ROME/WASHINGTON, May 21, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia men’s singles title match in Rome marked the first time since 2004 that neither Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic were in the final. No worries. It didn’t dampen the […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine you’re Fabian Marozsan, a likeable 23-year-old Hungarian with no tour-level wins before this week. Then, come Monday afternoon, you will beat Carlos Alcaraz, the man who will be the top seeded player […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 13, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) On Thursday, qualifier Taylor Townsend secured her second career Top-10 triumph with a three-set, second-round victory over World No. 3 and fellow American Jessica Pegula at the WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The […]
STARNBERG, May 10, 2023 The world’s best players have assembled in Rome for the first year of the expanded 12-day Internazionali BNL d’Italia, the third and final ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the clay-court season. . .#IBI23 pic.twitter.com/kSNG85WfJf — Internazionali […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) With the No. 1 ranking, a career 1,000th victory and the top seed at Roland Garros all secured – what he later labeled as a perfect week – Novak Djokovic entered his fourth […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It’s only fitting that with the start of Roland Garros a week away, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland and 7th-ranked Ons Jabeur from Tunisia, the two hottest players on the WTA […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 14, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic earned his 1,000th career ATP Tour victory and advanced to his fourth straight Internazionali BNL d’Italia final and 12th overall with his dominating performance against 10th-ranked Casper Ruud in […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 13, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 3 and second seed Alexander Zverev struck 24 winners and broke Cristian Garin‘s service four times – and, arguably, his spirit, too – to win 7-5, 6-2 in Rome Friday. The […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Top seed Novak Djokovic played at a high level and gave an impressive performance worthy of his World No. 1 ranking. It lasted 74 minutes – and could have gone longer if needed […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal has never experienced a losing streak on his beloved clay. He’s garnered a 44-0 win-loss record in his next match on clay after a defeat. The 35-year-old Spaniard, five days removed […]
