WASHINGTON, September 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday afternoon, the already unimaginable 2020 US Open took another crazy turn when men’s World No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic was disqualified from his round of 16 match against Spain’s No. […]
WASHINGTON, September 5, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic put on a masterclass display at the US Open in beating Germany’s Jan-Lennard Strufff, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in one hour and 43 minutes on Arthur […]
WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The US Open – the experimental Grand Slam – began in New York began Monday. From no spectators to players arriving on court for their matches wearing masks to automated linesmen – “Hawk-Eye […]
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) “The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) did not emerge to be combative, to disrupt, or to cause any issues within or outside the tennis tour,” wrote Canadian men’s tennis player Vasek Pospisil on […]
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic completed his second career Golden Masters when he won the Western & Southern Open men’s singles title for the second time, defeating 30th-ranked Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 […]
WASHINGTON, August 29, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) According to reporting by Daily Telegraph tennis correspondent Simon Briggs on Friday, there’s been a strong push for a player union coming from ATP Tour players who are in New York for the […]
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Attending a Novak Djokovic virtual press conference via Zoom is a little bit like theater. Sure, we know what the World No. 1 can do on a tennis court where his racquet does […]
WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams made her Western & Southern Open debut in New York on Monday afternoon, she probably wasn’t expecting to be pushed by unheralded, power-hitting Dutch qualifier Arantxa […]
WASHINGTON, August 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When World No. 1 Novak Djokovic meets the press, you can always expect an illuminating experience. No matter what he may say – or not say – it always gets the attention of […]
WASHINGTON, August 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic admits he was “very close to not coming,” to New York to play in the Masters 1000 Western & Southern Open and US Open, both being held under […]
