Monfils Wins Second Straight Title, Beats Auger-Aliassime In Rotterdam
Posted by Staff on February 16th, 2020 @ 11:11 pm
Gael Monfils won his second title in as many weeks taking down Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-4 to claim the Rotterdam crown.
Monfils, who just won Montpellier last Sunday, has won his last nine matches, and he swept through Rotterdam without dropping a set.
“It’s an amazing feeling for the first time for me to back it up, year after year, week after week,” said Monfils who reached the Rotterdam final in …
Kyrgios, Raonic Top Seeds At Delray Beach
Posted by Staff on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:43 am
Following a thrilling run to the fourth round at the Australian Open, Nick Kyrgios is back on the courts this week at the Delray Beach Open where he’ll be the top seed.
The 24-year-old Kyrgios will open play against the dangerous American Tommy Paul who upset Grigor Dimitrov in five sets at Melbourne.
2018 winner Frances Tiafoe will face off against Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren with a potential shot at Krygios …
Kim Clijsters Makes Return To Tennis In Dubai; 6 Of Top 10 Entered
Posted by Staff on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:20 am
Seven years after retiring (for a second time), Kim Clijsters will make her return to tennis this upcoming week in Dubai.
The 36-year-old former No. 1 announced her intention of getting back on the tour in September. A knee injury derailed her bid to play in Australian again, though.
Her last event was was a second round loss to Laura Robson at the 2012 US Open.
“The love for the sport is …
Roger Federer To Play Just French Open During 2020 Clay Season
Posted by Staff on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:00 am
Roger Federer’s agent, Tony Godsick, confirmed the Swiss will return to the clay in 2020, but play just one clay court event, that at the French Open.
Just got the confirmation from Tony Godsick that rumours are not true that @rogerfederer will play Masters-Tournaments in Rome and Madrid 2020. Probably only Roland Garros on clay
— rene stauffer (@staffsky) February 13, 2020
Last year, …
Garin Takes Down Schwartzman For Cordoba Title
Posted by Staff on February 10th, 2020 @ 12:27 am
Chile’s Cristian Garin came from a set down to stun home hero Diego Schwartzman 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 to win the Cordoba title.
Garin’s win was the third of his career, all on clay and all in three sets.
The 23-year-old Garin is now 2-1 against Schwartzman on clay. And the title turned around a poor start. Garin was just 1-5 entering the event.
The 31st-ranked Garin is now projected to reach a new …
Medvedev, Tsitsipas Lead Rotterdam Field
Posted by Staff on February 10th, 2020 @ 12:06 am
Seven of the Top 15 players in the world will be in Rotterdam this week led by young stars Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Montpellier winner and defending champion Gael Monfils is seeded third followed by David Goffin, Fabio Fognini, Roberto Bautista Agut, Andrey Rublev and Denis Shapovalov.
Medvedev will take on Vasek Pospisil who just made the Montpellier finals. Tsitsipas takes on Hubert Hurkacz, Shapovalov drew Grigor Dimitrov and Fognini collides …
Big Men Reign At New York Open, Kyrgios Withdraws, Sock Returns
Posted by Staff on February 9th, 2020 @ 8:19 pm
Top draw Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the New York due to a shoulder, but the tournament has a lot of big draws and big men.
Many of the giants of the game will assemble at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island including top two seeds John Isner and Milos Raonic, plus Ivo Karlovic, 2018 winner Kevin Anderson and defending champion Reilly Opelka.
Isner could meet Karlovic in the second round and then …
USA Survives Latvian Upset Bid In Fed Cup, Serena Loses
Posted by Staff on February 9th, 2020 @ 7:49 pm
The full line-up of teams competing at the inaugural Fed Cup Finals in Budapest, Hungary on 14-19 April has been confirmed following the conclusion of the Qualifiers.
Belarus, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and USA will join 2019 finalists France and Australia, wild card Czech Republic and host nation Hungary, bidding to be crowned world champions in Budapest.
USA won a fifth rubber over a tough Latvian team who won both …
Monfils Masters Pospisil For Third Montpellier Title
Posted by Staff on February 9th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
High flying Frenchman Gael Monfils won his third title in Montpellier beating Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-3. The wildcard didn’t drop a set in his last three matches and only dropped serve once in that stretch.
“I am more than happy to win again in France,” said Monfils who is now 19-4 at the event. “This is the third time and hopefully I can have some more.”
Monfils now has nine career titles …
Vesely Victorious At Pune, Edges Gerasimov
Posted by Staff on February 9th, 2020 @ 7:20 pm
Jiri Vesely collected his first title in five years edging surprise finalist Egor Gerasimov 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3 to win in Pune.
Vesely had saved match points in the quarters and the semifinals, but in the championship match cracked 26 aces against the Belarussian en route to his second career crown.
“I have to be realistic. I had a lot of luck in the week, saving six match points, two matches in a …
Federer, Nadal Set Record For Largest Attendance At A Tennis Match
Posted by Tom Gainey on February 8th, 2020 @ 11:32 am
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are already one of the greatest rivalries in the history of tennis, and now the two stars added their names to another record. Playing yesterday in a “Match for Africa” charity exhibition, an all-time record crowd for a tennis match of 51,954 turned out to watch the two legends raise over $3 million.
That crowd far exceeds the reported previous high of 42K which happened …
Federer, Nadal Delight In Front Of Over 51K For Match For Africa In Cape Town
Posted by Staff on February 8th, 2020 @ 12:06 am
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played came together in Cape Town, South Africa for a special Match for Africa charity event.
In front of 51,964 fans — the most to ever view a tennis match — the matches raised more than $3 million toward the children’s education in Africa.
In their singles match, Federer beat Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The two also played with celebrities Bill Gates and Trevor Noah in a …
Serena, Kenin, Osaka In Action This Weekend During Fed Cup Qualifiers
Posted by Staff on February 7th, 2020 @ 11:46 pm
The ITF has today announced the draws for the eight ties in the 2020 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers taking place on 7-8 February.
This weekend’s ties will each be played over five matches, with each match being best-of-three tiebreak sets. On Friday, the home nation’s No. 1 player will play against the away nation’s No. 2 player and vice versa. On Saturday, the reverse singles matches will take place, …
Djokovic Downs Thiem In 5 Sets For 8th Australian Open Title
Posted by Staff on February 2nd, 2020 @ 11:40 am
Novak Djokovic won his 8th Australian Open title coming from two sets to one down to defeat Dominic Thiem 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in four hours Sunday night in Melbourne.
Djokovic remains a perfect 8-0 in the final after authoring his very first 2-1 sets down comeback in a Grand Slam final en route to his 17th overall title. And he becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam …
2020 Australian Open Men’s Final Open Thread: Novak Djokovic v Dominic Thiem
Posted by Staff on February 1st, 2020 @ 7:03 pm
The decades’s first Grand Slam will be decided tonight as Novak Djokovic battles Dominic Thiem for the 2020 Australian Open title
This will be their 11th meeting, first in a final. Djokovic leads 6-4 but Thiem has won four of the last meetings including two straight in Grand Slam play.
The 7-time champion Djokovic enters on a 13-match winning straight in Melbourne. And this event he’s lost just one set and is …