PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the home favorites at this year’s French Open. Throughout the Paris fortnight, their matches were wildly popular attractions at Stade Roland Garros. On Saturday evening, on Court […]
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Damian Kust is an American Studies major at the University of Gdańsk in Poland and writes for the Last Word on Tennis website. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Kust no longer attends his […]
ROSMALEN, June 13, 2016 The final of the €635,645 Ricoh Open concluded on Monday morning with Nicolas Mahut becoming the first ATP grass court champion in 2016. The Frenchman denied Gilles Muller‘s first career title, winning 6-4, 6-4. The match […]
MONTE CARLO, April 17, 2016 Rafael Nadal captured his ninth Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters crown as he defeated Gael Monfils in Sunday’s final 7-5, 5-7, 6-0. The world number five from Spain won 70% of his first service points and converted eight of his 21 break point […]
MIAMI, April 2, 2016 Victoria Azarenka is the 2016 champion of the Miami Open presented by Itaú, winning Saturday’s final against Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2. The world number eight from Belarus won 65% of her first service points and converted […]
ROTTERDAM, February 14, 2016 Martin Klizan captured the biggest title of his career, as he rallied from a set down to defeat fifth seed Gael Monfils 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 in Sunday’s final of the ATP 500 ABN Amro World Tennis […]
The ATP Challenger Tour 2015 calendar comprised 166 tournaments with prize money of $40,000 to $220,000. It was the 39th edition of Challenger tournaments cycle and the 7th under the name of the “ATP Challenger Tour”. Tennis TourTalk is having […]
METZ, September 27, 2015 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga captured his 12th ATP career title, winning the final of the 13th edition of the Moselle Open on Sunday against Gilles Simon. In the all-French-affair, which was the third final of the season between […]
METZ, September 25, 2015 The top four seeds of the Moselle Open were scheduled to compete on Friday for four semi-finals spots in Metz, but only three made it to the court. Number one seed Stan Wawrinka had to withdraw […]
FRANKFURT France has already sealed its spot in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup by winning the doubles rubber yesterday, but for the German team it was important to end the weekend at Frankfurt’s Fraport Arena in a good and […]
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