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The 2022 ATP season should be remembered by Andy Murray fans as the year that Murray’s comeback was set on solid ground. After teasing a retirement a few years ago, then undergoing hip surgery, Murray’s recovery had a lot of ups and downs and little stability. But all that changed in 2022 as Murray found […] READ MORE
Nothing makes sense at the ATP Paris Masters, with Hubert Hurkacz, Daniil Medvedev, and Rafael Nadal exiting early in Round 2, after a quick Jannik Sinner exit in Round 1. Gilles Simon upsetting Taylor Fritz (after upsetting Andy Murray) also crashed the draw, as did Cameron Norrie’s loss to Corentin Moutet. Novak Djokovic continues to […] READ MORE
Round 2 of the ATP Paris Masters in Bercy continues to roll and brings the return of Rafael Nadal. The draw is still very strong, although Round 1 saw the departure of a few heavweights, including Jannik Sinner and Borna Coric. The early exit of Andy Murray at the hands of wild card crowd favorite […] READ MORE
The ATP Paris Masters features a whole slew of returning champions, including six-time champion Novak Djokovic, and one-time champions Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, and Andy Murray. Djokovic is looking strong to repeat, having won his last three tournaments, although he may have to get through both Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz to do so. The […] READ MORE
Now that the 2022 ATP season is coming to a close, and before we start looking ahead to next year, we have a chance to take stock of what we’ve seen during this unusual year. It was one of the strangest years in recent memory, owing especially to the era of the Big 3 winding […] READ MORE
Round 2 of the Erste Bank Open keeps rolling on Day 4, with a draw that includes a matchup between recent #1 Daniil Medvedev and home crowd favorite and former champion Dominic Thiem. Can anyone get past the big names that loom large in the draw? We make the calls below, including Jannik Sinner vs […] READ MORE
Round 2 of the ATP Erste Bank Open in Vienna sees some exciting matchups, including a rematch of the final of the remarkable Cincinnati tournament that saw Borna Coric rise back to prominence. Andrey Rublev and Dominic Thiem are still in the draw as returning champions, and Rublev looks set for finals contention while Thiem […] READ MORE
The ATP Basel Swiss Indoors had its first major upset on Day 1, as Marin Cilic fell to Arthur Rinderknech. As Cilic was the only former champion in the draw, the Swiss Indoors will feature a new one. Of course, any champion enters under a gigantic shadow, as the facility where Roger Federer served as […] READ MORE
The ATP Vienna Open features a strong draw that includes recent #1 Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who leads the tour with 56 victories, as well as former champions Andrey Rublev and Dominic Thiem, with the latter sure to have strong support in his home country with the Austrian having found some good late-season form. […] READ MORE
It’s come down to the final in Antwerp, featuring two North Americans currently on hot streaks. Spirited attempts from veterans Richard Gasquet and Dominic Thiem, the latter of whom is starting to put together a good comeback, fell short in the semifinals. Both Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Korda are coming off of finals in their […] READ MORE
Wesley Heilman is a writer for LWOS, focusing on ATP tennis and the NFL. He lives in NY and is a Giants fan.