Djokovic vs Nadal, 5 hours and 53 minutes of relentlessly gruelling tennis

A decade ago we witnessed one of the greatest Grand Slam finals to ever take place. The final broke a record that stood since 1988 when Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl in five sets lasting 4 hours and 54 minutes. Djokovic and Nadal went further, 5 hours and 53 minutes of relentless tennis saw the...

Match Point from Adelaide & Melbourne

Thanasi Kokkinakis deep run in Adelaide There isn't many better sights in tennis than watching Thanasi Kokkinakis play but play in front of a home crowd. He has a wonderful connection with the Australian fans and the Aussie who picked up a wildcard for Adelaide this week. His run ended in the semi-finals but should...

Dominic Thiem & Rafael Nadal call time on their 2021 season

Dominic Thiem and Rafael Nadal have both called time on their seasons and will not be back until 2022. On Wednesday the Austrian who would have been defending his title at the US Open at the end of month announced he won't be back this year in what was a 'tough decision' to call time...

Club 20: Federer, Nadal & Djokovic

10 years ago in July 2011 catching Roger Federer seemed unlikely. Federer had 16 Grand Slam singles titles, he not long before took over Pete Sampras’ record of 14 and the chasing Rafael Nadal and the just getting started Novak Djokovic seemed miles away. Roger sealed No.17 at Wimbledon in July 2012 and that would...

The Overrule

Wimbledon Wildcards (so far...) There are some names still to be announced for a Wimbledon wildcard but between the wildcards so far there are seven Wimbledon singles titles between two and those two are Andy Murray and five time champion Venus Williams. Other wildcards include: Katie BoulterCarlos AlcarazLiam BroadyJay ClarkeHarriet DartFrancesca JonesSamantha Murray SharanJack DraperEmma...

A third set of fine margins, a tie break which felt like one of the most important in men’s tennis won by Novak Djokovic who continues his quest for history

Something quite extraordinary played out on Friday night in front of 5000 fans who were allowed to stay past the 11pm curfew to witness a milestone in history. Novak Djokovic ending an unbeaten run of Rafael Nadal's at Roland Garros lasting 2200 days since he defeated the Spaniard back on the 3rd of June 2015....

The Final Four – Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸 vs 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal & Stefanos Tsitsipas 🇬🇷 vs 🇩🇪 Alex Zverev

The final four. Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸Stefanos Tsitsipas 🇬🇷Alex Zverev 🇩🇪 We are guaranteed a first time Roland Garros finalist in either Tsitsipas or Zverev, a potential 14th title for Rafael Nadal and a 2nd for Novak Djokovic but before we focus on the final, it's the semi-finals! Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸 vs Rafael Nadal...

Generations Collide – Rafael Nadal vs Jannik Sinner & Novak Djokovic vs Lorenzo Musetti

Italian men's tennis has a lot to shout about at the moment, a new era of tennis led by Matteo Berrettini and with two impressive teenagers continuing to make noise on the tour. 19 year old Jannik Sinner who has won two titles, runner-up in Miami, quarter finalist here in 2020 and has recently broken...

A Birthday win under the lights, Rafael Nadal shakes off Gasquet despite a tricky second set

As the Sun set on Rafael Nadal's 35 birthday the King of Clay was in his Kingdom at Roland Garros doing what he does best, winning. 102 wins, 2 defeats at Roland Garros. He could not have asked for a better start to his birthday winning the opening seven games to lead 6-0 1-0 on...

Federer – 20, Nadal – 20 & Djokovic – 18, who is the most likely to add to their Grand Slam title tally in Paris?

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic we’ll all be aiming to add to the Grand Slam titles in Paris. Federer and Nadal have 20, Djokovic is catching up but is on 18. Only one will have a chance of making the final in Roland-Garros as all three have been placed in the same half of...