Author: Michael Dickens

Murray: ‘I See No Reason Why I Can’t Have A Big Event’

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been two years since Great Britain’s Andy Murray’s last ATP Tour title triumph. It came at the ATP 250 European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, in an emotional final against Stan Wawrinka. It also occurred […]

Badosa Wins Historic Indian Wells Final Over Azarenka

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Regardless of who won Sunday’s BNP Paribas Open women’s singles title match, between two-time champion Victoria Azarenka and first-time WTA 1000 finalist Paula Badosa, it was going to be historic. In Badosa’s […]

Norrie Earns Biggest Title Of His Career At Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The BNP Paribas Open men’s singles title match was a tale of two first-time ATP Masters 1000 finalists, 26th-ranked Cameron Norrie of Great Britain and No. 36 Nikoloz Basilashvili from the former […]

Badosa Making A Believer Of Herself Every Match, Every Point

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Paula Badosa has arrived at the moment of the biggest title match in her budding tennis career. On Sunday, the 23-year-old Spaniard who was born in New York City but lives and […]

A Jump For Joy: Hsieh And Mertens Know What It Takes To Win

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Elise Mertens of Belgium have teamed together for just eight tournaments. Their partnership grew out of two others – Hsieh and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic, […]

Norrie Races Into Indian Wells Final

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Cameron Norrie is enjoy nothing less than a banner season on the ATP Tour this year. After beating a resurgent Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the semifinal round of the BNP […]

Jabeur’s Breakthrough Season Just Keeps Getting Better

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a year filled with milestones for Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, on Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., she added a few more to her breakthrough season. The […]

Peak Satisfaction Adds Up For Norrie At Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, October 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As the top half of the men’s singles draw took Stadium 1 court for their quarterfinal-round matches on a sunny Thursday afternoon at the BNP Paribas Open in the outhern California palm […]