TweetAustralian Open Men’s Final- Novak Djokovic d. Rafa Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. There were a couple of narratives waiting to be told this Australian Open, but Novak Djokovic’s title win means they will have to keep on waiting, and that wait could be a while. One narrative, the changing of the guard, was dismissed in […]
TweetWhere to begin with these two meeting, for the 53rd time? Djokovic leads 27-25, but perhaps the most significant number is the 18-7 Djokovic leads in the hard court head to head. But while that stat suggests in this match up Djokovic tends to have the upper hand on hard courts, it’s wise to leave […]
TweetNovak Djokovic (1) Vs Lucas Pouille (28) Australian Open Semi-final Preview. Pouille and Djokovic, who practice together, have never played each other on the tour, and it’s quite the stage for their competitive introduction. Djokovic has been to the Australian Open semis 6 times and has never lost at that stage. Meanwhile, this is 24 […]
TweetAustralian Open Men’s Semi final preview Rafa Nadal (2) Vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (14). Rafa Nadal has returned from his post 2018 US Open injury lay-off with a fine-tuned hard court friendly game and his usual determination and focus, a lethal mix, as his five opponents so far have found out. The Spaniard, who had to […]
TweetAustralian Open men’s quarter-final, Novak Djokovic Vs Kei Nishikori Novak Djokovic has looked anything but the 2019 men’s singles champion in waiting on his way to his quarter final meeting with Kei Nishikori. But, here he is again, in his 10th Australian Open quarter final, beating Kreuger, Tsonga, Shapovalov and Medvedev to get there. This […]
TweetRafa Nadal had not played since the US Open entering this year’s Australian Open. The Spaniard was busy healing knee a injury, a task that has kept him occupied for long stretches of his career. Usually, though, when Nadal is not recovering from one injury or another, he’s busy competing for slams, and he’s made […]
TweetAustralian Open top half fourth round preview Novak Djokovic (1) Vs Daniil Medvedev (15) Medvedev believes he has a chance versus Djokovic, a confidence he’s taken on the back of his fellow #NextGenATP player’s victories over the world no.1 (Tsitsipas Canada; Khachanov Paris-Bercy; A.Zverev WTF) and another force, one not even Novak Djokovic can fight- the […]
TweetAustralian Open fourth round, Bottom half, preview, Roger Federer (3) Vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (14) Tennis fans and pundits are slow to annoint Stefanos Tsitsipas as Baby Fed after the name seemingly cursed Grigor Dimitrov and Richard Gasquet. Federer has rarely been given any sleepless nights by his tennis heirs, but Tsitsipas is catching Federer at a […]
TweetAustralian Open 3rd round, Daniil Medvedev (15) Vs David Goffin (21), Day 6, Melbourne arena, not before 12:30 pm. In 2018, Daniil Medvedev (15) won the most matches on hard courts on the tour (won 37, lost 14), only his third season playing in ATP main draws, picking up titles in Sydney, Winston-Salom and Tokyo, […]
TweetAustralian Open 3rd round Preview- Rafa Nadal (2) Vs Alex de Minaur, Rod Laver Arena, from 7pm. Rafa Nadal will have to defeat his third Australian hope in a row to progress to the fourth round, and the draw has saved the best of the Aussies for last in the shape of Alex de Minaur. […]
