May 24, 2025
Novak Djokovic just can’t stop making history. Only Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer had reached a century of tour titles. Now the greatest player of all time has also moved into three figures of tournament triumphs. And having recently celebrated his 38th birthday, it was an extraordinary achievement in Geneva in front of his family. […]
May 23, 2025
Emma Raducanu must suspect that her chances of going deep at the French Open just became extremely limited. The former US Open champion is due to face Iga Swiatek in the second round at Roland Garros – if both players win their respective openers. And as we all know, Iga has won the French Open […]
May 22, 2025
Alexander Zverev sometimes seems to feel the entire world is against him. This time the fates have apparently worked in dastardly fashion to plot his downfall. Alexander Zverev will hope the tennis gods smile on him more kindly this summer at Wimbledon 2025. They certainly didn’t in his own back yard. Sickness struck the night […]
May 19, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz apologised to the Roman crowd for beating Jannik Sinner at his home tournament. The Spaniard couldn’t help being so brilliant, of course. He couldn’t make unforced errors just to please the locals. In fact he made precious few all final. Alcaraz wasn’t about to take the sting out of that wounding forehand either. […]
May 18, 2025
Jasmine Paolini wiped away forty years of hurt in Rome. That’s how long it had been since the Italian Open had seen a singles winner from the host nation. Raffaella Reggi lifted the trophy in 1985. But pocket rocket Paolini is an even bigger star after her 6-4, 6-2 success over Coco Gauff at the […]
May 16, 2025
Jannik Sinner summoned tennis from the gods to make a recent title-winner look ordinary. Casper Ruud thought the 6-0, 6-1 display from Sinner was so stunning that he had to laugh at his own helplessness. Ruud recently beat Britain’s Jack Draper to win Madrid. But the brilliant Norwegian was brushed aside as though he hardly […]
May 14, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz against Jack Draper immediately summons images of a packed Centre Court at Wimbledon 2025 and excitement in the air. It is a clash that could well take place at the spiritual home of tennis this summer. Carlos Alcaraz playing Jack Draper at Wimbledon 2025 would place a huge premium on tickets. Everyone would […]
May 12, 2025
Emma Raducanu against Coco Gauff on a significant stage. This is just the sort of contest to whet the appetite for the biggest tournament of them all. Emma Raducanu against Coco Gauff on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2025. Now that would make for one of the most memorable moments at the greatest Grand Slam on […]
May 2, 2025
Coco Gauff reduced Iga Swiatek to tears with her brilliance in Madrid. It’s never nice to see any player reduced to emotional meltdown – and there may be other factors involved in the life of the highly strung Pole. But the one-sided nature of Gauff’s sparkling victory means we could be starting to look at […]
April 30, 2025
Jack Draper turned his back on his opponent and didn’t even know it was over. The brilliant Englishman had just sent a crushing forehand past Matteo Berrettini to seal the first-set breaker by a convincing 7-2. Draper was changing a sweat-soaked wrist band when he sensed the big man nearby. The Italian knew his own […]