Lucy Shuker Wins Paralympic Silver, Raducanu Wows America
US Open
September 6, 2021
Lucy Shuker and Emma Raducanu have provided inspiration to millions of tennis fans worldwide in the last week. Some 23 years and 6,743 miles separated British stars Shuker and Raducanu during their heroic exploits. Shuker won the most important Paralympic medal of her long and illustrious career in Tokyo. She showed that you can keep […]
Andy Murray Edged Out By Tsitsipas In Five-Set Thriller
US Open
August 31, 2021
Andy Murray bowed out after enhancing his reputation in a stunning and ultimately bad-tempered drama in New York. The result was expected but the level of performance from the Brit was something no one could have foreseen. He could and perhaps should have won the match in straight sets. As it was, nearly five hours […]
Can Andy Murray Dent Stefanos Tsitsipas At The US Open?
US Open
August 27, 2021
Andy Murray plays Stefanos Tsitsipas in a competitive match for the very first time in a few days. We can’t wait! They practised together a couple of years ago and the younger man says he found Andy inspirational. Now Tsitsipas will be the heavy favourite. Will he like that early weight of expectation? What a […]
Zverev and Raducanu Make Timely Impacts Before US Open.
US Open
August 23, 2021
Alexander Zverev and Emma Raducanu are at very different stages in their tennis development. The willowy German is well known as one of the rising stars in our sport. Indeed he has almost reached the summit. All that remains for Zverev is to taste Grand Slam glory. Flushing Meadows over the next few weeks could […]
Dominic Thiem Wins Thriller Final At US Open
US Open
September 14, 2020
Dominic Thiem won a psychological thriller of the highest dramatic quality to lift his first Grand Slam title. The record-books were rewritten – and not just because a man born in the 1990s won a major instead of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic. Thiem became the first man to come back from two […]
Naomi Osaka Wins Epic US Open Final
US Open
September 12, 2020
Naomi Osaka lay flat on her back and took it all in. US Open champion for a second time. A third Grand Slam title. Still just 22 years old. Osaka always wins her big finals. But she was almost blown away before she knew what was happening. Instead she found the inner strength to become […]
Thiem Is Desperate To Beat Friend Zverev
US Open
Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev will meet on Sunday evening in the German speakers’ US Open final. A new Grand Slam champion will then be crowned. One who was born in the 1990s. Such things are unheard-of in this golden era of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The next generation finally has a […]
Naomi Osaka On Verge of Third Grand Slam Title
US Open
September 11, 2020
Naomi Osaka has just shown that she can thrive under the pressure of being the favourite. And that’s a scary thing for the rest of women’s tennis – including her US Open final opponent, Victoria Azarenka. Osaka used to hate all the attention that came with Grand Slam success. But here’s the thing: Naomi has […]
Is Thiem v Medvedev The Real US Open Final?
US Open
September 10, 2020
Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev just played sensational quarter-final matches to set-up a mouthwatering clash at Flushing Meadows. Meanwhile any one of the four women in the semi-finals of the US Open would be a worthy winner. It’s all so intriguing in New York. Now we are down to the business end of the tournament. […]
How Far Can Alexander Zverev Go?
US Open
September 9, 2020
It has been a strange fortnight for Alexander Zverev. One minute he’s losing to Andy Murray at Flushing Meadows, the next minute he has reached a Grand Slam semi-final at the same venue. He could go further, too, after hitting back to beat Borna Coric. As Sascha said: ‘I don’t want to stop here. We’ll […]