MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) At last, the focus was on tennis as the first day of Australian Open 2022 took place on Monday at Melbourne Park. There were plenty of familiar names on the order of play […]
FORLI/STARNBERG, January 17, 2022 British young gun Jack Draper captured his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour. The 20-year-old lefty won the €45,730 Città di Forli 2, the second consecutive hard-court tournament this season hosted by the Cooperativa Tennis […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Australian Open 2022 launched in Melbourne Park Monday – and for the first time in a fortnight, the focus centered on tennis on the court and not in the courtroom. By all accounts, […]
BLUMENAU/STARNBERG, January 16, 2022 Home favourite Igor Marcondes took the title of the Circuito Dove Men Care hosted by the Tabajara Tênis Clube in Blumenau, Brazil. The No. 5 seed in the $37,520 ATP Challenger Tour 50 clay-court event rallied […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic has left Australia, 11 days after he arrived – unvaccinated – with a medical exemption from Tennis Australia to compete in this year’s Australian Open. News of Djokovic’s deportation emerged shortly […]
BLUMENAU/STARNBERG, January 16, 2022 Home favourite Igor Marcondes and Argentine teenager Juan Bautista Torres will compete in the singles final of the Circuito Dove Men Care in Blumenau, Brazil. Marcondes, No. 5 seed of the $37,520 ATP Challenger Tour 50 […]
STARNBERG/MELBOURNE, January 16, 2022 World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has lost his final bid to stay in Australia one day ahead of the start of the Australian Open and will now be deported. The decision was unanimous among the three judges […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) As Rafael Nadal seeks a second Australian Open men’s title and a record 21st major, he has become a voice of reason for tennis during a fortnight in which one of its greatest […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It’s taken more than two years for American Madison Keys to win a WTA title but it’s been worth the wait. On Saturday afternoon, Keys returned to the winner’s circle for the first time […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Thanasi Kokkinakis is both a hometown hero and now a first-time ATP Tour singles titlist. The 25-year-old Adelaide native won the ATP 250 Adelaide International 2 title with a comeback 6-7 (6), 7-6 […]
