ESTORIL/WASHINGTON, April 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Tennis stars-turned-rappers Denis Shapovalov and Corentin Moutet, who collaborated on the rap song “Drip,” squared off in the ATP 250 Millennium Estoril Open Thursday on red clay in this Portuguese Riviera town near […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The 12th edition of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open began Thursday amid rain, which closed the roofs of the three biggest show courts at La Caja Mágica so the show could go on, […]
PARMA, April 29, 2021 2019 US Open champion and current World No. 6 Bianca Andreescu of Canada leads the entry list of the Emilia-Romagna Open, a new WTA 250 tournament scheduled for the week of May 17. The event will […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On Wednesday, the Mutua Madrid Open confirmed what Spanish-language Marca reported on Tuesday: men’s World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will not play in this year’s ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open. In a tweet […]
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) During its spring press conference to formally announce the return of The Championships in 2021, whose main draw begins June 28 and continues through July 11, Wimbledon announced plans to add play on […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA 1000 Mutua Madrid Open draw was revealed Tuesday afternoon at La Caja Mágica in Madrid and – top to bottom – it’s en fuego. With seven of the Top 10 players […]
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Lost in the shuffle of the weekend tennis headlines being made in Stuttgart, Barcelona and elsewhere was the good run of form being enjoyed by Romanian women’s players. There are currently four ranked […]
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The wise maxim “patience is a virtue” can be traced back to the 14th century, long before tennis was around. Yet, it’s simplicity is something which Sorana Cirstea can appreciate. Until Sunday, the […]
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON, April 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Top seed Elise Mertens battled her foe Veronika Kudermetova for a berth in the WTA 250-series TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul singles final – and won 6-1, 6-4 – on Saturday afternoon. […]
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) No. 1 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium and No. 3 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia, who coincidentally are partnered this week in doubles, will meet in Saturday’s singles semifinals of the TEB BNP […]
