By Alix Ramsay Tennis is a very simple game when you break it down: put the ball where the other bloke isn’t and the point is yours. And Novak Djokovic does it so terrifyingly well. He reached the last four of the ATP Finals with deadly display of focus and intent, beating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 in 96 minutes. Zverev wasn’t bad (and was actually pretty impressive in … [Read more...] about Tennis From London • Year end championship Weekend • Final Four are Nadal, Djokovic, Theim and Medvedev
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Tennis News • Rafa Nadal Gets To 1,000 Win Milestone, Fourth Man In Open Era To Accomplish That Feat
By Ricky Dimon Rafael Nadal reached the 1,000 career ATP match wins milestone when he battled past Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in round two of the Rolex Paris Masters on Wednesday. Nadal broke serve only once, but taking the second-set tiebreaker and his lone break right away in the decider allowed him to advance after two hours and 30 minutes. As always, Nadal produced … [Read more...] about Tennis News • Rafa Nadal Gets To 1,000 Win Milestone, Fourth Man In Open Era To Accomplish That Feat
World Team Tennis Event Hosted At The Greenbrier In 2020, It’s Not Just About Winning
By Ricky Dimon Former Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi popularized the saying, "Winning it's everything. It's the only thing." In most cases, professional athletes play as if that's true. But that is not necessarily the case at the 2020 World Team Tennis event. Participants are simply happy to be out and about, spending their time at the Greenbrier resort in … [Read more...] about World Team Tennis Event Hosted At The Greenbrier In 2020, It’s Not Just About Winning
Tennis Is Being Played • For How Long? Where? How? New York City? • New Changes Daily
By Alix Ramsay Let me see if I can get this straight: the USTA is still going full steam ahead to get the US Open up and running by the end of August. The WTA and ATP are still intending to run the Madrid and Rome events in the two weeks before the start of the rescheduled Roland Garros (RG starts on September 27) and both tours are still listing their tournaments in China … [Read more...] about Tennis Is Being Played • For How Long? Where? How? New York City? • New Changes Daily
Tennis News • ATP announces rankings update, new format covers 22 months instead of 12
By Ricky Dimon Ever since professional tennis shut down amidst the coronavirus crisis back in mid-March, speculation over the rankings has been running rampant. How would the ATP Tour handle such a long break? Would the rankings be frozen for as long as tennis was gone? Would players just lose their points from a tournament that was played in 2019 but not in 2020? That … [Read more...] about Tennis News • ATP announces rankings update, new format covers 22 months instead of 12