WASHINGTON, August 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) After needing to win two matches Friday, unseeded Nick Kyrgios had a bit of a lighter work load coming into his Citi Open semifinal against No. 115 Mikael Ymer Saturday evening at Rock […]
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It’s never easy for anyone, even if you’re Andrey Rublev, the No. 1 seed in the men’s draw at the ATP 500 Citi Open in Washington, D.C., to have to play two full […]
BELGRADE/STARNBERG, April 25, 2022 Andrey Rublev captured the title of the Serbia Open by beating home favourite, defending champion and top seed of the ATP 250 clay-court tournament Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0 in Sunday’s singles final. The No. […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 20, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Saturday’s second men’s singles semifinal in the BNP Paribas Open between fourth seed Rafael Nadal and No. 19 seed Carlos Alcaraz was everything you could hope for in a tennis match. In an all-Spanish […]
DUBAI, February 26, 2022 (DDFT Press Release) Andrey Rublev of Russia ended the inspiring run of Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday to win his second title in […]
DUBAI, February 25, 2022 (DDFT Press Release) Andrey Rublev will face qualifier Jiri Vesely in Saturday’s final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after the number two seed claimed a tense 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) victory over Hubert Hurkacz and […]
DUBAI, February 24, 2022 (DDFT Press Release) Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz will face each other in the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday. Second seed Rublev, who is bidding for his 10th career title, was forced […]
DUBAI, February 22, 2022 (DDFT Press Release) Andrey Rublev made a winning start to his bid for a second title in two weeks as he defeated Daniel Evans 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Dubai […]
ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON, December 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) If this week’s 13th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi is any indication of what lies ahead for former World No. 1 Andy Murray, expect his upcoming 2022 tennis […]
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout the Davis Cup Finals fortnight in the Spanish capital city of Madrid, the Russian Tennis Federation maintained a hungry demeanor. One could see it in each of the players’ faces. Whether it […]
