Author: Michael Dickens

Untouchable Djokovic Begins Quest For 6th ATP Finals Title

WASHINGTON/LONDON, November 16, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Five-time ATP Finals champion and World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and World No. 9 Diego Schwartzman, making his Nitto ATP Finals debut, have already met twice during the pandemic-interrupted 2020 season and five […]

ATP Season Finale Opens Without Fans, Just Great Tennis

WASHINGTON/LONDON, November 15, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The Nitto ATP Finals, the most prestigious men’s tournament outside of the Grand Slams, got underway Sunday at The O2 in London for the 12th and last time. The ATP season finale has journeyed […]

WTA Linz: A Cool Singles Final Between Two Great Players

WASHINGTON/LINZ, November 15, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As the final singles match in the final tournament of the 2020 WTA season arrives Sunday afternoon at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, it seems fitting that it matches the two top seeds, No. […]

Sinner As In Winner! Italian Takes First ATP Tour Title

WASHINGTON/SOFIA, November 14, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Jannik Sinner already made history by becoming the youngest Italian in the Open Era to reach an ATP Tour-level final this week at the ATP 250 Sofia Open in the Bulgarian capital city. On […]

Krejcikova Playing Out Of Her Comfort Zone, Winning Solo

WASHINGTON/LINZ, November 14, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Through much of her tennis career, Barbora Krejcikova has been a standout doubles player. Along with her fellow Czech Republic doubles partner, Katerina Siniakova, Krejcikova steadily rose from a junior titlist to a Grand […]

Jannik Sinner: A Young Italian Makes History In Sofia

WASHINGTON/SOFIA, November 13, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Inspiring and instinctive, Jannik Sinner has made a fantastic commitment this week at the ATP 250 Sofia Open in the Bulgarian capital city. In just the third ATP Tour-level semifinal of his young professional […]

Podoroska: Life Remains The Same After Roland Garros

WASHINGTON/LINZ, November 13, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Nadia Podoroska may not quite be a household tennis name like current Argentine star Diego Schwartzman is today or Gabriela Sabatini was a generation ago. However, it may just be a matter of time […]

In Sofia, NextGen ATP Finals Rematch Goes Sinner’s Way

WASHINGTON/SOFIA, November 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) At 19, Jannik Sinner may be the youngest player in the ATP Tour Top 100. However, if his latest win Thursday afternoon that placed him into the Sofia Open semifinals is any indication, youth is […]

Ageless Vera Zvonareva Not Setting Any Limits At Linz

WASHINGTON/LINZ, November 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Win or lose, thirty-six-year-old Vera Zvonareva is making up for lost time. “I’m just enjoying my time on the court, and I want to play as many matches as I can to prolong my […]

The Education Of Felix Auger-Aliassime Continues In Sofia

WASHINGTON/SOFIA, November 11, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Just two days after Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first ATP Tour title in singles or doubles, when he and Hubert Hurkacz of Poland won the Rolex Paris Masters doubles title, the 20-year-old Canadian […]