WASHINGTON, April 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Britain’s Andy Murray and surprising Sorana Cirstea of Romania continued their winning ways in the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro tournament on Wednesday. Each won their quarterfinal-round matches to reach Thursday’s semifinals. Murray […]
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Moments after comprehensively beating Rafael Nadal 3-0 – losing just one point – on Tuesday during the second day of the round-robin play in the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro, Andy Murray took […]
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Mats Wilander, now respected as a tennis commentator and analyst at Eurosport, says with the coronavirus shutdown that has halted pro tennis, now is an ideal time for […]
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Opening day of the the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro has arrived and a full slate of 24 group matches, plus two charity matches, are on Monday’s order of play of the four-day […]
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) While the novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the tennis calendar since mid-March – and there’s no tournament play on the immediate horizon – it has enabled for a lot of interesting off-the-court social […]
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With the men’s and women’s fields set and the draw ceremony completed, the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro play at home tournament is set to begin on April 27 and continues through April […]
STARNBERG, April 24, 2020 Due to the exceptional situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic and following the measures imposed by the Government of Germany prohibiting the holding of sporting events until August 31, 2020 the inaugural bett1 Open in Berlin cannot […]
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With pro tennis into its seventh week grounded due to the novel coronavirus pandemic – no tournaments being played, no prize money being won, no rankings points being earned – a glimmer of […]
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When Roger Federer tweets, people listen up and respond. At 1:28 p.m. (CEST) Wednesday afternoon, unsolicited, Federer asked his 12.7 million Twitter followers a simple question: “Just wondering, am I the only one […]
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With no WTA Coupe Rogers in Montreal in August – and the likelihood that the ATP Rogers Cup in Toronto may also be cancelled this year – it adds up to an expected […]
