Cincinnati is home to one of the most favoured theme parks in the America, Kings Island. Many tennis players head down there including Serena Williams on Sunday but the tennis produced some of the most brilliant rollercoaster moments over the week. Welcome back Kuznetsova! There were concerns not long ago whether we would see Kuznetsova... Continue Reading →
No one has won more matches on the tour this year than Daniil Medvedev. The Russian has gone from strength to strength this season despite difficult spells but his 44 match wins is a tour high with Rafael Nadal in second with 41. Like I said, he had a blip. Semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo and finalist... Continue Reading →
Three words I knew I wouldn't forget. "Hope Dies Last" These words came from Grigor Dimitrov following a win against Frances Tiafoe in Toronto in an interview with Sky. He knew there was work to do to hit his heights and he's not going to give up. Even now I know he isn't. The story... Continue Reading →
Tears, surgery, doubts and doubles have all led to this moment. Today in Cincinnati wasn't about winning or losing but to have a look at where Andy Murray is at. If anything for fans of Andy it has been a celebration to see him back out there. 210 days ago we thought he played his... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray is coming back to singles. Hours before the draw was made in Cincinnati it was announced a wildcard had been given to the former champion who won here in 2008 and 2011. Andy had been flirting with the idea of singles and did hint not long ago about potentially playing here and it... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray is in Washington this week playing doubles for the first time in many years on the ATP tour with brother Jamie and has been speaking about what happens next. As expected doubles in Montreal is happening and it will be with Feliciano Lopez as many expected with Jamie, Pierre and Marcelo already coupled... Continue Reading →
Maria Sharapova is set to return to tennis following this on going shoulder/arm injury. The former world number one retired at Wimbledon despite just being one service game from going home anyway. A tweet circulated of her opponent celebrating the win which she expressed her displeasure at but at the same time retiring with one... Continue Reading →
By the time Roger Federer hits a ball in Cincinnati he will be 38 years old. He has done soo much in his tennis career but that Wimbledon defeat to Novak Djokovic after having match points will be one of his biggest heartbreaks. At 37 the former world number one who has the most Grand... Continue Reading →
Following last night’s match I did a piece this morning looking at the performance of Novak Djokovic in his 6-4 6-4 win against Roger Federer but now a look at Federer’s performance which has raised a lot of questions and placed doubts with Flushing Meadows around the corner. The performance on a whole was shaky... Continue Reading →
Novak Djokovic' performance against Roger Federer was near on perfect. Throughout the week in Cincinnati Novak's performances were a little bit shaky but this one against Roger was something else, it had it all and he has sent out a massive statement ahead of the US Open. The first part of his game I want... Continue Reading →
