Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic continue to set an unrivalled and phenomenally high standard of tennis in 2021

At the season finale at the 2020 ATP Finals we knew in 2021 we would have a new team come together of Nikola Metkic and Mate Pavic. Nikola Metkic spent his year with Wesley Koolhof and the duo won their first title together in the last tournament of the year at ATP Finals in London....

My open response to the recent criticism of Novak Djokovic

Friday into Saturday was a tough 24 hours for Novak Djokovic, we can only speculate how he felt after he lost to Zverev and Carreno Busta but has anyone outside of his team, family, friends and fans actually thought, I wonder how he is? If Christmas Panto was on all year round he would be...

Triumphs, Tears and Talking Points from Tokyo 2020

Before the Tennis kicked off in Tokyo the talk was about who wasn't there but it should always be about those who are in Tokyo as they are the true headline makers. Belinda Bencic wins Gold & Silver What a week for Belinda Bencic, runner-up in the women's doubles with Viktoria Golubic losing 5-7 1-6...

Belinda Bencic wins Olympic Gold!

It may not have been two players we expected in the battle for Gold and Silver but they both showed where they deserved to be there in Tokyo. 22 year old Marketa Vondrousova and 24 year old Belinda Bencic for an Olympic Gold. After a set each and an early break of serve a piece...

A captivating finale to a week of fighting hard, bouncing back and why I hope the Bronze Medal acts as a catalyst for Elina Svitolina

Down a set and a break I did think a good week was not going to end the way Elina Svitolina would have liked. However, after a few hours of fighting and at times against the odds the fourth seed came through for a historic and well deserved Bronze Medal. I couldn't be happier for...

Bronze Medal Winner – Pablo Carreno Busta

The Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta has always been a player to rule out at your peril. He has beaten some top players, been a major and Masters 1000 semi-finalist on a few occasions, 6 singles titles a winner with De Minaur in the doubles of Cincinnati and now and Olympic Medalist. His journey this week...

A medal seemed inevitable, now Novak Djokovic must reset with the Grand Slam still in sight

The final four in the mens singles in Tokyo were: Novak DjokovicAlex ZverevKaren KhachanovPablo Carreno Busta On paper a medal looked inevitable. As ever, a match is never won on paper and the old saying came back to prove this. Djokovic lost to Zverev, gold and silver were now out of reach and on Saturday...

Liam, Andy & Joe’s Olympic run comes to an end

The early hours of Wednesday morning saw the last remaining British Tennis players at the Tokyo Olympics see their run in the competition come to an end, following the exits in round one of Heather Watson, the exit of Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski. Liam Broady was a last minute addition to the team but...

Olympic Tennis: Team GB 🇬🇧

Andy Murray is part of a Great Britain team which is on their way to Tokyo for the postponed 2020 Olympics. In a time where we have seen 21 players across the top 30 of the mens and women's ranking combined drop out it is still set to be a strong field as the hunt...

Simona Halep in a race against time to be ready for Wimbledon following on-going calf injury, but will one eye be on the Tokyo Olympics?

A couple of years ago we saw Simona Halep dismantle Serena Williams winning 6-2 6-2 against the 7 time champion in a phenomenal performance to lift her second Grand Slam trophy. https://tennistalkblog1.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/on-the-run-%f0%9f%8f%83%f0%9f%8f%bb%e2%80%8d%e2%99%80%ef%b8%8f-the-spectacular-tennis-of-simona-halep/ On the 12th of May and leading Kerber 6-1 3-3 in Rome the third seed retired with a calf injury which turned out...