Defiant Murray Refuses To Rule Out Comeback
Match Reviews
January 14, 2019
Andy Murray was full of surprises. Right to the last. But is this the end? Maybe not, after all. First, Murray shocked us by taking Roberto Bautista Agut to five sets. By doing so, given his hip injury, Murray had achieved what we all thought was impossible. Crazy His opponent had just beaten the great […]
Our Preview Of The Australian Open 2019
Match Reviews
January 11, 2019
Who will win the Australian Open? What drama will we see from the very first round? The answer to the second question is: “Plenty!” Emotional After all, we could be witnessing the last time Andy Murray plays a Grand Slam match when he faces Roberto Bautista Agut. The Scott’s emotional press conference raised that strong […]
Federer Edges Tsitsipas In Perth Thriller As 2019 Delivers Early
Match Reviews
January 3, 2019
Roger Federer used all his tennis wisdom and poise to get the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas in their first ever meeting. The Greek was playing his hero, some seventeen years his senior. No wonder he tightened slightly at vital moments. Tsitsipas was 4-1 up in the opening-set tie-break. But maybe the inner child failed to […]
Roger Federer “Honoured” After Facing Serena Williams
Match Reviews
January 2, 2019
Roger Federer and Serena Williams just faced each other for the first time on a tennis court. Incredible isn’t it? Decades on tour, 43 Slams between them, and they had never played. As they both admitted afterwards, it is one thing to watch a fellow superstar – quite another to come up against their serve. […]
Why Can National Treasure Sir Andy Murray Look Forward To 2019?
Match Reviews
December 5, 2018
Andy Murray is hoping for a big 2019. Some might say it is a make-or-break year for the battling Brit and his comeback hopes. He has just confirmed his place at the Australian Open. And any Slam is an acid test for his fitness. But does Murray really have anything to prove, other than to […]
Zverev Downs Djokovic To Win Final
Match Reviews
November 18, 2018
Alexander Zverev made beating Novak Djokovic look easy. And it wasn’t just the 6-4, 6-3 scoreline. This was emphatic. You had to remember that almost no one had been able to beat Novak in the last six months. Not even Zverev himself, earlier in the week. But “Sascha” Zverev has now turned into something very […]
Stunned Zverev Faces Uproar After Beating Federer
Match Reviews
November 17, 2018
This could be the making of Alexander ‘Sascha’ Zverev. As a tennis player. As a superstar. The way he beat Roger Federer. The way he reacted to the hatred. Booed Close to tears, yet still apologising for what had happened. Saying sorry for something that wasn’t his fault. Jeered and booed by thousands for stopping […]
Federer Gains Revenge Over Anderson
Match Reviews
November 15, 2018
Roger Federer is well and truly back! Now he will set his sights on title number 100 with a growing confidence. But Novak Djokovic will surely stand in his way, if both can book a place in the showpiece this weekend. That delicious drama was always going to looming in the background. But first there […]
Does Novak Djokovic like Alexander Zverev?
Match Reviews
November 14, 2018
So Novak Djokovic beat the crumbling young pretender, Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-1. It virtually booked the Serb’s semi-final place. No great surprise there. Here’s what was perhaps a little more surprising. The way Djokovic talked about Zverev, who is more than ten years his junior, after the match. Searing Novak was searingly honest. Sure, he […]
Tsitsipas Triumphs At Next Gen – But What About The Rules?
Match Reviews
November 11, 2018
Stefanos Tsitsipas took the Next Gen title in Milan to confirm his status as the hottest young superstar in tennis. But you sense that his fellow finalist Alex de Minaur could become just as popular for his spectacular stroke-play and sheer determination. In a pulsating final, Tsitsipas came through 2-4, 4-1, 4-3 (3), 4-3 (3). […]