Monte-Carlo makes its traditional Sunday start and it will begin with a bang, highlighted by a first-round showdown between Stan Wawrinka and Lucas Pouille. Borna Coric and Hubert Hurkacz are also part of the schedule. […]
Exactly two weeks ago, Benoit Paire and Pablo Andujar faced each other in the final of a clay-court Challenger tournament in Marbella. Now it’s time for the real thing. The same matchup will take place in Sunday’s Grand Prix Hassan II title tilt […]
Following appetizers in Marrakech and Houston, the clay-court swing offers one of its main courses this coming week: the Monte-Carlo Masters. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are both in the field, joined by Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, and plenty of others. […]
As expected, Rafael Nadal appears to be good to go for the clay-court swing. Nadal returned to the practice courts at home in Spain–on clay, of course–more than a week ago, not long after withdrawing from a schedule Indian Wells Masters semifinal showdown against Roger Federer because of a knee injury. […]
It will be an all-American affair when Sam Querrey and Bjorn Fratangelo face each other in the Houston first round on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Janko Tipsarevic is continuing his comeback against another American in Tennys Sandgren. […]
The second day of the clay-court season features Alexander Zverev in Marrakech, where the top seed will go up against Denis Istomin. Tuesday’s schedule also includes a first-round showdown between Benoit Paire and Aljaz Bedene. […]
We still have to wait just a little bit for Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo, Madrid, and Rome to take center stage, but the clay-court swing is here. It begins in Marrakech and Houston, with Alexander Zverev, Fabio Fognini, Kyle Edmund, and Steve Johnson among those in the draw. […]
In actuality, it is unlikely that even the craziest of Roger Federer fans is thinking that he will win the French Open. The 37-year-old Swiss hasn’t played on clay since 2016 as he prepares for his upcoming return to the red dirt in Madrid and Paris. He hasn’t played at Roland Garros since 2015. […]
In this day and age when players are better than ever in their 30s and a 37-year-old is No. 4 in the world, it’s a big deal when a teenager is anywhere inside the top 100. Only three, in fact, currently enjoy that distinction; two hail from Canada. […]
For those counting, the Roland Garros score dating back to 2005 is the following: Rafael Nadal 11, Roger Federer 1, Novak Djokovic 1, Stan Wawrinka 1, everyone else 0. But is the door open for others in 2019 following Nadal’s withdrawal from Indian Wells?
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