The Grand Slam season may be over, but the pace will pick up again with the onset of two 500-point tournaments. Nine of the top 11 players in the race to the World Tour Finals are in action this week, and all 11 would have been if not for injuries to U.S. Open finalists Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka. […]
Playing in an ATP final for the third time in his career, Zverev triumphed for the first time by beating the top-seeded Wawrinka 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 at the St. Petersburg Open. The world No. 27 battled back from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to get the job done after two hours and 23 minutes. […]
Fresh off his U.S. Open title, Stan Wawrinka will be eyeing more hardware when he takes the court against Alexander Zverev on Sunday in St. Petersburg. This week’s other 250-point final, in Metz, will feature Dominic Thiem and Lucas Pouille. […]
The top four seeds in Metz all reached the semifinals, making for a blockbuster Saturday that is sure to entertain the French fans. Gilles Simon is standing in Dominic Thiem’s way, while Lucas Pouille may have his hands full with David Goffin. […]
An all-French affair between Lucas Pouille and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will be part of the second-round schedule on Thursday in Metz. Gilles Simon and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez are also aiming for a place in the quarterfinals. […]
The season has turned from the outdoor hard courts of the United States to an indoor setting in Europe, but the more things change the more they stay the same: Dominic Thiem is playing tennis. Thiem is the No. 1 seed this week in Metz, while Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic are leading the charge in St. Petersburg. […]
The Grand Slam season is over, but there is a lot more tennis in the cards for 2016 and the home stretch begins this weekend with the Davis Cup semifinals. It will start with a bang on Friday, when Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro collide in a rematch of the Rio Olympics gold-medal showdown to kick off the Great Britain vs. Argentina tie. […]
According to ranking and seed, not a single Frenchman was expected to reach the U.S. Open quarters. Instead, three in the top half of the draw alone have advanced that far. They will be back in action on Tuesday along with Novak Djokovic. […]
Rafael Nadal’s 2016 U.S. Open came to a close on Sunday, but not before the Arthur Ashe Stadium faithful were treated to a five-set, day-session thriller that lasted into the night. Nadal succumbed to Lucas Pouille 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) in a tilt that lasted four hours and seven minutes. […]
Rafael Nadal has not been seriously tested through three U.S. Open matches and he will hope to keep it that way with Lucas Pouille on the other side of the net on Sunday. Gael Monfils and Marcos Baghdatis are also aiming for a place in the quarterfinals. […]
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