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In August of 2020, Aslan Karatsev broke into the top 200 at World No. 194. It had been awhile. The last time Karatsev had been a top 200 player was in March of 2016. So, what happened? And what’s changed now? After the coronavirus hiatus in 2020, and following many exhibition matches during that hiatus, […] READ MORE
It’s fair to say that the coronavirus had an immense impact on the sporting world in 2020, with leagues and events across every sport being cancelled, postponed or altered to some degree. And whilst we may have left 2020 behind, the virus continues to affect sports in numerous ways. For the fans, it has meant […] READ MORE
It has been 11 months since Nick Kyrgios played on the ATP Tour, having last competed in Acapulco in February 2020. He withdrew from all events for the remainder of 2020, following the Tour’s suspension due to the coronavirus. In this time he has slipped to number 46 in the world rankings. With two fellow […] READ MORE
A look at the players who finished the COVID shortened 2020 ATP season ranked inside the top 30 including the talented Alex de Minaur, Borna Coric, and Felix Auger-Aliassime. #21 Felix Auger-Aliassime Embed from Getty Images Auger-Aliassime went 23-19 in 2020 and showed his promise, reaching three ATP finals on the season. On the downside, […] READ MORE
The buzz and excitement is palpable as tennis is set to return to our screens in just under ten days. In somewhat peculiar circumstances, the opening week of the ATP tour season will kick off in North America and Europe, headlined by two ATP 250s –ATP Delray Beach & Antalya, which will be played in […] READ MORE
On Tuesday, the ATP released an update to the schedule for the beginning of the 2021 season. This update is for weeks 8-13 on the calendar, with tennis’ governing body still forced to work around the covid-19 pandemic. This is the second update to the calendar after the schedule for the first seven weeks of […] READ MORE
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia made incredible progress in 2020 to highlight his status as one of the brightest young ATP talents. After starting the year at #490 in the ATP rankings, the Spaniard climbed 354 places to reach a career-high position of #136 in October. Alcaraz Garfia ended the year at #141 and as the youngest […] READ MORE
Ahead of the 2021 season (read my predictions for who will win all four Grand Slams, the ATP Finals and Olympic medals here), I will be offering my predictions for the ATP year-end top 10, with a full summary of how I expect the rankings to look at the end of the year. 2021 ATP […] READ MORE
Following my popular article last year, I will once again be giving my ATP predictions for the upcoming 2021 season. In this article, I shall be giving my predictions on the biggest tournaments of the year (Grand Slams, ATP Finals and Summer Olympics). So without further ado here are my predictions… Australian Open 2020 Final: (2) […] READ MORE
Tennis lovers, like everyone else, will be glad to see the back of 2020 and will hope that, especially with mass vaccination against Coronavirus, it will finally be possible to get back to normal, or at least “mormal” (more normal), in 2021. 1.THE RETURN OF FANS Embed from Getty Images There is surely only one […] READ MORE