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Four ATP Challenger Tour events were held this week with exciting action across Canada, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. Constant Lestienne almost went back-to-back in Pozoblanco/Segovia, losing on the final hurdle to Hugo Grenier. Dominic Stricker and Emilio Gomez also claimed titles and could be eyeing their top 100 debuts sometime soon. Meanwhile, Raul Brancaccio took […] READ MORE
Day 1 of the ATP Generali Open in Kitzbuhel kicks off on Sunday. There may be Olympic tennis in Tokyo, but there’s still play on the world tours. Some top players are playing in Kitzbuhel (clay) and Atlanta (hard courts) this week as they prepare for the rest of their seasons. Who has the inside […] READ MORE
Day three of the ATP Singapore Tennis Open marks the arrival of a few of the more well-known players in the draw, such as former top ten players Marin Cilic and Ernests Gulbis. We no doubt severely need these after the poor matches that have taken place over the first two days. We’re predicting all […] READ MORE
Compared to a total of 158 ATP Challenger Tour events that took place in 2019, organizing just 59 (and finishing 56) seems like a failure. But considering what happened this year, men’s tennis’ second-tier circuit did well to manage to give the lower-ranked players great opportunities to compete while doing well to avoid an extensive […] READ MORE
Not many expected Jerzy Janowicz’s comeback to start so well. In just his third event back, the Pole reached the final in Pau. Janowicz made an appearance there courtesy of a wildcard from the tournament director Jeremy Chardy. J J Wolf and Arthur Rinderknech won their second Challenger Tour crown this year, becoming the second […] READ MORE
Day 2 at the ATP Delray Beach Open kicks off with top seed Nick Kyrgios taking on young American talent Tommy Paul. Will the hot-headed Australian keep his cool and find a way through? We also have predictions for the other five matches on Tuesday. ATP Delray Beach Day 2 Predictions Reilly Opelka vs Ernests […] READ MORE
After a series of stunning upsets on day five at Melbourne Park, day six at the Australian Open will see the top half of the men’s draw battle for a place in the second week. A number of star names will be in action in the Victorian capital and as ever we here at Last […] READ MORE
With the top half of the men’s draw set to battle it out for a place in the last 32 at the Australian Open, there should be no shortage of entertaining action on day four in Melbourne. Rafael Nadal is set to face Federico Delbonis whilst Daniil Medvedev plays qualifier Pedro Martinez and Nick Kyrgios takes […] READ MORE
Young Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime takes on veteran shotmaker Ernests Gulbis on day 2 of the Australian Open, while the athletic Gael Monfils drew Rendy Lu in the first round. Damian Kust, Yesh Ginsburg, and Jim Smith offer their predictions. Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Ernests Gulbis Embed from Getty Images Jim: Felix Auger-Aliassime still hasn’t played his […] READ MORE
The second round of qualifying at the Australian Open was completed on Friday and 12 qualifiers have already grabbed a main draw spot. The remaining 20 will be decided on Saturday. Australian Open Qualifying Day 4 The First Qualifiers Norbert Gombos Ilya Ivashka Max Purcell Peter Gojowczyk Ernests Gulbis Pedro Martinez Marta Trevisan Ann Li […] READ MORE