Top 30 in 2018: Women 25-21
No. 25: Dominika Cibulkova The 29-year-old Slovak has played so many tournaments, with winning 446 and 280 losses. Can she eventually hit 1,000 total? Possibility, for sure, but she will need more than a few years more on tour. Sure, she isn’t tall, but is super intense when on court. She is still swift, she […]
Top 30s in 2018: Women 30-26
No. 30: Aliaksandra Sasnovich The 24-year-old Belarussian didn’t play great at the Grand Slams, but she did reach the final of Brisbane, and at Wimbledon she upset Petra Kvitova and Daria Gavrilova before falling to Jelena Ostapenko. She can be forceful, and at times, she can be powerful, but at the US Open, she was double-bagled […]
ATP Finals: Anderson wins, Federer loses to Nishikori
Kevin Anderson has had such a solid year. The 33-year-old veteran has improved his backhand, his speed, and net play. Go back five years and he was struggling mentally, but now, he is pretty calm and directed. On Sunday in the ATP Finals in London, Anderson overcame the Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(10), attacking the […]
WTA Finals: Svitolina revives, upends Pliskova
Back in the spring, Elina Svitolina was ready to pounce. She hadn’t won a Grand Slam, but in the big tournaments, she was very strong, fast and powerful. From January through May, she won Brisbane, Dubai and Rome against very good players. She upset the No. 1 Simona Halep in the final in Italy — […]
Roger Federer returns against Medvedev
The famous Roger Federer is back, playing in Shanghai, but in early September at the US Open, he was stunned by Aussie John Millman in four sets. That was a true shocker. It was in the fourth round, at night, but it was still very humid and thick. It was still so pretty hot. His body […]
Top 30s in 2018: Men 30-26
No. 30: Gilles Simon The 33-year-old Frenchman will go on and on, tournament after tournament, city after city, rarely stopping. Yes, he has never won a major, and it is unlikely that he can do it now, but still, at least he has changed his tactics, which is why he can compete against very good […]
ATP Finals: Zverev wins biggest title, stunning Djokovic
Here’s a wrap-up of the 2018 season for the eight ATP Finals singles players. Alexander Zverev From August all the way through November, Zverev played well at times, but mostly mediocre. But last week in London, Zverev stood up tall, stunning Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 to win the title. He was so locked in, so […]
Svitolina wins the WTA Finals, beats Stephens
Elina Svitolina was not playing fantastic during the last few months. But when she arrived in Singapore, she decided that she would swing out. And she has always run super fast, and extremely strong. Svitolina knocked down Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki, Kiki Bertens, and in the final, she played terrific in […]
WTA Finals Race: Wozniacki, Stephens, Kvitova
It is in the middle October, and next week the top 8 players are at the WTA Finals in Singapore. On Wednesday, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova qualified, joining Simona Halep, Caro Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova and Sloane Stephens. Halep’s back issues flared up enough for her to withdraw. Holland’s Kiki Bertens […]
Game changer: Davis Cup reforms could produce big shake-up
While the Davis Cup semifinals were underway last week, a bigger contest for control of the sport’s team events was unfolding behind the scenes. The ITF’s recent vote to transform the competition into a one-week, 18-nation event in a single location, coupled with the ATP’s decision to re-start its own, similar World Team Cup, has […]
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