By Ricky Dimon The Australian Open is just one week away, so many of the top men in the world will be making their way from the ATP Cup to Melbourne--or in Rafael Nadal's case staying in Melbourne. There are, however, two more 250 tournaments on offer this coming week in Adelaide and Sydney as players fine-tune their games for the first Grand Slam of 2022. Among those in … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for This Week’s ATP 250s in Adelaide and Sydney
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Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals in Turin • or isn’t it Torino Italy
By Ricky Dimon Will Novak Djokovic win the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time since 2015 to cap off his record-setting seventh year atop the rankings? Will Daniil Medvedev go back-to-back and set himself up to make a charge for world No. 1 in 2022? Or will an outsider crash the party in this event's debut in Milan following 12 years in London? We will find out the answer … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals in Turin • or isn’t it Torino Italy
Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for the 2021 NextGen ATP Finals in Milan
By Ricky Dimon Following last year's cancellation because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NextGen ATP Finals are back for a fourth installment. Milan is once again hosting the festivities, which are headlined by an impressive quartet of top four seeds: Carlos Alcaraz, Sebastian Korda, Lorenzo Musetti, and Brandon Nakashima. Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez, Holger Rune, … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for the 2021 NextGen ATP Finals in Milan
Ricky’s Preview and Tennis Picks for this Week’s ATP 250 Tournament in Stockholm
By Ricky Dimon It’s the week in between the Paris Masters and Nitto ATP Finals, but instead of an idle period on tour the Stockholm Open has been rescheduled for later in the fall than usual. The final 250-point tournament of the season is a good one, too, featuring the likes of Jannik Sinner, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, and Andy … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Preview and Tennis Picks for this Week’s ATP 250 Tournament in Stockholm
Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for this Week’s ATP Tournaments in Vienna and St. Petersburg
By Ricky Dimon Unfortunately for Andrey Rublev, he cannot be in two places at once. Rublev won both the Vienna and St. Petersburg titles last year, but this time around those two tournaments are taking place in the same week. Having already clinched a spot in the Nitto ATP Finals and with no need to chase points, it is no surprise that Rublev is choosing a 250 at home in … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Tennis Preview and Picks for this Week’s ATP Tournaments in Vienna and St. Petersburg