SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 13, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) One of the toughest challenges any tennis player can face is playing Novak Djokovic. Just ask Jannik Sinner, who has faced the 24-time major champion eight times in his young career — including […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 12, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) By all measures, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has enjoyed an amazing 2024 season. He leads the ATP Tour in wins (64) and titles (six). However, watch the talented young Italian play and […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 11, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) On Friday evening, Novak Djokovic became the third-oldest player in tennis history to reach an ATP Masters 1000 semifinal. However, the 37-year-old Serbian great was pushed to the limit during his Rolex Shanghai […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 10, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Tomas Machac learned a very simple but valuable lesson that has landed him in his very first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal: You have to be brave if you’re going to beat the very […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 10, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As the Rolex Shanghai Masters has reached the quarterfinal round in the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 of the season, there’s a distinct Czech feeling to the last eight. That’s because there’s two — […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Jannik Sinner reached his 14th quarterfinal of the season at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China Wednesday afternoon — and gained a bit of revenge, too. The 23-year-old top-seeded […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) David Goffin found himself at a crossroads in his professional tennis career at the end of last season. Despite being ranked as high as World No. 7, reaching the second week of every […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 8, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The 100th ATP Masters event of Grigor Dimitrov‘s career, at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, has been a tough but memorable one. First, the World No. 10 Dimitrov was extended to three sets by […]
SHANGHAI/STARNBERG, October 7, 2024 Two US-Americans headlined Monday’s second-round action at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Taylor Fritz defeated French qualifier Terence Atmane 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in a match that was suspended with Fritz leading 4-3 on serve on Saturday. The No. […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 6, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Carlos Alcaraz joined Jannik Sinner (61) and Alexander Zverev (58) as the only players to capture 50 wins this season. In achieving the 50th-victory milestone at the Rolex Shanghai Masters Sunday evening with a 7-6 […]
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