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10 Nov
A the world awaits this year’s ATP world tour finals kicking off in Turin next week, under-21 players known as ATPNextGen are already doing battle in Milan, fighting for who will be crowed NextGen star
22 May 2021
Casper Ruud reached the Geneva ATP final on Friday and revealed he will prepare for the French Open by hitting with 13-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal at the Spaniard's Mallorca
26 Mar 2021
Australian world number one Ashleigh Barty saved a match point as she battled back to defeat Slovakia's Kristina Kucova on Thursday and reach the third round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open.
21 Nov 2020
Novak Djokovic moved past Alexander Zverev in straight sets to reach the last four of the ATP Finals.
2 Apr 2020
Wimbledon chief Richard Lewis admitted on Thursday that he feared the remainder of the 2020 tennis season could be wiped out. Tennis has been in lockdown since early last month...
5 Nov 2019
Spectators will be hoping for a mini repeat of this year's epic Wimbledon final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer after the two tennis legends were drawn in the same group for next week's climax to the season, the ATP Finals.
10 Jul 2019
One of the cities that exposed Nigeria as an economic power nation to the world in the early 19th century is Sapele. This is as a result of its finest timber produce in the erstwhile African Timber and Plywood (AT&P) company situated in the town. The large number of AT&P’s workers made Sapele a melting…
29 Jun 2019
Rafael Nadal said Saturday that the ATP should have more say over the seedings at Wimbledon with the two-time champion, who was relegated a spot for this year's tournament, describing the system as "unfair." The 33-year-old, who moved to within two of Roger Federer's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs with his 12th French Open earlier…
23 Jun 2019
Roger Federer will head to Wimbledon in high spirits after waltzing past Belgium's David Goffin in straight sets to win a record-extending 10th title at the ATP event in Halle on Sunday. Federer, 37, beat Goffin 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 to secure his 102nd career singles title and remain unbeaten on grass so far this season.…
12 Apr 2019
Injury has taken its toll on the top seeds at the ongoing ITF World Tennis Tour (Tombim Open) holding at the Tennis Complex of Abuja National Stadium, with the tournament number one rated star, Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria, out of the first round. Also affected are fourth seeded Tom Jomby of France and wild card entrant,…
13 Nov 2018
Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Marin Cilic 7/6 (5), 7/6 (1) in their ATP finals group qualifying match and thereby extended his career record to 6-1 over the Croatian. Marin Cilic won the toss and elected to serve. He reached 40-30 but was taken to deuce before holding the game. In the second game, Zverev…
9 Nov 2018
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were split Friday over whether the season-ending ATP Finals should remain in London after 2020 as tennis chiefs consider where the event should be staged in future. The ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis, announced in August the opening of an international tender process to determine the future…
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