Wimbledon is heating up with some quarter-final action. Here is Alex Mann with more Wimbledon 2022 Predictions for day 9. Wimbledon 2022 Predictions – Day 9 There was some spellbinding tennis on offer on day 8 of The Championships. Simona Halep displayed the most impressive tournament performance so far, defeating Paula Badosa 6-1 6-2 emphatically. Halep faces another test against Anisimova, who defeated the giant killer Harmony Tan in the next round. Can anyone stop the Romanian? Nick Kyrgios dug in to win a tight five-set match against the up-and-coming American, Brandon Nakashima. Kyrgios has made his first Wimbledon quarter-final …
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This has not been an easy year for Wimbledon predictions. But Alex Mann has done a decent job so far. Here are his thoughts about day 8. Wimbledon predictions – Day 8, 2022 Day 7 saw the introduction of a new Wimbledon tradition. Middle Sunday, synonymous with being a day of rest, saw a full scheduled day of fourth-round matches for the first time. Play at The All England Club has only occurred on Middle Sunday four times in its history, but this was the first time the day had been added to the Wimbledon schedule. It seemed fitting that …
Alex Mann is back with his Wimbledon 2022 predictions, this time it’s day 7, including Djokovic, Jabeur and Alcaraz. Wimbledon 2022 predictions – Day 7 We have just witnessed a whirlwind of a day at The Championships. Eight years after she beat Serena Williams, Alize Cornet repeated her heroic win over number one’s at Wimbledon, defeating Iga Swiatek and ending her 37-match winning streak. Rafa Nadal was impressive with a straight-sets win over Lorenzo Sonego, his best tournament performance so far. The Nick Kyrgios show was on full display, as he knocked out the number 4 seed, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in four …
It’s time for Wimbledon 2022 day 6 predictions by Alex Mann. We’re getting close to the second week and the action is heating up. Wimbledon 2022 Day 6 Predictions Day 5 was fast and furious, with all singles matches on Centre and Court 1 finishing in straight sets. There were dominant performances from Jabeur, Djokovic, Alcaraz, and Norrie, as well as impressive wins for Heather Watson, Elise Mertens, Tatjana Maria and Jannik Sinner. Let’s look forward to an action-packed Saturday with the likes of Swiatek, Nadal, Halep and Kyrgios taking to the court. Ps. If you want to bet on …
Heading into the French Open, Carlos Alcaraz was one of the hot favorites to win the tournament alongside Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. He crashed out in the quarter-finals after losing to Alexander Zverev but retains the confidence that he’s ready to go again at Wimbledon and could land the big prize. It’s fair to say that in elite sports, you must always retain confidence in your ability. And, after a four-set loss at the quarter-final stage at Roland Garros, you’d find many who don’t then fancy their chances at Wimbledon a few weeks later. But nineteen-year-old Spaniard Alcaraz doesn’t …
Matteo Berrettini came back from injury with a bang! Berrettini wins BOSS Open, defeating Andy Murray in the final 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Berrettini wins BOSS Open, which is the second time he wins the grass-court tournament in Stuttgart. In 2019 he won it after a spectacular week. This time he said he wasn’t his best but still managed to get through the draw and showed the world that he is one player to watch for the rest of the grass-court season. “It is unbelievable. It was obviously a goal [to win the title], but I thought it would be really, …
Nobody in the long and distinguished history of Wimbledon has hoisted a famous trophy aloft in SW19 on more occasions than Roger Federer. The Swiss superstar has been crowned king of Centre Court on eight occasions. Said record places him – in the Open era – one clear of American icon Pete Sampras and two ahead of Serbian supremo Novak Djokovic, who will believe that he still has at least a couple of sustained challenges left in him. Whatever happens from here, even if he is eventually toppled from the top of a notable roll of honour, there will always …
The men’s semi-final of the French Open didn’t quite provide the right amount of drama. Zverev (image) took a nasty fall against Nadal and had to retire. Before his horrible fall that rolled his ankle and forced him to leave the court in a wheelchair, he had given Nadal a real test. He had dominated much of the match, but Rafa had fought the best he could. The Spaniard was down a break for most of the first set, but also had set points at 4-5 in a topsy-turvy start. Zverev was 6-2 up in the tie-break, but Nadal played …
Carlos Alcaraz has breezed through the fourth round after a complicated second round match. It’s clear that he believes in his chances to win his first slam. Alcaraz is only 19 years old, yet he has more power and composure than the rest of the tour’s more senior players. Some of his forehand returns quickly outpaced his more experienced opponent, not because of position but because of the sheer speed he canconjure. Alcaraz believes Before the start of the tournament, the 19-year-old stated that he believed he has the capacity to compete well in Grand Slams. “I’m ready to play in …
We are now just days away from the 2022 Roland Garros event. And as the draw has now been made, people are getting rather curious as to who might win the event. If you’ve seen the draw, you’ll know that the top half is heavily stacked. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that someone from the top half will win. After all, anything can happen on the clay courts of Paris. And although it might be sad to say, it does feel like Nadal is losing his grip on his dominance over the tournament. Then again, Djokovic is also involved in …