Lukas Rosol endured several meltdowns against Rafael Nadal during first-round action at the Swiss Indoors Basel, ultimately leading to a 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) victory for the Spaniard. It began with an epic botched volley with the Czech two points from the match. […]
Gael Monfils recovered from a tough first set to overcome Thomaz Bellucci 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 in round one of the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday. The Frenchman once again covered all ends of the spectrum–awful errors, bizarre antics, and amazing winners. […]
Richard Gasquet saved a match point with a backhand winner that not only went off the net cord but also clipped both the baseline and the sideline during Thursday’s third-round match against Bernard Tomic at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. […]
Rafael Nadal broke Ivo Karlovic to stay alive in the first set of their Shanghai second-round showdown with the 6’11” Croat serving at 5-4. Nadal rifled consecutive return winners at 15-15, 15-30, and 30-40. […]
Championship Sunday at the Japan Open and China Open featured a pair of bloopers from the title winners. Stan Wawrinka made a laughable forehand error and Novak Djokovic forgot where he was in the world. […]
Fabio Fognini may have come dangerously close to a default with one of his racket throws during a 7-5, 6-3 loss to Rafael Nadal in the China Open semifinals. Fortunately for the Italian it just barely missed a linesperson. […]
With Benoit Paire having all but conceded the point, Nick Kyrgios produced perhaps the miss of the year during his 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss in the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open on Friday. While trying to serve out the opening set, Kyrgios netted a backhand after Paire had already turned his back following a miserable dropshot of the Frenchman’s own. […]
Donald Young called himself a fudgesicle during his three-set loss to Marin Cilic at the Rakuten Japan Open on Wednesday. “Oh you fudgesicle!” is what Young had to say after netting a backhand as he tried to break Cilic at 5-4 in the decider. […]
Best quotes from the 2015 U.S. Open, including from Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, John Isner, Marin Cilic, Benoit Paire, Lleyton Hewitt, and many more. […]
Ivo Karlovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(9) during third-round action on Saturday at Wimbledon, but not before some controversy in the fourth-set tiebreaker. […]