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If a Pyrrhic victory is one in which the cost of victory is so great that it almost constitutes a defeat, then we need a new term for those defeats that are so heroic they are almost greater than any victory. Perhaps they could be called “Hannibalic defeats”, in honour of the great Carthaginian general […] READ MORE
Second seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain beat top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 5-7 6-4 7-5 in a thrilling and pulsating Rio Open final on Sunday. It was the fifth career ATP title for the 27-year-old Brit. Cameron Norrie thus also avenged his defeat in the final of the Argentina Open last week at […] READ MORE
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Nicolas Jarry of Chile 6-7 7-5 6-0 in a semifinal of the Rio Open on Saturday. The match turned a bit anti-climactic in the final set after the first two sets had produced intense tennis. Carlos Alcaraz will face Cameron Norrie of Great Britain on Sunday in what […] READ MORE
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, last week the champion in Buenos Aires, beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4 7-6 in the quarterfinals at the Rio Open on Friday. The match lasted for around two hours with the 19-year-old Spaniard more than once having to come from behind to get the better of the Serbian. […] READ MORE
It was the Queen of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland who claimed to have “believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Well, Carlos Alcaraz looks as if he is on the verge of achieving six impossible things before he turns 19 in May, because he has already achieved some remarkable feats that almost […] READ MORE
After rain disrupted the schedule on quarterfinals day at the Rio Open, the second semifinal was not set until earlier today, leaving two of the remaining four players little turnaround time. Nonetheless, there should be plenty of entertaining action for the fans to enjoy in Rio de Janeiro, with two intriguing semifinal matches on the […] READ MORE
Last March, after he defeated 2015 Wimbledon quarterfinalist and fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil at Indian Wells, a reporter jokingly asked Felix Auger-Aliassime if he thought of himself as being famous. “No, not yet, I don’t think so. It will come eventually, maybe,” replied the teenager with a smile. The question was in reference to the […] READ MORE
Jaume Munar continued his string of some very impressive results, this time getting the win over Britain’s Cameron Norrie to make the Rio Open quarterfinals. There has been plenty of discussion inside the last couple of seasons as to which young player is going to make that step up and challenge for the bigger prizes, […] READ MORE
