SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 12, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There was frustration and disappointment for Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu as she bowed 6-0, 6-1 to No. 7 seed Elena Rybakina in her opening performance of the 2022 season, in the first round […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Thanasi Kokkinakis admitted after his first-round victory against the unpredictable and sometimes volatile Benoit Paire at the ATP 250 Adelaide International 2 Tuesday evening that it’s important to stay focused regardless of whom […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 7 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia has picked up where she left off at the end of the 2021 season, when arguably she was the hottest player on the WTA tour. On […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 9, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The torch has been firmly been passed in Canada. Its new bearers are a couple of Next-Gen whiz kids, friends since childhood, who play with poise and class. They are the present and […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 8, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Team Canada had lost the first four matches of the 2022 ATP Cup competition and, by all appearances, looked down on their luck a week ago. Now, fast forward and what a difference a […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Roberto Bautista Agut will not soon forget his thrilling match victory over Hubert Hurkacz Friday night that clinched Spain’s berth in the ATP Cup championship. There was both great joy and relief on […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin have played like a formidable pair of Russian bears this week during the ATP Cup in Sydney. It was somewhat expected from the World No. 2 Medvedev. But […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 5, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) All week long at the ATP Cup in Sydney, Poland’s unheralded Kamil Majchrzak has been the table setter for his teammate, the much better-known World No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz. The 25-year-old Majchrzak has […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 4, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 3 Alexander Zverev won his second straight match of the young season and his stellar performance against Taylor Fritz, which resulted in a 6-4, 6-4 victory, lifted Germany to a 2-1 […]
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, January 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreño Busta have proven themselves as a potent 1-2 combination for Spain at the ATP Cup. On Monday afternoon, inside Qudos Bank Arena, the World No. 19 Bautista […]
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