Australia, who booked their place in the final of this year’s Davis Cup last Friday, will no doubt be surprised to learn that their opponents for the 123-year-old competition will be Italy and not Serbia as many expected. It was a great match. At the end of the match, I was really happy for the…
Jannik Sinner did something that no one else managed to do before when he beat Novak Djokovic after saving three consecutive match points. The Italian is having probably the best weeks of his career. First, he managed to beat Djokovic at the ATP Finals before losing to him in the final of the ATP year-end…
Novak Djokovic was unquestionably the ATP‘s most dominant player in 2023 in spite of playing in just 12 ATP tournaments. One stat that superbly sums up Djokovic’s record-setting year is that he played 21 times against the Top 10 opposition this season and picked up 17 wins, which is the most on tour this year….
For Jannik Sinner, it was payback time, and for Novak Djokovic, it was agony, living through the harrowing experience of squandering three match points and losing. Djokovic’s dream of guiding Serbia to a second Davis Cup title hit a brick Italian wall on Saturday, not once, but twice. After losing his first singles match in…
Novak Djokovic wasn’t happy about losing two matches in a single day, and he certainly didn’t want to look for excuses. Novak Djokovic probably felt really good about Serbia’s chances when Miomir Kecmanovic turned around the match against Lorenzo Musetti, sending Serbia into a 1-0 lead in the semifinal tie at the 2023 Davis Cup…
Nick Kyrgios recently advised tennis fans on the choice of ideal Thanksgiving partners from a list featuring some of the best tennis players across the ATP and WTA tours. A tennis fan shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) depicting tennis players on Thanksgiving dinner tables with a turkey on the plate. There were five…
Novak Djokovic had three consecutive match points in a match that would have sent Serbia into the Davis Cup Finals final, so he took responsibility for the country’s failure to reach its goal. Novak Djokovic dreamed of Davis Cup glory with Serbia, but the dream ended at the hands of an Italian Maestro called Jannik…
Angelique Kerber is returning to tennis in January, and Boris Becker is excited to see whether Kerber can do some damage. Angelique Kerber was a fantastic tennis player at her peak. She was the last German number one on the WTA Tour, which Becker mentioned in his talk with Eurosport. The former legendary player is…
Jannik Sinner brought Novak Djokovic‘s 21-match win streak in the Davis Cup competition to a screeching halt on Saturday as he secured a much-needed singles win. It drew Italy level in the semifinal which will be decided in doubles after Miomir Kecmanovic had scored Serbia’s first point again, beating Lorenzo Musetti in three sets. The…
Davis Cup Finals—Malaga, Spain Jannik Sinner picked up the biggest win of his young career on Saturday in Malaga, Spain, defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Saving three match points during the two hour and 32 minute encounter, Sinner won his second match against Djokovic in the past two weeks. Sinner’s memorable…
