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By Val Febbo
As we hit the culmination of the ATP Tour in 2020, reflecting on the season that was is a reminder that this calendar year is one that historians will always turn their attention to, as...
By Val Febbo
After twelve glorious editions of the ATP Finals the tennis circuit says goodbye to London after arguably its most exciting tournament yet.
The 2020 event that saw Daniil Medvedev...
By Val Febbo
Since the ATP Finals first descended on London in 2009 Russia has endured a lean patch at the event, with only Nikolay Davydenko reaching this iconic event before Daniil Medvedev in...
By Val Febbo
Tiebreaks have been a symbol of Dominic Thiem’s success in 2020, with his most famous one being in the decisive fifth set of the US Open final against Alexander Zverev in which...
By Callum Metcher
When it comes to an athlete’s recovery there is nothing more important than sleep. Sleep makes up around one-third of an athlete’s schedule so if you’re looking...
By Joel Fruci
The most unique ATP season ever culminates with the year-end finals from 15 November, and The Tennis Menu will be covering it all with a series of daily shows.
The round-robin...
By Val Febbo
Whilst we all recollect the greats that have won this event, like Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Sampras, Agassi, Borg, Lendl, Hewitt, Connors, Nastase and copious more, there is a plethora...
By Val Febbo
Over the past month Alexander Zverev has endured a rollercoaster ride, conquering the back-to-back events in Cologne before a final in Paris, whilst also discovering that he would...
By Val Febbo
Only three men had won over 1,000 matches before this week, Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan Lendl (1,068).
The thousand win club now has a fourth member, Rafael...
By Val Febbo
After John Millman’s maiden ATP title in Nur-Sultan we looked through the magnificent stories of five players on the ATP Tour who had broken through on the circuit for the first...
By Val Febbo
After John Millman’s maiden ATP title in Nur-Sultan over the weekend, he joined an illustrious group of players to break through for their maiden triumph after the age of 30,...
By Val Febbo
With one tournament to go in Linz coming up the WTA calendar is almost at its conclusion after one of the craziest years in living memory thanks to Covid-19.
We have seen a shutdown...
