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The plan for the ATP Finals involves matching the top eight players in the world in a two pool round robin event to determine an unofficial “player of the year”. Round-robin matches are followed by semi-finals and finals, then the champion is crowned. The system uses ATP Tour points to determine who qualifies for the […] READ MORE
Veteran Fernando Verdasco takes to the courts of ATP Sofia on day 3 of the tournament in Bulgaria. We have predictions for every day 3 match including Grigor Dimitrov vs Ilya Ivashka. Marc-Andrea Huesler vs Geoffrey Blancaneaux Embed from Getty Images The Frenchman Blancaneaux won their only meeting. He won two rounds of qualifying to set […] READ MORE
The 2022 Laver Cup begins Friday with two singles matches scheduled for the Day Session. Team Europe’s Casper Ruud takes on Team World’s Jack Sock followed by Team Europe’s Stefanos Tsitsipas against Team World’s Diego Schwartzman. These matches, as all Day 1 Laver Cup matches, are worth 1 point and are non-traditional best-of-three set matches […] READ MORE
In the most looked forward to session in Laver Cup history, Team Europe’s Andy Murray takes on Team World’s Alex de Minaur in singles. This match will be followed by the blockbuster, tear-jerking doubles affair featuring Team Europe’s Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who take on Team World’s Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. Since they […] READ MORE
From it’s inception in 2017, Laver Cup organizers sought to have fans view the event as a top flight, serious competition. In the first few editions of the event actions of the players showed they valued winning and took the event seriously. Now, Laver Cup leaders are bending the spirit, if not the letter of […] READ MORE
The 2022 Laver Cup matches begin Friday in London. Amid the fanfare of Roger Federer playing in his final professional event, a handful of clear stories are developing as match play approaches. Roger Federer’s Last Event Embed from Getty Images No need to bury the lead. Roger Federer will play his final professional level match […] READ MORE
The fifth edition of the Team World vs Team Europe Laver Cup competition event kicks off Friday afternoon in London. The first glance headlines for the 2022 edition of The Laver Cup are obvious: -Roger Federer announced that this event concludes his career as a ATP Tour level player. -Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy […] READ MORE
Five men 21 years old or younger played singles on Thursday at the US Open. All five won their matches by defeating an older player. Combined, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Jenson Brooksby, Lorenzo Musetti, and Brandon Nakashima won 15 of 16 sets. The five kids advanced to Round 3 matches to be played on Saturday. […] READ MORE
Thursday is the biggest day of Christopher Eubanks professional career. The biggest day since, well, Tuesday. Because on Tuesday afternoon, Eubanks claimed the first Grand Slam main draw win of his career against Pedro Martinez. Tomorrow, he will play in the second round of the singles and the first round of the doubles at the […] READ MORE
Nine men’s singles matches started with player introductions at 11:00 AM on Monday at the US Open. Six of the higher ranked players advanced to the second round. Only a resurgent Andy Murray, former-Ohio State star J.J. Wolf and world #203 Emilio Nava defeated higher ranked players. US Open Day 1 Five Setters Despite holding […] READ MORE
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