TURIN/WASHINGTON, November 12, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The 54th edition of the Nitto ATP Finals – and the third one at the “magic box” Pala Alpitour in Turin – begins Sunday with reigning champion and six-time winner World No. 1 […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, November 5, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The Rolex Paris Masters championship on Sunday, featuring six-time champion World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and seventeenth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov, resembled a fine wine of a final with a combined age of 68. It was […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, November 4, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The last three times that Grigor Dimitrov and Stefanos Tsitsipas have faced each other it’s been decided by a third-set tie-break. So, it should come as no surprise that when these two Top-20 […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, November 1, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic‘s return to the ATP Tour at the Rolex Paris Masters on Wednesday afternoon was not only successful, it was also marked by precision timing and execution. Over the course of just […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, October 31, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The ATP Tour has arrived in Paris for the 38th edition of the Rolex Paris Masters, the final regular-season and last Masters 1000 event on the 2023 calendar. There’s plenty of star power […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 12, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Everyone loves a good comeback story – even Novak Djokovic. Ask him and he’ll tell you comeback stories motivate him. On Sunday, Djokovic completed his latest comeback story at the US Open. […]
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 6, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Coco Gauff gave her fans a nearly flawless performance at the US Open Tuesday afternoon. It lasted a very brief and economical 68 minutes under a blistering, summer New York sun that […]
WASHINGTON, August 23, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Western & Southern Open men’s final became an instant classic. Three-hour-plus, three-set matches between the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world have a special way of elevating the sport. […]
CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) As the world’s top two men’s players, No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, walked out on court to play their ATP Masters 1000 Western & Southern […]
