TURIN/WASHINGTON, November 14, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) For the second year in a row, Russians Daniel Medvedev and Andrey Rublev met in the opening round of group play at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. Unlike 12 months ago, […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON,October 30, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) From first ball to last ball, the 9,600 fans who packed Wiener Stadthalle for Sunday’s final of the 49th edition of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria, were treated to an epic Top-5 […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 28, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Jannik Sinner did what no other Italian man has ever done in a single tennis season on Saturday. He won his 55th singles match of the year, breaking the Open Era record of […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 25, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Erste Bank Open singles champion Daniil Medvedev has won 18 of his 20 career ATP Tour singles titles on hard courts, and all 20 of his titles have come at different events […]
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, October 4, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) It took Jannik Sinner seven tries to finally defeat his longtime nemesis Daniil Medvedev. However, his 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) victory over the third-ranked Russian, which rewarded him with the ATP 500 China […]
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, October 2, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) With five Top-10 players among the eight quarterfinalists competing at the ATP 500 China Open in Beijing on Monday, Daniil Medvedev, for one, knew the importance of playing consistent tennis and to be able […]
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 […]
