ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Vera Zvonareva still knows what it takes to win. For her, sometimes, it’s mind over matter, but she’s willing to go the extra distance in order to beat a younger opponent with […]
DUBAI/MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It doesn’t happen often, but it did on Tuesday. The top seeds in two different tournaments were upset. Spread across 10 time zones – and with their matches occurring just a few hours […]
MARBELLA, March 16, 2021 Leo Borg, son of former World No. 1 Bjorn Borg, has received a wild card into the main draw of the AnyTech365 Andalucia Open ATP Challenger 80 event as well as for the qualifying of the […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Renata Zarazua has been trailblazer in her native Mexico – and it runs in the family. Last year, following a breakthrough semifinal run in Acapulco, Zarazua became just the fourth Mexican woman in […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens has always been a bit of a slow starter. Last year, before the WTA tour was shut down because of the global pandemic, she lost five of her first six matches […]
STARNBERG, March 14, 2021 Former Acapulco finalist Alexander Zverev returns to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC looking to go one step further and win his 15th ATP Tour title. He will contest one of the most intriguing first-round […]
SANTIAGO/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) This year’s Chile Dove Men+Care Open has a hometown champion, Cristian Garin. On Sunday in Santiago, Chile, the 22nd-ranked Garin won his fifth career ATP Tour title, all on clay. He defeated 105th-ranked […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 Watching Elisabetta Cocciaretto play tennis serves as a reminder that there is value in hard work and optimism. It pays off. Just ask the 20-year-old Italian who has broken through to her first WTA semifinal at the […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When most tennis fans think of the current state of American women’s tennis, the names that most quickly come to mind are Serena and Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and Coco […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Many is the time that Svetlana Kuznetsova has trouble accepting that she can’t always deliver the same kind of performance she gives on the practice court during a match. However, as the 35-year-old […]
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