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When you look back over the plethora of gifted talent on both the ATP and the WTA tours, there are the usual suspects that always get a mention, and are on the tip of most people’s tongues. I want to take a thorough look at career of someone that doesn’t quite get the recognition she […] READ MORE
Just one tournament was played in the very last week of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour season. As Bari Challenger was canceled due to “irreparable damage” to the stadium, Portuguese city Maia was the only center of the action. Jozef Kovalik was crowned as the champion for the second time this year. The Slovak smashed […] READ MORE
Change in tennis is fast-moving. There are the rising stars in the game, basking in the media and fan’s adoration. Those players either continue on their trajectory to greatness or are thrown to the curb, labeled a bust who will never make it in the upper echelon of the ATP Tour. And then there are […] READ MORE
Round 2 of the 2019 US Open will wrap up with Rafael Nadal (vs Thanasi Kokkinakis) and Diego Schwartzman (vs Egor Gerasimov) among the names in action. Steen Kirby and Damian Kust offer their predictions for these and other matches featuring Nick Kyrgios and John Isner. Rafael Nadal vs Thanasi Kokkinakis Embed from Getty Images […] READ MORE
These will be days to remember for Fabio Fognini, as he is now a top ten player for the first time in his career. The second week of the Roland Garros is underway, and even though Fognini lost early in the fourth round on Monday and is not in the French Open’s draw anymore, he […] READ MORE
After several years in the doldrums, Italian tennis is in the ascendancy again. First, Turin successfully secured the rights to succeed London as the host city of the ATP Tour Finals from 2021 to 2025 (at least). Then, the fabulous Fabio Fognini, the great modern-day Italian master of clay-court tennis, won the biggest title of […] READ MORE
DELRAY BEACH– Most people think of Andreas Seppi as being able to pull off the occasional upset on the biggest stages in tennis, but what’s most impressive about the Italian is his longevity on tour. Seppi, who turned pro in 2002, has finished in the top 100 thirteen out of the past fourteen seasons. Nothing […] READ MORE
With seeds being scattered like confetti, the stoic Russian Ekaterina Makarova is making progress under the radar. This is, of course since her second second-round victory over Caroline Wozniacki in a Slam within a year. Makarova has shown that the Wozniacki victory was no fluke and looked good in defeating Lucie Safarova last round. Makarova […] READ MORE
Bad news for world #26 Fabio Fognini. After yesterday’s $24,000 fine, troubles aren’t over for the Italian, as US Open director Brian Earley decided to disqualify him from the tournament. All the points and the full prize money he earned (72,000 $) have been “confiscated” Crucial for him have been the insults to the chair […] READ MORE
The 2017 US Open, on the ATP side, suffered from multiple top level withdrawals. First of all, Novak Djokovic, followed by Stan Wawrinka, and Kei Nishikori. That meant that only seven Top 10 players were still supposed to compete at the last Grand Slam of the season. As if this wasn’t enough, #2 seed Andy Murray withdrew, too, […] READ MORE