The 2024 Australian Open will come to a close when Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner battle for the title on Sunday night. It marks the first time first time since 2005–when Marat Safin beat Lleyton Hewitt)–that the final does not include any member of the Big 3. Moreover, there is sure to be a first-time…
What will the Australian Open semifinals do for an encore? Jannik Sinner took the tennis world by storm last season, and the fall swing specifically was headlined by the emergence of Sinner’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic. They faced each other three times in the final two weeks of the 2023 campaign, as a pair of…
The bottom half of the Australian Open men’s singles draw has produced a fair amount of surprises, but Carlos Alcaraz is so far unscathed. He will go up against Miomir Kecmanovic in the fourth round on Monday night. It will be a rematch of one of 2022’s best matches. Their only previous meeting was in…
What will Friday at the Australian Open do for an encore? It certainly has massive shoes to fill, as Thursday was nothing short of epic from start to finish. The task of following it belongs to Novak Djokovic and Shelton, among many others. Here are my previews and picks for two of Friday’s most notable…
Now that the first round is over, we are into a traditional schedule with everyone on each side of the draw playing every other day. It’s the top half of the draw’s turn on Wednesday as second-round action gets underway at the Australian Open. Here are my previews and picks for two of the best…
The Australian Open starts on Sunday, when both Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe will be in action on the men’s side. Novak Djokovic is also kicking off his title defense. Here are my picks for two of the best matchups on Day 1. (17) Frances Tiafoe vs. Borna CoricTiafoe and Coric will be squaring off…
With the 2024 tennis season underway and the Australian Open on the immediate horizon, it’s time to make annual predictions for the field of eight at the Nitto ATP Finals. Here we go! 1. Novak Djokovic – Djokovic won three of the four slams in 2023, came within a set of winning a fourth, and…
It will be a battle between generations within the French Tennis Federation when Arthur Fils and Richard Gasquet go head-to-head in the ASB Classic first round on Tuesday night. It is a rough draw especially for Gasquet, and it doesn’t come at a good time. Surprisingly, the veteran won this tournament at 36 years old…
