LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) New British No. 1 Jack Draper recorded the biggest win of his young career at the ATP 500 cinch Championships – and he did it in style, too. On a sun-splashed Centre Court at […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Tennis can be such a cruel sport to those dedicated souls who have shouldered more than their fair share of injuries. Just ask a great champion like Andy Murray, a five-time titlist of […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Two weeks after winning his third major title at Roland-Garros, in which he became the youngest player in history to win a Grand Slam on all three surfaces, World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz […]
LONDON/STARNBERG, June 17, 2024 On Monday, Milos Raonic set the record for the most aces hit in a best-of-three-set ATP Tour match (since 1991), delivering 47 aces in his 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-6(9) first-round victory over Cameron Norrie of Great Britain […]
LONDON/STARNBERG, June 14, 2024 The All England Club announced the total prize money fund for The Championships 2024. The players will receive £50 million (approximately €59.16 million), marking an 11.9 per cent increase compared to the previous year. The winners […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Japan’s 17-year-old Tokito Oda became a Wimbledon champion for the first time Sunday afternoon. The World No. 1 Oda defeated Alfie Hewett of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-2, in one hour 25 minutes to […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 17, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The last time a British lad won the boys’ junior singles title at the Wimbledon Championships was 1962, the same year that Harold Macmillan was prime minister of England and the Beatles were gaining […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday afternoon’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at Wimbledon, which paired the 23-time major titlist and seven-time Championships winner Novak Djokovic and the current World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, showcased the best player in the […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at the Wimbledon Championships, between seven-time winner and defending champion Novak Djokovic and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, merely matches the two best players in the game today competing […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 15, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The tradition of Czech-born women’s champions at the Wimbledon Championships has just gotten richer. What began in 1978 with the excellence of nine-time champion Martina Navratilova, continued with the emotional 1998 victory of […]
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