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May 30th, 2019

Djokovic Continues Domination At French, Del Potro Wins In 5; Nadal v Goffin Fri.

The top 8 seeds all made the men’s third round at the French Open.

Posted by Staff @ 4:21 pm in French Open | 11 Comments »

May 27th, 2019

Nadal, Djokovic Dominate In French Openers; Thiem Survives, Medvedev Out

The big 3 favorites at the French all opened with wins on Monday.

Posted by Staff @ 4:54 pm in French Open | 2 Comments »

April 7th, 2019

Zverev Headlines Marrakech Field Seeking First Title Of Season

Alexander Zverev is starting a busy clay season this week in Morocco.

Posted by Staff @ 9:12 pm in Clay Season | 7 Comments »

March 11th, 2019

Nadal, Federer Open With Wins At Indian Wells; Djokovic Returns

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal began their march toward an Indian Wells semifinal showdown.

Posted by Staff @ 10:32 am in Indian Wells | 6 Comments »

March 10th, 2019

Djokovic Advances At Indian Wells, Kyrgios Crashes Out; Federer, Nadal Sunday

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal open play Sunday at Indian Wells.

Posted by Staff @ 11:36 am in Indian Wells | 10 Comments »

January 17th, 2019

Raonic Ousts Wawrinka In 4 Breakers, Djokovic Advances; Nadal v De Minaur Fri

Kei Nishikori withstood 59 aces from Ivo Karlovic at the Australian Open on Thursday.

Posted by Staff @ 9:00 am in Australian Open | 5 Comments »

October 28th, 2018

Ridiculous 1st Rd Tests for Nadal, Federer, Seeds at ATP Paris Masters

Did You Know? Only Novak Djokovic has been able to successfully defend the long-standing Paris Masters title, winning three years in a row (2015-13). Winning then losing in the following year’s final were six players: Stan Smith (1972-73), Boris Becker (1989-90), Guy Forget (1991-92), Pete Sampras (1997-98), David Nalbandian (2007-08), and David Ferrer (2012-13).

Posted by Staff @ 4:33 pm in Paris, Tennis | 11 Comments »

September 29th, 2018

Cilic Leads, but Unseeded Kyrgios, Wawrinka Add Sriracha to Japan Open Field; Preview

A mine field of unseeded floaters as (7) Chung starts against Shapovalov (winner to meet the Wawrinka-Taylor Fritz winner), Simon vs. De Minaur with the winner to meet (3) Tsitsipas, and (8) Gasquet vs. Kyrgios 2nd rd…

Posted by Staff @ 2:09 pm in Tennis | 13 Comments »

July 9th, 2018

Favorites Federer, Nadal, Djokovic Dominate On Manic Monday At Wimbledon

There wasn’t much manic to manic Monday at Wimbledon,

Posted by Staff @ 6:26 pm in Wimbledon | 95 Comments »

July 7th, 2018

Nadal, Djokovic Strong Again At Wimbledon; Zverev, Kyrgios Ousted

The fourth round is set at Wimbledon!

Posted by Staff @ 6:34 pm in Wimbledon | 10 Comments »

May 31st, 2018

Nadal, Del Potro Dominate At French Open, Shapovalov Upset; Monfils v Goffin Fri.

Rafael Nadal has now won 11 straight matches at the French Open, 23 sets.

Posted by Staff @ 4:47 pm in French Open | 68 Comments »

April 19th, 2018

Djokovic Sets Thiem Showdown Thursday In Monte Carlo; Nadal Rolls In Clay Opener

The favorites were straight set winners Wednesday in Monte Carlo.

Posted by Staff @ 12:52 am in Monte Carlo | 62 Comments »

January 17th, 2018

Tsonga Outlasts Shapovalov At Australian Open; Nadal, Kygios Advance

The favorites were the winners Wednesday in the men’s draw at the Australian Open.

Posted by Staff @ 8:20 am in Australian Open | 1 Comment »

January 6th, 2018

Simon After Horrendous 2017 Starts New Year with ATP Pune Title

Whatever Gilles Simon’s off-season consisted of, we’ll take one of those.

Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 4:34 pm in Tennis | Comments Off on Simon After Horrendous 2017 Starts New Year with ATP Pune Title

January 5th, 2018

Dimitrov, Kyrgios Set Up Brisbane SF; Frenchmen Monfils, Simon Seek Saturday Titles

The first two ATP titles are up for grabs Saturday.

Posted by Staff @ 6:57 pm in Brisbane, Doha | 6 Comments »