Dominic Thiem had early success on clay and was dubbed the “Prince of Clay”, injury rules him out of Monte-Carlo but when he returns will it begin to click into place for the Austrian?

When Dominic Thiem broke onto the scene in 2014 at the Mutua Madrid Open he was tipped to become the “Prince of Clay” to Nadal’s crown of the King of Clay. He defeated Stan Wawrinka with a beautiful performance at the Caja Magica and went onto win his first four titles on the dirt across...

ATP & WTA tournament’s left scrambling to re-arrange events following Roland Garros date change

After last years fiasco where Roland Garros selfishly move their event without consulting the other Grand Slams, ITF, ATP or WTA you would have thought they have learnt from their lessons, apparently not. Just a couple of days ago it was rumoured the event would be moved back, France is currently seeing a surge in...

Without a win on a clay court in almost two years, how much of a threat is World No.2 Daniil Medvedev in these next few months?

Over the last couple of years we have seen Daniil Medvedev go from strength to strength on the ATP Tour. Three Masters 1000 titles, ATP Finals Champion, Two Major Finals and multiple Top Ten wins has seen the Russian rise up the rankings in mens tennis but it hasn’t happened for him on the clay,...

Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

It is one of my favourite times of year, hard tennis has come to an end until the end of July and around Europe the covers come off the clay courts and it all kicks off at the Monte Carlo Country Club. It is one of the dream locations for tennis in the world on...

Miami Open Roundup

It has been a fascinating couple of weeks of tennis down at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. High profile names were missing but that did not put a damper on proceedings at one of the biggest events on the WTA and ATP tours but what happened? Title, defended. A big week for World No.1...

World No.1 and without a doubt, Ash Barty had nothing to prove and deserves her place at the summit of the WTA rankings

It has felt for some time that Ash Barty has had to prove her worth as world number one, but why? The ranking freeze obviously meant that Ash kept hold of her number ranking in a time where points could only be gained and not dropped.  Ash herself though did not return when tennis did...

Hubert Hurkacz wins his first Masters 1000 title in Miami

He may have only been to Miami twice in his career but 24 year old Hubert Hurkacz from Poland has a bit of a love affair with one of the most prestigious Masters 1000 events on the tour and has won it in his second appearance! Hubi has only known Miami at the Hard Rock...

Seb Korda impresses once more after making the final eight in Miami

One of the stories of the two weeks in Miami was the form of Sebastian Korda who made it to the quarter finals on his debut in Miami, a tournament in which his dad was once a semi-finalist in 1993. On the back of his run to the fourth round of the 2020 French Open...

Attention turns to clay for Serena following a missed trip to Miami

By the time Roland Garros is due to come around it would have been almost 5 months since we have seen Serena Williams on a tennis court. The former world number one was due to travel down from her home in Palm Springs to the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida for the Miami Open but...

Ash Barty defends her Miami Open title

The first of hopefully many meetings between Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu played out in Miami on Saturday afternoon with a limited crowd as the defending Miami champion took on the defending Indian Wells champion for one of the biggest prizes outside of the majors. Ash Barty certainly led Andreescu know she is here to...