Felix Auger Aliassime and Karen Khachanov are safely through to the second round in Rotterdam. First up was the Canadian lost quite comprehensively to his opponent Jan Lennard Struff quite comprehensively in Sydney a few weeks ago and on the back of an early exit in Melbourne needed the win. I like what I saw... Continue Reading →
When it comes to Grigor Dimitrov finding his level of consistency that saw him get to world number three I am optimistic. I have followed Dimitrov throughout his career and three words stuck in my mind from August 2018... "Hope Dies Last" This is why I know he will always fight and never give up.... Continue Reading →
That period after the first major of the year is always one where players look to continue their good, begin their season or in the ladies case represent their country. Cordoba, Montpellier and Pune were the destinations for men this week except for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who played an exhibition in Cape Town... Continue Reading →
It's a funny old sport. Were only in February but it does have the feeling for Kei Nishikori of what could have been? Injury at the Australian Open ended his chances of competing with Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals at Melbourne Park. Now he is back and as the top seed in Rotterdam the... Continue Reading →
The final that offered so much delivered so little. All talk prior to the match was on Dimitrov and how he felt to get to the next level winning against Roger would help that but his 0-6 record is now 0-7 after a 6-2 6-2 thrashing in Sunday's final but how can Dimitrov learn from... Continue Reading →
For Grigor Dimitrov his abysmal run against Roger Federer continues. The Bulgarian was out of sorts as he fell in straight sets to lose his seventh consecutive match against yes the world number one. Earlier on in the week Roger became the oldest world number one in history on the men's tour and continues to... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I use the phrase you never know what you are going to get and I think this applies to both Benoit Paire and Marin Cilic. I watched Marin at the Australian Open and his defeat against Dan Evans was a bit predictable in how his game or lack of game plan evolved and subsequently... Continue Reading →
After meeting four times last year they now begin their rivaly again. Two future stars on the tour but who will be going home early? Thiem has struggled so far this year and hasn’t really got going as of yet, it’s been a bit stop start where as for Alex he has continued to steadily... Continue Reading →
