Fresh after his thrilling three-set victory over Dominic Thiem on Sunday, Tsitsipas revealed the belief that he’s “really close” to winning a Grand Slam and after an excellent week of play at London’s O2 Arena, the Greek is targeting further success ahead of 2020… Continue reading
On his Nitto ATP Finals debut at London’s 02 Arena, 21-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas made tournament history after recovering from a set down to be the youngest player since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001 to win the season-ending competition – the biggest of his exciting career to date.
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Rafael Nadal won the 19th Grand Slam of his career, prevailing in five-sets with a 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 win over a defiant Russian Daniil Medvedev after just shy of five hours on Arthur Ashe. The 23-year-old worked tirelessly in his Grand Slam Final debut, registering winners aplenty to get back into title contention from two sets down. Ultimately though, earlier errors proved costly.
Stan Wawrinka is into this year’s US Open quarter-finals after a 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 win over defending champion Novak Djokovic. The world number one was clearly not at his best before retiring early in the third set to a chorus of boos, with a recurrence of his shoulder injury proving too painful to continue playing through and risk further aggravation.
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic earned his fourth-round berth with an impressive 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over American Denis Kudla in Friday’s evening session at Flushing Meadows. An intriguing clash up against 2016 US Open winner Stan Wawrinka now awaits on Sunday. Continue reading
Stan Wawrinka battled hard to come through in just over three hours against Paolo Lorenzi with a 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 victory, booking his place in the last-16 on Sunday: where he will play defending champion Novak Djokovic.
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Novak Djokovic struggled with a niggling shoulder injury but nonetheless came through during a different type of challenge to earn his third-round berth after a 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 win against a valiant Juan Ignacio Londero display in two hours 15 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
