LONDON/STARNBERG, July 12, 2024 Novak Djokovic advanced to the cusp of a record-tying eighth Wimbledon title on Friday by halting Lorenzo Musetti’s impressive run. The Serbian secured a 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over the 22-year-old Italian, setting up a highly […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) One of these days, Alexei Popyrin is going to figure out how to beat Novak Djokovic at a major. The last two times, at this year’s Australian Open and in the Wimbledon Championships […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 4, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Seven-time Wimbledon men’s champion Novak Djokovic, seeded second at this year’s Championships, didn’t play his best tennis Thursday afternoon – but it was still good enough to win. Before a capacity crowd that […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic looked relaxed and at home on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court Tuesday afternoon. It didn’t matter that the roof was closed to keep the rain out. The 37-year-old Serbian […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic sat down to his pre-tournament news conference Saturday afternoon, the No. 1 topic on everyone’s mind and agenda was the condition of the iconic Serbian’s right knee. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As Tuesday afternoon’s Roland-Garros men’s first quarterfinal match between Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov was underway on Court Philippe-Chatrier under partly-cloudy skies, off the court, it was defending champion and current World No. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti made Roland-Garros history in the middle of the night in Paris early Sunday. Competing for a spot in the fourth round, in a featured Saturday night […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With 55 singles matches (27 men’s and 28 women’s) on Thursday’s Roland-Garros order of play, thanks to a rain-soaked Wednesday, in which the only completed matches – nine in all – were ones […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 12, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Alejandro Tabilo of Chile pulled off the upset of upsets at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome Sunday afternoon. Whether he was dreaming or not, the reality is this: the final ATP Masters […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 10, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and six-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion Novak Djokovic began his Roman conquest against French lucky loser Corentin Moutet in their second career meeting Friday evening at Foro Italico – and […]
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