Emotional Doubles Victory For Herbert, Mahut

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the home favorites at this year’s French Open. Throughout the Paris fortnight, their matches were wildly popular attractions at Stade Roland Garros. On Saturday evening, on Court […]

Krejcikova Perseveres, Wins Roland-Garros Title

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s tennis crowned a first-time Grand Slam champion at the French Open in Paris Saturday afternoon. In a battle of late bloomers between the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, […]

Auger-Aliassime Returns To Stuttgart Final

STUTTGART/STARNBERG, June 12, 2021 #NextGenATP Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Croatian veteran Marin Cilic will play Sunday’s singles final of the MercedesCup in Stuttgart. Auger-Aliassime defeated US-American Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-5 in the opening match on Center Court. On a sunny […]

Krejcikova Eyes Rare Roland-Garros Double

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Barbora Krejcikova will begin her quest for a French Open rare double, sweeping both the singles and doubles titles, when she walks out on Court Philippe-Chatrier Saturday afternoon to face No. 31 seed […]

Djokovic Breaks Nadal’s Roland-Garros Reign

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) There’s plenty of shared history between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Enough to fill an encyclopedia. The two future Hall of Famers have combined to create the most prolific rivalry in men’s tennis […]

Cilic Books Semi-Final Berth At MercedesCup

STUTTGART/STARNBERG, June 11, 2021 Marin Cilic headlined Friday’s quarterfinal action at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart by knocking out top seed Denis Shapovalov of Canada 7-5, 7-6(3). In his 100th career match on grass, the World No. 47 from Croatia struck […]

Winning Roland Garros Semifinal An Adventure For Tsitsipas

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his first career Grand Slam final – and sealed it with an emphatic ace to beat Alexander Zverev in the first Roland-Garros men’s semifinal Friday afternoon. The 22-year-old Greek rose […]

Federer Arrives In Halle, Westphalia

HALLE/WESTPHALIA, June 11, 2021 There is no time to rest for the players on the ATP Tour. Right after Roland Garros, the grass-court season is already in full swing with the 28th edition of the NOVENTI OPEN held at the […]

Roland Garros Women’s Semifinal Day Will Long Be Remembered

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Looking back, Thursday’s women’s semifinals day at Roland-Garros will long be remembered for a number of positive reasons. Among them, there was the right amount of drama, entertainment and excitement. When it ended, […]