ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Vera Zvonareva still knows what it takes to win. For her, sometimes, it’s mind over matter, but she’s willing to go the extra distance in order to beat a younger opponent with […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Denis Shapovalov enjoyed a very good day at the office today. He was feeling it out on the court. Lately, he’s been having more good days than bad. On Wednesday afternoon, the personable, […]
DUBAI/MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It doesn’t happen often, but it did on Tuesday. The top seeds in two different tournaments were upset. Spread across 10 time zones – and with their matches occurring just a few hours […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Last year was one that Jeremy Chardy would just as soon forget. He finished the pandemic-interrupted 2020 season with just three victories in the 10 ATP Tour matches he played in. Three of […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Renata Zarazua has been trailblazer in her native Mexico – and it runs in the family. Last year, following a breakthrough semifinal run in Acapulco, Zarazua became just the fourth Mexican woman in […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens has always been a bit of a slow starter. Last year, before the WTA tour was shut down because of the global pandemic, she lost five of her first six matches […]
SANTIAGO/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) This year’s Chile Dove Men+Care Open has a hometown champion, Cristian Garin. On Sunday in Santiago, Chile, the 22nd-ranked Garin won his fifth career ATP Tour title, all on clay. He defeated 105th-ranked […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 14, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a warm, late-winter’s evening in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday’s Abierto Zapopan 2021 singles final between Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain turned into a battle between heavy hitters, each swinging […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza ended a two-year WTA title drought by winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships singles final over Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Aviation Club Tennis […]
GUADALAJARA/WASHINGTON, March 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) From wild card to title match, the joy has been in the journey this week in the high altitude of Guadalajara, Mexico for Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. Friday evening, the 144th-ranked Canadian from Montreal […]
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