Author: Michael Dickens

Shapovalov Overcomes Shaky Start To Win St. Petersburg Opener

ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Since reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, World No. 13 Denis Shapovalov has struggled with his tennis game. As he arrived in Russia’s second-largest city for this week’s St. Petersburg Open, Shapovalov had […]

Fritz Completes Trio Of American Wins At St. Petersburg Open

ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, October 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The St. Petersburg Open, in Russia’s second-largest city and its cultural hub, has been a fixture on the ATP Tour every year except once since 1995. The port city on the Baltic […]

After Masterpiece Win In Antwerp, Can Sinner Qualify For Turin?

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Jannik Sinner won his fourth ATP Tour title of the season at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium Sunday afternoon, a masterpiece of a performance in defeating Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-2 in […]

Sinner Surges To Fifth ATP Tour Title At European Open

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As championship Sunday arrived at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, on one side of the net inside Lotto Arena was Italy’s Jannik Sinner, who was looking to win his fourth ATP Tour […]

Sinner Reaches European Open Final

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Round by round, Italy’s Jannik Sinner has built upon an already impressive season as he arrived at his sixth semifinal of 2021 at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday afternoon. After […]

Harris Quietly, Effectively Reaches European Open Semifinals

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As the quarterfinal round of the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium got underway Friday, the top two seeds – World No. 13 Jannik Sinner of Italy and Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, ranked 14th – […]

Schwartzman: ‘It Was A Pleasure To Play Against Andy’

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) There was much curiosity over how Great Britain’s Andy Murray would be able to recover following his three-hour and 45-minute marathon first-round match against Frances Tiafoe just two days ago at the European […]

Sinner Off And Running With Victory At Antwerp

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As this year’s European Open reached mid week in the Flemish port city of Antwerp, top seed and headliner Jannik Sinner, a three-time ATP Tour winner this season, took court for the first […]

Perseverance Pays Off For Murray In Classic, Memorable Victory

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Tuesday evening’s featured first-round match at the ATP Tour 250 European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, between Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Frances Tiafoe of the United […]

Brooksby Downs Opelka In All-American Showdown

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Jenson Brooksby gave another standout performance, showing great maturity and intelligence, throughout his 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Reilly Opelka at the ATP 250 European Open in Antwerp, Belgium Tuesday afternoon. In a […]