The action is heating up ahead of the US Open. Alex Mann is back with a summary and a look at this week’s exciting Cincinnati Masters. This week in tennis (w33) – Cincinnati Masters Before we get into the predictions for the Cincinnati Masters, let’s summarize week 32. Simona Halep is back into the top 10 The first of two back-to-back Masters 1000 events concluded with Simona Halep and Pablo Carreno Busta lifting the men’s and women’s titles in Canada. Simona Halep defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to win her 3rd Canadian Open title and 9th Masters title …
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We will see the big 4 at the Laver Cup 2022 in London between Sep 23-25. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray will all join Team Europe. The previous Laver Cups have been relatively one-sided and with the kind of dream team Europe turn up with in 2022, it’s difficult to see another result than a pretty straightforward win. That would be the fourth win in a row and means that Team World hasn’t won a single Laver Cup title. If this trend continues, it will likely diminish the event’s stature. It’s not that Team World is bad by any means. …
We’re in the middle of the US hard court swing and drawing closer to the fourth grand slam of the year. Who will win the men’s US Open? There is still uncertainty about whether Novak Djokovic will be able to play to being unvaccinated. If he plays, he will be the main favorite. But we have many other players that can threaten Novak even on a good day. The usual suspects Rafael Nadal is back in action in Cincinnati after sitting out for a while due to injury. He will chase slam title number 23 while Novak hunts down 22. …
Alex Mann is back with his take on This Week in Tennis (32). He will give his predictions for the Canadian Masters (ATP and WTA 1000). Before we get into Alex’ Canadian Masters predictions, we will summarize another exciting week of tennis (31). Kyrgios and Medvedev winners This week saw men’s world number 1, Daniil Medvedev, lift his first trophy of the season, beating Cameron Norrie in Los Cabos, Mexico. It was a tough opening set, which saw both players break one another before Medvedev took the advantage, narrowly winning 7-5. Medvedev went from strength to strength as Norrie struggled …
While it’s not Flushing Meadows in popularity, the Washington Open (called Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the USA. This year, it’ll be held for the 53rd time. Surprisingly, this is only the first Citi Open since 2019. Three years have passed since the last one, with many players eager to fight for the crown. The Citi Open is part of the ATP Tour 500 Series and the WTA 250 of the WTA Tour. The tournament started on August 1 and will last for a week, with the final scheduled for August …
Alex Mann is back with another edition of This Week in Tennis covering week 30 with tournaments in Atlanta, Kitzbühel, Umag, Prague and Warsaw. TOURNAMENT PREDICTIONS – THIS WEEK IN TENNIS (30) It’s been an action-packed week of tennis. Bernarda Pera’s perfect post-Wimbledon form continued as she defeated Anett Kontaveit to win the Hamburg European Open. Pera backed up last week’s win in Budapest with another title on the clay in Germany. The 27-year-old hadn’t won a WTA Tour level title until last week. She has now won two titles in consecutive weeks. Magical Musetti Lorenzo Musetti conjured his magical …
It’s the last day of the third grand slam of the year and it’s time for our Wimbledon 2022 Men’s Final Prediction by Alex Mann. Wimbledon 2022 Men’s Final Prediction We witnessed a fantastic final which saw Elena Rybakina lift the Venus Rosewater Dish, as she came back to defeat Ons Jabeur in 3 thrilling sets. Rybakina wrote her name in the history books, becoming the first Kazakh tennis player to win a major title. Ons Jabeur got off to the best start in the match, taking an early lead, as Ryabkina struggled to adjust to the Tunisian’s low skidding …
It’s final weekend and Alex Mann is giving his Wimbledon 2022 Women’s Final Prediction. Who do you pick for the title? Rybakina or Jabeur? Wimbledon 2022 Women’s Final Prediction On Day 1, the Wimbledon men’s and women’s tournament started with 128 players in each draw. Now only two men and two women remain, battling it out to become the Wimbledon Champion 2022. Yesterday, we saw the remaining semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie. Men’s Semi-Final Summary Djokovic once again reached the Wimbledon final, defeating first-time major semi-finalist Cameron Norrie in 4 sets to progress to his 32nd major final. …
It’s getting closer! Alex Mann is back with Wimbledon 2022 Semi-Final Predictions. We have some exciting matches on our hands! Wimbledon 2022 Semi-Final Predictions The last day of the quarter-finals went off with a bang as Nadal, Kyrgios, Rybakina, and Halep progressed to the semi-final stage of Wimbledon, moving one step closer to the title. Rafael Nadal produced an unbelievable comeback to defeat Taylor Fritz in five sets. Two sets to one up on an injured Nadal, Fritz looked on the verge of making his first major semi-final. Rafa’s fighting spirit and willpower saw him through with a depleted serve, …
Alex Mann is back with his Wimbledon 2022 quarter-final predictions. Who will join Novak and Norrie in the semi-finals? Wimbledon 2022 Quarter-final Predictions It was a day of comebacks at The All England Club as Novak Djokovic, Cameron Norrie, Tatjana Maria, and Ons Jabeur all fought back to reach the semi-final of Wimbledon. Djokovic reminded us why he is a 6-time Wimbledon champion, coming back from two sets down to defeat Jannik Sinner. The Serb produced outstanding shotmaking, including a fully-stretched sliding backhand pass, to reach his 11th Wimbledon semi-final. The fairy-tale story continues for Tatjana Maria as she came …