PARIS/WASHINGTON, November 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Rolex Paris Masters, a late-season fixture on the ATP Tour every year since 1986, returned with a stellar field that includes eight of the current Top 10 players – and 14 of […]
COURMAYEUR/WASHINGTON, November 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Looking back, Donna Vekic will always remember her third career WTA title because her persistence and hard work paid off handsomely – and it made for a great way for her to end […]
ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 31, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On the eve of the St. Petersburg Open final, Croatia’s Marin Cilic talked at length about how much he feels at home in Russia. Ten 10 years after he won the St. […]
COURMAYEUR/WASHINGTON, October 31, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Danish teenager Clara Tauson will go after her third WTA tour-level title in her rookie season on the tour Sunday following a remarkable comeback victory in the semifinals of the Courmayeur Ladies Open […]
ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) St. Petersburg has always been a mecca for cultural, historical and architectural landmarks. Perhaps, it should consider adding tennis, too. The week in Russia’s second city, host of the St. Petersburg Open, […]
COURMAYEUR/WASHINGTON, October 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) No. 3 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia, the highest remaining seed at this week’s Courmayeur Ladies Open in the Italian Alps city of Courmayeur, has dominated her opponents en route to attaining her […]
ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout this week’s St. Petersburg Open in Russia’s cultural capital city, Croatia’s Marin Cilic has responded well to handling break points. During his quarterfinal match Friday afternoon in Sibur Arena, the 2011 […]
COURMAYEUR/WASHINGTON, October 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Croatia’s Donna Vekic has shown much resilience in her run to the Courmayeur Ladies Open quarterfinals this week in the the northwest Italian Alpine resort town of Courmayeur, at the foot of Mont […]
ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After winning his second career title Sunday at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia’s Aslan Karatsev played his first match in the St. Petersburg Open on Thursday afternoon with an eye […]
COURMAYEUR/WASHINGTON, October 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Just three days after Ann Li of the United States won her first WTA tour-level singles title at the Tenerife Ladies Open in the Spanish Canary Islands, the 48th-ranked American played her debut […]
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