Archive: October 2018

LATVIAN TENNIS STAR ERNESTS GULBIS REMAINS ON FIRE IN STOCKHOLM • LONDON HOPEFULS ISNER AND FOGNINI CRASH OUT thumbnail

LATVIAN TENNIS STAR ERNESTS GULBIS REMAINS ON FIRE IN STOCKHOLM • LONDON HOPEFULS ISNER AND FOGNINI CRASH OUT

Ernests Gulbis is turning back the clock at the Intrum Stockholm Open. The roller-coaster ride that is Gulbis' career is suddenly trending upward again and has him through to his first ATP final since 2014.
TENNIS PREVIEW • WTA SINGAPORE • BNP PARIBAS WTA LADIES FINALS 2018 thumbnail

TENNIS PREVIEW • WTA SINGAPORE • BNP PARIBAS WTA LADIES FINALS 2018

After another thrilling, intriguing, up-and-down season on the WTA tour, the crown jewel event of the season is here to determine the season’s champion, with the coveted Billie Jean King Trophy and the title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore Champion on the line.
TENNIS NEWS • “THE JOHN ISNER RULE” • WIMBLEDON INSTITUTES LAST-SET TIEBREAKER thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • “THE JOHN ISNER RULE” • WIMBLEDON INSTITUTES LAST-SET TIEBREAKER

"The John Isner Rule" has finally arrived--at least at Wimbledon. Starting in 2019, Wimbledon will become the second of the four majors to feature a tiebreaker in the fifth set.
ATP TENNIS NEWS • JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO SET TO MISS REST OF 2018 SEASON DUE TO INJURY thumbnail

ATP TENNIS NEWS • JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO SET TO MISS REST OF 2018 SEASON DUE TO INJURY

Delpo is already following the rehabilitation plan put together by his medical team. For the past few days he's been using a splint that keeps the knee immobilized while he follows the doctors' advice.
ATP • WTA PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE KREMLIN CUP TENNIS IN MOSCOW thumbnail

ATP • WTA PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE KREMLIN CUP TENNIS IN MOSCOW

Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in action during her women's quarterfinal match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, 18 October 2018.
RICKY LOOKS AT ATP TENNIS • ERNESTS GULBIS GOES FROM QUALIES TO QUARTERFINALS IN STOCKHOLM LONDON QUEST FOR JOHN ISNER thumbnail

RICKY LOOKS AT ATP TENNIS • ERNESTS GULBIS GOES FROM QUALIES TO QUARTERFINALS IN STOCKHOLM LONDON QUEST FOR JOHN ISNER

The Intrum Stockholm Open may be a 250-point event, but at the current juncture its importance in the race to London cannot be underestimated.
ATP DRAWS & ORDER OF PLAY FROM MOSCOW, ANTWERP, & STOCKHOLM TENNIS thumbnail

ATP DRAWS & ORDER OF PLAY FROM MOSCOW, ANTWERP, & STOCKHOLM TENNIS

Click here to keep up with the updated draws from the Kremlin Cup, European Open, & Stockholm Open.
TENNIS UPDATE • DON’T PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON: FEDERER FINE FOLLOWING SHANGHAI SEMIFINAL LOSS TO CORIC thumbnail

TENNIS UPDATE • DON’T PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON: FEDERER FINE FOLLOWING SHANGHAI SEMIFINAL LOSS TO CORIC

It's not quite time to go off the deep end if you're a Roger Federer fan. If there was ever a time for that, it was in 2013 (see: Stakhovsky, Sergiy and Robredo, Tommy).
TENNIS NEWS FROM ATP | GOOD DAYS AT THE OFFICE FOR MERCURIAL PERFORMERS • PLAYERS KYRGIOS, PAIRE, AND GULBIS thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS FROM ATP | GOOD DAYS AT THE OFFICE FOR MERCURIAL PERFORMERS • PLAYERS KYRGIOS, PAIRE, AND GULBIS

You never know what you are going to get from Nick Kyrgios, Benoit Paire, and Ernests Gulbis on any given day. Tuesday turned out to be a good one for all three.
ATP TENNIS NEWS • CHAIR UMPIRE SUSPENDED FOR “OUT OF CHAIR” DISCUSSION WITH KYRGIOS DURING U.S. OPEN thumbnail

ATP TENNIS NEWS • CHAIR UMPIRE SUSPENDED FOR “OUT OF CHAIR” DISCUSSION WITH KYRGIOS DURING U.S. OPEN

The aftermath of much debated umpiring decisions at the recent U.S. Open continues to roll on with the news the ATP World Tour has suspended veteran Swedish official Mohamed Lahyani for two weeks following his controversial ‘out of chair discussion with Nick Kyrgios.
WTA DRAWS & TOMORROW’S ORDER OF PLAY FROM LUXEMBOURG & MOSCOW thumbnail

WTA DRAWS & TOMORROW’S ORDER OF PLAY FROM LUXEMBOURG & MOSCOW

Click here to keep updated with the draws and schedule from the Luxembourg Open and Kremlin Cup tennis.
ATP DRAWS & ORDER OF PLAY FROM MOSCOW, ANTWERP, & STOCKHOLM TENNIS thumbnail

ATP DRAWS & ORDER OF PLAY FROM MOSCOW, ANTWERP, & STOCKHOLM TENNIS

Click here to keep up with the updated draws from the Kremlin Cup, European Open, & Stockholm Open.
TENNIS NEWS • RICKY’S PICKS FOR THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENTS IN STOCKHOLM, MOSCOW, AND ANTWERP thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • RICKY’S PICKS FOR THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENTS IN STOCKHOLM, MOSCOW, AND ANTWERP

Only three weeks remain on most players’ 2018 calendars, as the European indoor hard-court swing that annually wraps up each season is underway in Stockholm, Moscow, and Antwerp.
ZVEREV FIFTH PLAYER TO CLINCH SPOT IN 2018 NITTO ATP FINALS IN LONDON thumbnail

ZVEREV FIFTH PLAYER TO CLINCH SPOT IN 2018 NITTO ATP FINALS IN LONDON

London is calling Alexander Zverev... again. At just 21 years old, Zverev will be making his second appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals next month.
ATP • WTA TROPHY PHOTOS FROM SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, LINZ, & TIANJIN TENNIS thumbnail

ATP • WTA TROPHY PHOTOS FROM SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, LINZ, & TIANJIN TENNIS

Winners are grinners! Thank you to my amazing partner @zhangshuai121 it was so fun winning this title @hongkong_tennisopen with you...

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