The competitive fire is certainly burning in the muscular frame of Rafa Nadal who won the Barcelona Open title for a record breaking 10th time...
READ MOREMurray and Nadal squeeze through
by Henry Wancke | Apr 29, 2017 | ATP Tour, WTA Tour
The top two seeds at the Barcelona Open survived scares before progressing into the semi-finals whilst Maria Sharapova continues to take advantage of her wildcard at the...
Nadal makes it ten
by Henry Wancke | Apr 24, 2017 | ATP Tour
Rafa Nadal made history on Sunday when he won his 10th Monte Carlo Masters title, a modern-day record for any player at an event to really re-enforce the Spaniard from...
Nadal edges nearer to No10
by Henry Wancke | Apr 23, 2017 | ATP Tour
The Monte Carlo Masters will feature and All-Spanish final with Rafa Nadal the heavy favourite to collect his 10th title at the Principality at the expense of Albert...
Djokovic is latest casualty
by Henry Wancke | Apr 22, 2017 | ATP Tour
Rafa Nadal now looks to be favourite to collect an unprecedented 10th Monte Carlo Masters title as the world number two followed his rival Andy Murray’s defeat of...
Murray and Edmund make their marks
by Henry Wancke | Apr 20, 2017 | ATP Tour
It was an apprehensive Andy Murray that turned up on the main show court for his first match at the Monte Carlo Masters which was also his first match since Miami, five...
Further Reading

Wimbledon | Keys stops Andreeva run to face Rybakina next
Jul 10, 2023
As if the drama of the night before at The Championships wasn’t enough to bear, the Last 16 contest between Madison Keys and Mirra Andreeva, out on No 2 Court at 11am, provided plenty of twists and turns to keep fans on the edge of their seats on Monday at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon | Murray calls for earlier starts
Jul 10, 2023
Andy Murray has hinted and his former coach Brad Gilbert has declared that Wimbledon should bring forward the start times on Centre Court by an hour, to 12.30.

Wimbledon | Svitolina surges past Azarenka into Swiatek quarter-final
Jul 10, 2023
As Iga Swiatek battled for survival in the Last 16 against Belinda Bencic on Centre Court on Sunday, the World No 1’s next opponent, Elina Svitolina, also came through the fire against Victoria Azarenka, fighting from behind to win through to the quarter-finals, 2-6...

Wimbledon | Swiatek survives Bencic to reach first quarter-final on grass
Jul 10, 2023
Late on Sunday afternoon there were two thrilling Last 16 matches, which saw Iga Swiatek seriously challenged and Elena Svitolina producing a remarkable fightback, which is reported elsewhere on Tennis Threads [Click HERE].

Wimbledon | Rublev thanks his lucky stars
Jul 10, 2023
While Novak Djokovic is being pummelled by aces from Hubert Hurkacz who has notched up 22 so far during their match which was suspended with the Serb leading the Pole by two-sets to love, there is still a gap in the quarter final line up which he will surely fill by...