MONTE-CARLO/WASHINGTON, April 9, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Two-time champion Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters champion Novak Djokovic would just as soon forget his 18th appearance at the Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday afternoon, despite setting a new record for most appearances at […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Jakub Mensik overcame Mother Nature – a nearly six-hour rain delay that turned a mid-afternoon final into a late-night drama under the lights – and Father Time in the name of 37-year-old Novak […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 29, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) When Novak Djokovic walked out on court to face Grigor Dimitrov in the first men’s semifinal of the Miami Open presented by Itau at Hard Rock Stadium on a warm but windy Friday […]
MIAMI/STARNBERG, March 24, 2025 Novak Djokovic set a new record for ATP Masters 1000 match wins on Sunday, securing his 411th victory by defeating lucky loser Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina in the third round of the Miami Open presented […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic‘s Australian Open triumph over Carlos Alcaraz Tuesday night might have felt like a final even if it was only a quarterfinal. After all, the 37-year-old, 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic, who […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic showed why he’s a 10-time Australian Open champion and has dominated the Happy Slam ever since he won his first major in Melbourne back in 2008. After his three-hour, 37-minute quarterfinal […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic has won four of his seven career meetings with Carlos Alcaraz, including twice on hard courts. On Tuesday, when their intergenerational rivalry resumes in the quarterfinal round of the Australian Open […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, who is in search of a record-extending 25th major crown, and rival Carlos Alcaraz, who only needs to win the Happy Slam title to become the youngest […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2o25 (by Michael Dickens) While Great Britain’s Jack Draper and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain went deep into the night to win their respective matches and advance to the third round of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic took […]
WASHINGTON, November 24, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) When Andy Murray stepped away from professional tennis following the Paris Olympics last August, he wrote wryly on X: “Never even liked tennis anyway.” On Saturday, as he was tabbed by his friend […]
