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April 21st, 2023

Djokovic Crashes Out Of Banja Luka To Lajovic; Rublev Thru To SFs

Djokovic was 1-for-16 in break chances in a shock quarterfinal loss in Banja Luka.

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April 20th, 2023

Rublev Wins In Banja Luka, Djokovic Back Friday

Novak Djokovic is back in action Friday.

Posted by Staff @ 7:25 pm in Clay Season | Comments Off on Rublev Wins In Banja Luka, Djokovic Back Friday

April 19th, 2023

Djokovic Goes 3 To Beat Van Assche In Banja Luka; Rublev Thurs.

Novak Djokovic had to rally to stay alive in Banja Luka.

Posted by Staff @ 10:43 pm in Clay Season | 1 Comment »

February 21st, 2023

Bautista Agut Wins In Title Defense Opener In Doha; Murray To Meet Zverev

Daniil Medvedev, Andy Murray and Andrey Rublev are all in action Wednesday in Doha.

Posted by Staff @ 6:59 pm in Doha | 3 Comments »

March 28th, 2021

Tsitsipas, Rublev Advance At Miami Masters; Isner v Auger-Aliassime Sun.

Russians in form early in Miami.

Posted by Staff @ 10:09 am in Miami | 2 Comments »

August 30th, 2020

Djokovic, Osaka, Zverev v Anderson Headline Opening Day At The US Open

Opening day at the US Open is almost here.

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August 28th, 2019

Shaky Federer, Pained Djokovic Win Tough Matches Under Roof At Rainy US Open

Roger Federer played his first match under the Ashe roof. It didn’t start out well.

Posted by Staff @ 11:51 pm in US Open | 21 Comments »

September 16th, 2018

Thiem Headlines, Wawrinka Spices-Up St. Pete Open; ATP Preview

Stan Wawrinka takes a wildcard into St. Pete where as an unseeded player he is looking at a meeting with No. 4 Karen Khachanov in the second round.

Posted by Staff @ 3:02 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

July 22nd, 2018

Thiem Leads Floater-Filled Field at ATP German Open Hamburg; Preview

The field is loaded with floating landmines — first-round matches of interest include (7) Gasquet vs. Paire in an all-French,(3) Carreno Busta vs. last year’s finalist (WC) Mayer, (5) Kohlschreiber vs. Seppi, and (6) Cecchinato vs. Monfils…

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July 15th, 2018

Edmund Heads Field at ATP Umag; Preview

Wildcards went to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Croats Nino Serdarusic and Franko Skugor…

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April 28th, 2018

Cilic Defending Champion, Tomic Back Next Week at ATP Istanbul; Preview

Cilic is the lone former champion in the field, in last year’s final defeating Milos Raonic.

Posted by Staff @ 5:06 pm in Tennis | Comments Off on Cilic Defending Champion, Tomic Back Next Week at ATP Istanbul; Preview

April 21st, 2018

Frenchmen Pouille, Gasquet Among Top Seeds at ATP Budapest; Preview

No Top 10 players and only one Top 30 player at the 2nd edition of the Hungarian Open…

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February 25th, 2018

Dimitrov, Pouille Head ATP Dubai Field; Preview

Dimitrov the lone Top 10er in the field…Tough start for (5) Gasquet vs. Coric, then Paire…

Posted by Staff @ 11:37 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

February 18th, 2018

Wawrinka Looks to Find Form Again at ATP Marseilles; Preview

It’s anybody’s title this week in Marseille where the spotty Stan Wawrinka heads the field after the late withdrawal of David Goffin.

Posted by Staff @ 1:20 am in Tennis | Comments Off on Wawrinka Looks to Find Form Again at ATP Marseilles; Preview

February 3rd, 2018

Goffin Top Seed, Large French Contingent at ATP Montpellier; Preview

Tough starts for (1) Goffin vs. Simon, (7) Ferrer vs. the powerful Khachanov, (5) Gasquet vs. the riser Medvedev, and (3) Tsonga vs. the Brown-Mahut winner…(2) Pouille starts against a qualifier…

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