawal from the ATP World Tour final that he was scheduled to play against Novak Djokovic this evening because…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Unrelenting Djokovic downs Nishikori
The slender, youthful figure of Kei Nishikori seems to have spent most of 2014 making headlines: the highest-ranked Asian man, at No5, of all time,…
Novak Djokovic on Murray’s pressure and Federer ‘proving everyone wrong’
Novak Djokovic defeated his third top-eight colleague for the loss of games you could count on one hand: Tomas Berdych won four games, Stan Wawrinka…
Third-time year-end No1 Novak Djokovic honoured by four former champions
Following his third round-robin victory at this year’s ATP World Tour Finals, Novak Djokovic confirmed the world No1 ranking for the third time. In a…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Top dog Djokovic seals semi-final, year-end No1
If rivals of Novak Djokovic thought that becoming a father for the first time less than a month ago would cause him to miss a…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Confident Djokovic extends indoor streak to down Wawrinka
There was a set of circumstance that, if they came to pass, could see Australian Open champion and world No4 Stan Wawrinka advance to the…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Berdych defeats Cilic but now has to beat Djokovic
It was not the most auspicious start for US Open champion Marin Cilic, playing at the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time, nor…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Cilic now one of hunted as Djokovic races to victory
The newest Grand Slam champion on the block, 26-year-old Marin Cilic, was honoured to be playing in his first season finale, the prestigious ATP World…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Novak Djokovic at 27 and counting
Perhaps it’s something about the number 27, though Novak Djokovic is certainly not a man to leave anything to chance. The calm and collected Serb…
ATP Awards 2014: Roger Federer is fans’ and players’ fave yet again
As the tennis season, featuring the elite eight players of the year, crescendos towards the ATP World Tour Finals in London this weekend, Roger Federer…
ATP World Tour Finals: Edberg and Becker revisit old rivalry with Federer and Djokovic
The marquee names of tennis’s season finale, which gets under way at the iconic O2 this weekend, are writ large in posters metres high: the…
ATP World Tour Finals: Race is on as Djokovic, Federer lead old hands and new faces
The headline story of this year’s ATP World Tour Finals is the one that features the top two stars of the tour this year, Group…
ATP World Tour Finals 2014: Federer draws Murray, Djokovic gets Cilic
Just three days after the final line-up was decided for the climax of the men’s tennis season, the ATP World Tour Finals, the draw for…
Paris Masters: Serene Novak Djokovic sails to 600th win and 20th Masters crown
Novak Djokovic had rarely looked as cool, calm and collected as he did in taking to the reverberating centre court at Paris Bercy to defend…