April 30, 2021
Simona Halep survived a strange second set against home favourite Sara Sorribes Tormo to keep her immediate ambitions alive in Madrid. The reigning Wimbledon champion was on the verge of the simplest of victories when everything temporarily fell apart. And that’s when the noisy Spanish crowd got behind their player and inspired an extraordinary comeback […]
April 29, 2021
It’s time to look forward to the return of spectators at Wimbledon 2021! And Wimbledon debenture ticket holders will have the highest priority. The All England Lawn Tennis Club, hosts and organisers of Wimbledon 2021, have confirmed this. In fact the AELTC recently issued a fresh guarantee. It told WDH: ‘As previously communicated, we are […]
April 5, 2021
Hubert Hurkacz is the second great Polish champion to emerge in the last year. No wonder Poles were in raptures in Miami after their man won the big final against young Italian Jannik Sinner. ‘It feels incredible, I’m so happy,’ he said on court as the fans continued to celebrate around him. Just like his […]
April 4, 2021
Ash Barty retained her Miami Open title and answered anyone who had doubted her right to remain world number one. Naomi Osaka has taken the last two Slams to stake her claim to the crown. But Barty wasn’t about to step aside at one of her favourite venues. It’s great to see the popular Australian […]
April 1, 2021
Miami favourites Naomi Osaka and Daniil Medvedev both slipped to surprising defeats and left the singles tournaments wide open. Now Ash Barty and Stefanos Tsitsipas have glorious opportunities to take the titles. But Elina Svitolina is also on fire and she will push Barty all the way in the next big match. There are thrills […]
March 29, 2021
Ashleigh Barty is back on form and looking great in sunny Miami. The reigning champion beat Victoria Azaranka with a winning combination of backhand slices and forehand crosscourt winners. That’s how Barty took advantage of her third match point and finished the contest 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals. The fans in Florida roared […]
March 23, 2021
Andy Murray isn’t normally a man for wild predictions. After dealing with all the frustration of injury, operations and recovery, he is a supreme realist. So when Murray says he still believes he can win Wimbledon 2021, it’s time to sit up and take notice. This is an extraordinary claim on the face of it. […]
March 22, 2021
Alexander Zverev won the battle of the tennis rock stars and fell to the floor with sheer relief after a thrilling final in Acapulco. The large crowd couldn’t get enough of Zverev and fellow poster-boy Stefanos Tsitsipas as they conjured an epic clash in Mexico. Both men were drenched in sweat as they duked it […]
March 15, 2021
In all the fanfare over Roger Federer’s fascinating return, we haven’t forgotten Novak Djokovic. We just wanted to wait until we could say it: six years! Yes, the incredible Serb has now been at the very top for a total of six years, or 312 weeks. Think how extraordinary that achievement is. This is the […]
March 11, 2021
It wasn’t to be for Roger Federer in Doha, despite the best efforts of his noisy fans. He only needed to win one more point to progress. But the energy simply wasn’t there after all the exertions of the previous day. It isn’t the first time Roger has squandered a match point, as spectators at […]