BERLIN/WASHINGTON, June 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a week of breakthroughs and upsets, none was more unlikely than Liudmila Samsonova‘s at the bett1Open on grass in Berlin. To go from qualifying draw to championship match in a week’s time […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Cameron Norrie arrived at The Queen’s Club for Sunday’s cinch Championships final bidding to become the second British champion since World War II when he met World No. 9 Matteo Berrettini. However, the […]
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) First impressions mean everything and Matteo Berrettini’s debut this week at the cinch Championships has been a memorable impression. On Saturday, the top seed Berrettini from Italy advanced to the London final with […]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With the top four seeds eliminated earlier in the week, fifth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland found herself as the highest remaining seed left in the WTA 500-series grass-court bett1Open as quarterfinal-round action […]
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Roger Federer‘s body language, both on the grass court in Halle’s open-air OWL Arena as well as afterward during his post-match press conference, expressed disappointment. Is it possible that the 20-time Grand Slam […]
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The 2021 US Open will be played with 100 percent fan capacity, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Thursday. Fan will be welcomed back to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing […]
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 3 Rafael Nadal has decided to forgo playing in this month’s Wimbledon Championships and next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, saying he must listen to his body in order to extend […]
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Kiki Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutchwoman in WTA history. Once ranked as high as No. 4 in the world, she’s won 10 singles and 10 doubles titles in her career. However, at age […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The organizers of Roland-Garros said they did everything possible to protect Naomi Osaka while admitting they wanted to do more to support players in the future. During a press conference before the men’s championship […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic rewrote tennis history with his come-from-behind 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his second Roland-Garros men’s championship and 19th Grand Slam trophy overall on Sunday […]
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