Andy Murray wore a coronavirus-conscious mask on his way to the unusual, no-spectators setting and avoided handshakes when he left. In between, the three-time Grand Slam champion offered his usual mix of hustling and muttering.
#NextGenATP Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime finished off his 6-4, 6-1 victory on Saturday afternoon in the first round of the Western & Southern Open when his opponent, big-hitting Nikoloz Basilashvili, smothered a forehand return into the net.
As tennis returns at the Western & Southern Open, will Daniil Medvedev shine brighter than ever before?
Felix Auger-Aliassime, who turned 20 earlier this month, returned to the court with a convincing 6-4, 6-1 win over Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia on Saturday in the opening round of the Western & Southern Open in New York.
Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame a nervous start at the Western & Southern Open on Saturday as the ATP Tour returned after a five-month suspension due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Casper Ruud has proven himself a clay-court stalwart during his young ATP Tour career. But that doesn’t mean the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals competitor isn’t working hard to improve on hard courts, too.
Rather like the men’s draw at this year’s Western and Southern Open, two of the top-ranked players in the world have pulled out of the prestigious Premier 5 tournament, which gets under way this weekend in the unusual environment of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Tennis fans have something to celebrate this week as main-tour competition finally sees the light of day after a closure of almost six months. It was back at the start of March that the showpiece Indian...
It wasn’t until about a week before Novak Djokovic travelled to New York for the unusual tennis doubleheader coming up amid the coronavirus pandemic that he decided for sure to show up.
Dominic Thiem believes that the lack of fans at the Western & Southern Open and at the upcoming US Open will play a big factor in the fortunes of every player over the next few weeks in New York.
Andy Murray flew into New York with a degree of trepidation, but his concerns have eased ahead of the Western & Southern Open.
