TAG: Rome
All the sudden Daniil Medvedev looks like a clay court master. Today the Russian showed the tennis world he can play Grand Slam champion caliber tennis on red clay as he defeated Holger Rune 75 75. It is the first clay ATP title and sixth 1000 trophy for the Russian tennis machine. Today’s final win […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Daniil Medvedev · Lacoste · Rome · Russia · Technifibre
May/23
19
Rivalry Analysis: Iga vs Rybakina
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By Scoop Malinowski Elena Rybakina appears to have solved the Iga Swiatek puzzle. Yesterday the 23 year old reigning Wimbledon champion beat the 21 year old world no. 1 for the third straight time this year in Rome but this time it came on the Polish powerhouse’s best surface red clay. Rybakina’s previous two wins […] Continue to read full article...
Elena Rybakina · Iga Swiatek · Rome · WTA
May/23
15
Ex ATP Champ On The Big Upset: “I’m already tired of watching Carlos”
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By Scoop Malinowski One of the biggest upsets in tennis history happened today when in Rome, the unknown world no. 135 playing in his first ATP World Tour event, managed to defeat the top player in the world Carlos Alcaraz 63 76. So such a shocking upset is provoking lots of chatter and speculation about […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Carlos Alcaraz · Fabian Marozsan · Nike · Rome · Spain
By Scoop Malinowski The installed “ATP World No. 1” who has been lauded as superior to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic by the tennis establishment, has fallen in Rome, beaten in the second round by the 135th ranked player in the world Fabian Marozsan. The score of this shocking upset was 63 76 for the unknown […] Continue to read full article...
Budapest · Carlos Alcaraz · Fabian Marozsan · Foro Italico · Hungary · Lotto · Rome
The career of Felix Auger-Aliassime has hit a stretch of stagnation. The 22 year old ranked 10 in the world hasn’t been hot lately. He lost his first matches in Rome this week – to qualifier Alexei Popyrin 64 46 75 and in Madrid to world no. 40 Dusan Lajovic 67 in the third. Felix […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · Felix Auger-Aliassime · Roma · Rome
Richard Gasquet turned pro in 2002 and I have watched probably well over 50, maybe nearly 100 of his ATP matches on TV and live at Miami Open, US Open and Washington DC. Today the veteran Frenchman did something I have never seen him do before – he smashed his Head racquet at Internazionali d’Italia […] Continue to read full article...
France · Head tennis · Richard Gasquet · Rome · Yibing Wu
May/23
10
At 38 Wawrinka Keeps On Trucking
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Champions like Becker, McEnroe, Borg, Chang, Rios, Hewitt, Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Muster, Goran, Rafter were all finished by age 38 but Stan Wawrinka isn’t showing any signs of wrapping up his ATP career any time soon. Today Wawrinka proved again he is still a force on the ATP World Tour as he dismissed Ilya Ivashka […] Continue to read full article...
Rome · Rome Masters · Stan Wawrinka · Switzerland · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Andy Murray and Fabio Fognini are both 35 years old and ATP Tour titans but that’s about all they have in common. The two veterans are far from fond of each other. Their rivalry is a very good one, the head to head stands even at 4-4. Fognini won their last match […] Continue to read full article...
Former ATP world no. 1 Marcelo Rios turns 47 today. Rios won 18 ATP titles from 1995-2001, the first coming in Bologna, Italy and the final in Hong Kong, China. Rios won Masters 1000 titles in Monte Carlo, Indian Wells, Miami, Rome and Hamburg. In 1998 Rios played the Australian Open Grand Slam final but […] Continue to read full article...
AO · ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Miami · Monte Carlo · Nike · Rome · Yonex
Novak Djokovic has been enjoying the adoration and love from fans in Rome this week just like his other tournaments in 2022 after the traumatic experience in Australia. The very positive fan reaction to Djokovic lately contradicts what the controlled media tried to make us believe, that Djokovic is not popular anywhere, he’s an ogre […] Continue to read full article...
Djokovic · Nolefam · Novak Djokovic · Rome
