NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 11, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) With nothing left to prove but with plenty of personal pride at stake, Novak Djokovic keeps pushing the envelope and proving remarkable things on the tennis court. Naysayers be damned. On Sunday […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 9, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) By his own admission, Novak Djokovic‘s US Open semifinal victory over 20-year-old American Ben Shelton Friday in his 100th career singles match at Flushing Meadows is the kind of match and occasion […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 7, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Friends and foes, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev met for the eighth time — all on hard courts — at the US Open Wednesday afternoon. When the two Russians tussle, it’s typically […]
TORONTO/WASHINGTON, August 11, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) While top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev headlined third-round action at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers in Toronto on Thursday, there were plenty of other matches on the order of […]
VIENNA, June 28, 2023 Defending champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia and 2021 winner Alexander Zverev from Germany will compete in the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Austria. This was announced by the organizers of the ATP 500 hard-court event on […]
ROTTERDAM, May 26, 2023 Defending ABN AMRO Open champion Daniil Medvedev will return to Rotterdam in 2024. His title earlier this year was the start of an extensive winning streak for the World No. 2. Besides Rotterdam, Medvedev also lifted […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 21, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia men’s singles title match in Rome marked the first time since 2004 that neither Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic were in the final. No worries. It didn’t dampen the […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 30, 2022 ( by Michael Dickens) With the pressure of qualifying for next month’s Nitto ATP Finals in Turin behind him, Daniil Medvedev was able to come out free swinging against Denis Shapovalov in the title match of […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) With six of the top seven seeds remaining in contention at the Erste Bank Open – and all six in action on Thursday – at the start of the day, it was anyone’s […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) On the tennis court, Nick Kyrgios can personify both a showman and a businessman all rolled into one. Friday evening on Louis Armstrong Stadium at the US Open, while much of the […]
