Novak Djokovic came back from a set and a break down to overcome Laslo Djere in his ATP event opener in Belgrade on Wednesday, avoiding a third straight defeat. After trailing 4-3 in the second set, the world number one defeated his fellow Serb 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4) in three hours and 21 minutes. … Read more
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic stated on Monday that he wants to be “as ready as I can be” for the French Open as he prepares for only his third tournament of the season in Belgrade this week In January, the world number one was deported from Australia due to his Covid vaccination status, and … Read more
Joe Salisbury of the United Kingdom along with his US partner Rajeev Ram maintained their world number one doubles title by winning at the Monte Carlo Masters. Number one ranked thrashed Colombian doubles team of Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah by 6-4 3-6 10-7. Salisbury displayed a stunning performance at the net with the aid … Read more
Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Monte-Carlo Masters for the second time after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in Monaco on Sunday. Despite a brave performance by the Spaniard, who is ranked 41 places lower, the Greek world No. 5 won 6-3 7-6(3) to win his second ATP Masters 1000 title. Tsitsipas joins Rafael Nadal, Juan … Read more
Stefanos Tsitsipas, the defending champion, came back from a set down in the last set to beat Diego Schwartzman and advance to the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals, where he will meet Olympic winner Alexander Zverev. Tsitsipas, the third seed from Greece, was a set and 5-2 up at one point and appeared to be on … Read more
In the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters, British number one Cameron Norrie was defeated by Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Norrie forced a tiebreaker before Ramos-Vinolas of Spain, who was hampered by an abdominal injury, won 6-4 2-6 6-4. Ramos-Vinolas, the world number 37, has won all four of his clay encounters against Norrie, the world … Read more
With straight set victories, defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas and second seed Alexander Zverev advanced to the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday. In the clay court tournament, Tsitsipas defeated Serbian Laslo Djere 7-5, 7-6 (7/1) and second seed Zverev defeated Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 7-5. Tsitsipas, the world number five, will face … Read more
Carlos Alcaraz says that his surprise withdrawal at the Monte Carlo Masters was not due to his meteoric rise to stardom, which has him pegged as a potential Grand Slam winner and world number one. In their second round match on Wednesday, the 18-year-old Spaniard was surprised 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 by American Sebastian … Read more
