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From LastWordOnTennis, by Yesh Ginsburg. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion at the Paris (Bercy) Masters 1000 event held next week. He may very well need to win that tournament again to retain his World #1 ranking. In a stunning situation that would have been all-but unthinkable to the most ardent of Andy Murray supporters […] READ MORE
From LastWordOnTennis, by Jason Fernandes. Starting with a fine win over Roger Federer in the Brisbane Final, 2016 has been a great year for Canadian Milos Raonic. He’s been an Australian Open semi-finalist, Indian Wells finalist, and most importantly of all a Wimbledon finalist. To end the season the World #6, he finds himself part […] READ MORE
From LastWordOnTennis, by Niall Murray Stan Wawrinka did what very few have been able to do in 2016. Defeat Novak Djokovic. Granted the Serb has been off colour since Wimbledon, having struggled with personal issues and an ongoing wrist problem. A Djokovic defeat is rare, but a Grand Slam in which one of the “Big Four” […] READ MORE
Stan Wawrinka has now won three Grand Slam titles. He won the Australian Open in 2014, the French Open in 2015, and now the US Open in 2016. What do all three of his titles have in common? He defeated Novak Djokovic on his way to winning all three of them. There is something about […] READ MORE
I was asked the other day how it feels being a Team GB fan. Right now, I have to say it’s amazing and we are on cloud nine. It hasn’t always been this way. As a Brit and a Team GB supporter, follower, and fan, I have been previously used to second best. We would celebrate […] READ MORE
Following a number of high-profile withdrawals, the men’s singles draw for the Rio Olympics has now been finalised. Despite diminished numbers, there are still plenty of top class players in the competition. That said, can anyone prevent what seems like an inevitable gold medal match between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic? The short answer is, […] READ MORE
When the men’s singles draw was released for Rio, the matchup that drew the most attention was current #1 Novak Djokovic against former US Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro. This will be a rematch of their Olympic bronze medal match of the London Games in which Del Potro prevailed 7-5 6-4. Del Potro claims […] READ MORE
As tennis writers we are all privy to it. Exacerbating a story to conjure up a desired narrative. When Novak Djokovic crashed out of Wimbledon to a rampant Sam Querrey everyone was asking the same questions. What does this mean? Is the Novak Djokovic era of dominance over? Where does he go from here? How naïve […] READ MORE
It’s fair to say that Andy Murray’s chances of winning any tournament usually depend on the form of Novak Djokovic. The Briton has done an excellent job of establishing himself as one of the world’s best, but he has not been able to move out of the shadow of the Serb. The recent Wimbledon championships showed […] READ MORE
Wimbledon’s first week has been plagued with rain, so much in fact that the tournament was forced to break tradition for only the 4th time in history by allowing play on the middle Sunday to catch up to schedule. The issue is that you obviously can’t control rain, but what you can control is the […] READ MORE