Erste Bank Open: Tsitsipas and Sinner join youthful line-up in Vienna’s second round
The biggest two names in Vienna this week, world No1 Novak Djokovic, and No3 and defending champion Dominic Thiem, were both tested in their openers.…
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Erste Bank Open: Novak Djokovic closes on year-end No1 with opening Vienna win
It is a very long time since world No1 Novak Djokovic featured in the draw of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, one of the…
French Open 2020: Rampant Rafael Nadal beats Djokovic for win No100, title No13, Major No20
Should there really have been any doubt about the final line-up at this belated French Open in a Covid stricken Paris? Did the results in…
French Open 2020: Rampant Rafael Nadal into 13th Paris final, to face Djokovic for 56th time
From the start of this unusual, and unusually late French Open, things have not been their usual sunny selves. Of course the weather in the…
French Open 2020: Stefanos Tsitsipas beats rival Rublev to reach first Roland Garros semi-final
Dominic Thiem, the runner-up at Roland Garros for the last two years—victim to, as have been so many others, Rafael Nadal—was one of the favourites…
French Open 2020: Shapovalov beaten by impressive Carballes Baena in five-set thriller
It was an anticipated feature of this year’s Roland Garros: the cooler, damper conditions and heavier ball were a recipe for long, gruelling matches that…