Carlos Alcaraz glided across the court with balance, speed and an abundance of brilliance in Miami, now then Spaniard is set to shine on the clay!

It's tennis that leaves you speechless and wanting to see more. The skill, balance, speed and shot selection on the racket of Carlos Alcaraz is simply outrageous, it is easy to forget at times he is 18 years old and he has the world at his feet (or racket). There is no one more exciting...

Match Point from Miami

Francisco Cerundolo's hard court and Masters 1000 debut in Miami! Before Miami the 23 year old from Argentina had never played a hard court match on the main ATP Tour or a match at a Masters 1000 event, he finished in Miami in the semi-finals! It has been a meteoric rise for the Argentine that...

Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest male winner of the Miami Open

18 year old Carlos Alcaraz has secured his 18th win of the season and one of his biggest win to date winning the Miami Open title. The Spaniard has had quite the phenomenal start to 2022 by winning in Rio, semi-finalist at Indian Wells and now picking up his first of most likely many Masters...

Iga Swiatek, No.1 in the World and winner of the Sunshine Double

It has been quite a phenomenal season for Iga Swiatek and we’ve not stepped foot on clay yet. The 20 year old has powered her way to three consecutive WTA 1000 titles in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami becoming the 11th player and only the fourth woman to achieve this feat after Steffi Graf, Kim...

The narrative that Nick Kyrgios’ behaviour is ‘good for tennis’ is total nonsense, tennis will thrive without the circus, it has done and will do as a new era of tennis brilliance breaks through

At Indian Wells and Miami we saw some wonderful tennis from Nick Kyrgios like we did in Melbourne earlier in the year and then Tuesday night it simmered and eventually boiled over. I have supported Nick a lot and defended him at times in the past but we're now past that stage, it needs to...

Daria Saville’s resurgence continues and will have climbed almost 500 places in six weeks at the event she made a name for herself at in 2015

Daria Saville (formerly Gavrilova) celebrated her 28th birthday in early March as she continued her comeback to the WTA tour. The Aussie has had a tough few years with a year of difficult form in 2019 winning 6 of her 23 matches and was winless at all four of the majors which saw her year...

3-6 0-6, but was it coming for Andrey Rublev?

A month ago I said I think Andrey Rublev plays too much tennis, it is a fact that he has played more tennis than anyone in the top ten since the beginning of 2020. Since the beginning of 2020 he has played 199 matches (including his doubles on Sunday) and when you consider for 6...

Medvedev Masterclass sees off Murray with Ivan Lendl watching on in Miami

Andy Murray's time at the Miami Masters may have come to an end but it is one the Brit should look back on with pride and a strong level to build on in the coming months with Ivan Lendl who was court side for the defeat to Medvedev. The phrase 'straight sets defeat' does not...

5-7 in the third, Emma Raducanu leaves America with regret but valuable lessons learnt ahead of a new chapter

Every time I write about Emma Raducanu I think it is easy for people to forget this is new to her, Emma will debut at over 80% of the tournaments she plays this year having never featured on the tour before. I also agree that winning a major comes with pressure and expectation and that...

The Sunshine Double, who will be next to conquer both Indian Wells and Miami?

The Sunshine Double is one of tennis' toughest achievements, the month of March brings to the tour a trip to Californian Desert, Indian Wells and Miami, Florida. Only ten players on the WTA and ATP Tour have won both events in the same calendar year since 1991 when Jim Courier was the first to do...