Cameron Norrie will be getting right back in action following a runner-up performance in Buenos Aries when he takes the court in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Norrie is facing Juan Manuel Cerunolo, while Sebastian Baez takes on Thomaz Bellucci. […]
David Provan recounts his journey to the Cordenons Challenger, where up-and-coming Hungarian Mate Valkusz, 20, proved to be the tournament sensation. In the apparent middle of nowhere, Paolo Lorenzi and Tommy Robredo were also toiling away in a Challenger. […]
On another start-and-stop day in Cincinnati, 10th seed and 2014 runner-up David Ferrer fell to French veteran Julien Benneteau 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a tight affair on Center Court. Benneteau is joined in the second round by Reilly Opelka, an 18-year-old American who saved two match points against Jeremy Chardy. […]
On a rain-soaked Sunday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, it was 19-year-old Croatian Borna Coric who claimed the only first-round, main-draw win at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The Croat won a back-and-forth affair against mercurial Frenchman Benoit Paire 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 after one hour and 26 minutes. […]
At Rafael Nadal’s practice on Tuesday afternoon, some onlooker pointed to Nadal and asked the person next to her, “Who is that?” Yes, this is the kind of stuff that happens when the practice courts are open and free to the public. […]
For the second straight day at the World Tour Finals, only one of four matches went the three-set distance. The two singles matches resulted in routine victories for Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. […]
The story so far at the 2015 World Tour Finals is a similar one to what transpired one year earlier: gripping doubles matches one after the other intermixed with a smorgasbord of lopsided singles affairs. […]
Three-setters were the aberration instead of the rule on Wednesday in Cincinnati after a whole host of them had taken place one day earlier. But the day was not without drama, as David Ferrer, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Vasek Pospisil can attest. […]
Vasek Pospisil and Julien Benneteau earned places in the Cincinnati second round on Tuesday after being one point from elimination. American wild cards Robby Ginepri and Steve Johnson joined compatriots John Isner and Sam Querrey in the last 32. […]
Thunderstorms held off for the most part on Monday in Cincinnati, with just an hour delay in the early evening. That allowed Philipp Kohlschreiber, John Isner, and Fabio Fognini–among many others–to book spots in the second round. […]