First Round Battles in Rome

Roberto Bautista Agut vs Alex de Minaur It is going to be a good battle between two of tennis' toughest baseline players. I do think this could be a big opportunity for Alex to get a win and hopefully some momentum going, he impressed me in Barcelona recently but good runs are few and far...

A usual name or a new name to be etched into the record books? Who will mount a challenge at Roland Garros?

No matter what has happened over the last few weeks, I still am at the conclusion there will be four if a push five contenders in the main draw at Roland Garros. As the younger players continue to adapt and improve in the best of five format it asks the question, who will be the...

The Overrule

It was almost a year ago when tennis stopped for around 6 months, now it is back and slightly different to usual but March is set to be a big month tennis as big players return, records are broken and of course titles are won. Roger Federer to return in Qatar! A couple of days...

Australian Open Day 3 & 4 – Cruise control, Kenin & Kvitova fall, Kyrgios delights, Halep fights, Feli strikes again & much more

Over the last couple of days there has been some exceptional tennis played at Melbourne Park, the usual names have got the business done where as some have slipped up and some big battle have taken place. Cruise Control Round two for quite a few top seeds saw them navigate their way into the next...

ATP Cup Group D – Russia 🇷🇺, Argentina 🇦🇷 and Japan 🇯🇵

The fantastic thing about this format is you are guaranteed great match-ups early on. In Group D we have the man of the moment in Daniil Medvedev, the resilient Diego Schwartzman and Argentina and Kei Nishikori brings Japan to the party with his protected ranking. Group D Russia, Argentina & Japan Daniil Medvedev is the...

ATP Finals: Day 2

Now that everyone has played once it is a good indicator on who has performed and who needs to perform and soon. The great thing about this format as it quickly turns into must win for players and two who did win on Day 2 were Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev Djokovic and Daniil Dominate!...

Djokovic Domination; World No.1 cruises as Diego falls flat on his ATP Finals debut

On Sunday night a certain Rafael Nadal took 77 minutes to win in straight sets over ATP Finals debutant Andrey Rublev but for Novak Djokovic his 6-3 6-2 win over Diego Schwartzman took around 30 seconds longer cruising through in 78 minutes. It didn't look like being as straight forward as it turned out to...

For one last time, London’s calling…

For the 12th and final year the ATP Finals will be played at the O2 Arena in London. The best in mens tennis will be there, unfortunately none of the 17,500 spectators will be present. It is good to see it but will be slightly bitter-sweet, I was meant to attend the semi-finals and finals...

Rampant since the restart, Diego Schwartzman will debut at the ATP Finals on the back of exceptional results but will face one of his biggest tests at the O2

With a majority of the 2020 tennis season cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic and rankings frozen a new qualifier for the tour finals in London was always going to be a tough ask but Diego Schwartzman stood up to the challenge and has continued to improve throughout a year without structure. Diego who is...

Diego Schwartzman delights in Paris to make his first Grand Slam semi-final!

Diego Schwartzman has been knocking on the door of the top ten for some time. The Argentine from Buenos Aires will officially be a top ten player for the first time when the next rankings come out. The performances of the Argentine since Kitzbuhel have been borderline perfection including the win over Nadal in Rome...