Djokovic, Nadal and Thiem qualify for very different Nitto ATP Finals in last O2 visit
After months of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the ATP has now announced its provisional schedule for the rest of 2020. The first main-tour…
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Djokovic confirms US Open entry as defending champs Nadal and Andreescu join list of withdrawals
World No1 and three-time former champion Novak Djokovic has confirmed that he will compete at the US Open in New York at the end of…
Madrid Open cancelled in latest blow to 2020 tennis schedule
With the revelations on Saturday of the discussions between the organisers of the Mutua Madrid Open and the regional health authorities, it became clear that…
World No1 Novak Djokovic joins list of coronavirus positive tests after Adria Tour
Novak Djokovic, the brains behind the three-week Adria exhibition tour through four countries in the Balkans, will be rueing the day he planned this first…
Dubai 2020: Djokovic beats Tsitsipas to win fifth in Dubai, and 21st straight match
What more was there left to say about the achievements of world No1 Novak Djokovic? Well for a start, he was now sure to keep…
Dubai 2020: Tsitsipas ends Evans run to set final against former champ Djokovic
In the lightning pace of Dubai’s ATP500 tournament, it is essential to save energy, to try and get those quick and efficient wins. Here, the…
Dubai 2020: Top dogs, led by No1 Djokovic and No2 Nadal, break cover as Indian Wells/Miami loom
Two of the most popular ATP500s begin this week on opposite sides of the northern hemisphere. Acapulco and Dubai sit on similar latitudes, enjoy year-round…
Australian Open 2020: Novak Djokovic, champion for record eighth time, returns to No1
After No5 seed Dominic Thiem reached his third Major final with two lung and leg-busting victories over Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev, he gave a…
Australian Open 2020: Thiem beats Zverev to set title bout against ‘king of Australia’, Djokovic
Tennis fans and pundits have been calling on the next wave of players to step up to the plate on the biggest stages, to try…
Australian Open 2020: Djokovic beats Federer to reach 100th win over top-five player
The backdrop to the first men’s semi-final at the Australian Open was certainly compelling. World No2 Novak Djokovic played No3 Roger Federer for a 50th…
Australian Open 2020: Defending champ Djokovic sails into semis for 50th meeting with Federer
The task was always going to be an uphill one for Milos Raonic. All but one of his four matches had been played in the…
Australian Open 2020: Federer into record 15th quarter-final for first Sandgren meeting
Roger Federer nearly didn’t make it to match-win No100 at Melbourne Park on Friday night. After their meeting at the US Open a few months…
Australian Open 2020: Former champs Williams, Federer, Djokovic, Osaka score opening wins
The packed Rod Laver Arena had a mouth-watering opening schedule, and as one of three roofed stadia at Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open,…
Australian Open 2020: Seven-time champ Djokovic eyes No1; is drawn in Federer half
The Australian Open’s two most prolific champions, seven-time winner and world No2 Novak Djokovic and six-time champion and world No3 Roger Federer, have been drawn…
Dubai 2020: Federer and Djokovic to headline starry line-up in the desert
Swiss pair Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic will aim to defend their 2019 titles at this year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships amid one of…
Australian Open 2020 preview: Nadal tops seeds, but Djokovic favourite for record eighth
As the first Major tennis tournament of the new decade, the Australian Open, draws near, there is an air of anticipation—and air filled with smoke.…
ATP Cup 2020: Novak Djokovic continues love affair with Australia as Serbia wins inaugural Cup
There have been questions and doubts about many aspects of this newest tournament in tennis, the team-based ATP Cup—not least that it followed hot on…
ATP Cup 2020: Rafael Nadal survives De Minaur and Sydney to set 55th meeting with Djokovic
If ever determination was etched on a face, it was on the visage of 20-year-old Alex de Minaur in a packed Ken Rosewall Arena at…
ATP Cup 2020: Djokovic’s Serbia join Australia in quarters; Nadal and Bautista-Agut unbeaten
For many of the teams who completed the second phase of round-robin competition across Australia on Sunday, there was good news, and for some, very…
ATP Cup 2020: Nadal, Djokovic, Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas headline new event
It is big, it is ambitious, and it offers mouth-watering rewards, in prizes and points, to the most successful men in tennis. It is the…
Who plays where ahead of Australian Open? Wawrinka, Sharapova, Djokovic, Nadal, Medvedev first from blocks
Christmas may be almost a fortnight away, and 2020 is still three weeks’ distant, but already players and their teams have their schedules signed, sealed…