Cerundolo Clinches Bolivia Challenger Crown

SANTA CRUZ/STARNBERG, January 30, 2022 Francisco Cerundolo was crowned champion at the inaugural Dove Men & Care Challenger Bolivia hosted by the Club de Tenis Santa Cruz. The No. 3 seed of the $53,120 ATP Challenger Tour clay-court tournament emerged […]

Nadal Wins Australian Open, Earns 21st Grand Slam Title

MELBOURNE/STARNBERG, January 30, 2022 Rafael Nadal captured his second Australian Open title by winning Sunday’s singles final on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 against World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia. The 35-year-old Spaniard withstood […]

Barty Gave Australian Open The Homegrown Champion It Craved

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 30, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty gave the Australian Open the champion it had been craving – a homegrown one – who is now a Grand Slam champion on clay, grass and hard court. It took 44 […]

Pospisil To Face Barrere In Quimper Challenger Final

QUIMPER/STARNBERG, January 29, 2022 Frenchman Gregoire Barrere and Vasek Pospisil of Canada will compete in Sunday’s singles final of the Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale.  Pospisil, No. 5 seed of the €45,730 ATP Challenger Tour hard-court tournament in northern France, ended […]

Let The Barty Party Begin! Barty Wins Australian Open

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Australia has an Australian Open singles champion once again. Their 44-year drought is finally over. Let the Barty Party begin! Saturday evening in Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, top-seeded Ashleigh Barty defeated No. 27 […]

Novak Leads Semi-Finals Line-Up In Quimper

QUIMPER/STARNBERG, January 29, 2022 World No. 118 Dennis Novak leads the semi-finals line-up of the Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. The No. 3 seed of the ATP Challenger 80 tournament edged out sixth-seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa 6-3, 7-6(6) on Friday afternoon. […]

An Unexpected Melbourne Fortnight Leaves Nadal Playing For History

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) History will be on the line when Rafael Nadal walks out on Rod Laver Arena Sunday evening to face Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Nadal, […]

Nadal, Medvedev Set To Meet In Australian Open Final

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Over his nearly 20-year career as professional, Rafael Nadal‘s philosophy can be summed up in nine tidy words: “We need to suffer, and we need to fight.” No words were truer spoken but […]