Djokovic, Nadal, Williams, Osaka, Halep to take in Adelaide exho en route to Melbourne
The world’s top three men—Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem—and tennis’s top women—Nos 2 and 3 Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka and No11 Serena…
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Australian Open 2021: Top 50 men and women scheduled for Melbourne in February
The details were long in the negotiating and announcing, but finally, the first Major of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne, got the green…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Thiem beats Djokovic in three-set thriller to reach final with 300th win
This last playing of the ATP Finals at the iconic O2 has not been how many envisaged. There should have been noise, and crowds, and…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Djokovic beats Zverev to reach tournament semi-finals for ninth time
Five-time champion Novak Djokovic had one big hurdle to overcome on a damp Friday afternoon at London’s O2. He arrived at the season’s finale knowing…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Flawless Djokovic off to flying start with Schwartzman win
Time, then, for Mr No1 himself, Novak Djokovic, to begin what could be another ground-breaking tournament. The six-time end-of-year No1 and five-time champion at the…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Novak Djokovic pursues double glory in London’s final finale
Novak Djokovic has the calm and composed bearing of a man entirely confident in his skin, entirely confident in his environment, and supremely confident in…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Djokovic and Nadal seek special title in London’s minor-key swansong
It was not meant to end like this. Fifty years after the inauguration of one of the most prestigious tournaments in men’s tennis, and 12…
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.…
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…
French Open 2020 men’s preview: Djokovic, Nadal, Thiem lead the charge
In an unparalleled tennis season, barely into its second month following a five-month shut-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have already been some headline-making…
Rome Masters 2020: Novak Djokovic wins record 36th Masters title against Schwartzman
On paper, the final of this year’s Internazionali BNL D’Italia pointed to another Masters title for the world No1 Novak Djokovic. It was a title…
Rome Masters 2020: Djokovic faces Schwartzman in pursuit of record 36th Masters
In an unprecedented tennis season that has crowned only three tournament champions since February, this year’s unseasonably late Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome delivered one…
Novak Djokovic talks New York drama, Nadal in Rome, and his two biggest tennis goals
It was one of the most dramatic moments in a US Open that has just crowned a brand new Major champion, Dominic Thiem. The world…
US Open 2020: Novak Djokovic makes it 25 straight to end Edmund hopes
With his opening win at an extraordinary US Open, Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten record in 2020 to 24. And although, in the non-pandemic 2011,…
US Open 2020: The setting is strange, but it’s a familiar story for Novak Djokovic
There is no getting away from it: this year’s US Open has a very different look. No fans, no hubbub, and VIP boxes around the…
US Open 2020 preview: Djokovic targets 18th Major to close gap on absent Federer and Nadal
There are many, many things about the US Open that will be different in 2020, not least the absence of fans, qualifiers, many players’ families—indeed…
Cincinnati 2020: Former champs Djokovic, Murray, Medvedev return from coronavirus shutdown
Tennis fans have something to celebrate this week as main-tour competition finally sees the light of day after a closure of almost six months. It…