ROME/WASHINGTON, May 8, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion Alexander Zverev bids to become the first man to successfully defend his Rome title since Rafael Nadal in 2018-19 – and to join Nadal (10), Novak Djokovic (6) […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 7, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is back, and rarely has an athlete from any sport – let alone tennis – been greeted with such great fanfare and adulation. In Rome, the top-ranked Sinner […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 6, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Don’t ever underestimate the importance and value of big-stage experience. Just ask Norway’s Casper Ruud. After all, he’s played in 25 finals in his career – three of them Grand Slams – and, […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 4, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday evening’s final at the Mutua Madrid Open matched up Indian Wells champion Jack Draper against two-time Roland Garros runner-up Casper Ruud in this ATP Masters 1000 event on the crushed red brick […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 4, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) A year ago, Jack Draper was trying to find his identity on the tennis court, how to play his game. Fast forward to now, and the British No. 1 has risen to become […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 3, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) As the women’s singles final of the WTA 1000 Mutua Madrid Open unfolded in the Spanish capital city Saturday evening, there were two great champions – World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and World […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 2, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Casper Ruud will long remember his 124th victory on clay since the start of the 2020 season – most on the ATP Tour – not only because it lifted him into his 25th […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 2, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) With his debut in the ATP Top 10 already certain, after defeating World No. 7 Alex de Minaur of Australia to reach the Mutua Madrid Open quarterfinals in the Spanish capital city, Italian […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Since the start of the 2020 season, World No. 15 Casper Ruud has led the ATP Tour in clay victories (123), finals (16) and titles (11). As these statistics bear out, the Norwegian […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Unheralded and unseeded Gabriel Diallo of Canada, has gone from being a qualifying draw lucky loser to a quarterfinalist at the ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open in the Spanish capital city – […]
