Barcelona

Tsitsipas throttles another Italian
- By Bill Scott
- . July 19, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas stretched his career-long domination of Italians on Friday with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Fabio Fognini to reach the Swiss Open Gstaad semi-finals

Alpine clay marks the comfort zone for Tsitsipas
- By Bill Scott
- . July 16, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas has put a mediocre grass season in the rear view mirror as theĀ Greek steps back onto clay in the run-up to the Paris

Toni Nadal can’t promise his nephew will play RG
- By Bill Scott
- . May 21, 2024
Rafael Nadal is training on the clay at Roland Garros this week, but even that sign might be enough to guarantee that the Spanish icon

Nadal willing to risk it all to be ready for Roland
- By Bill Scott
- . May 10, 2024
Rafael Nadal has vowed to risk even more injury to try and front up ready for the French Open in just over a fortnight, with

Nadal yearns for the good old 5-set final days
- By Bill Scott
- . May 8, 2024
Rafael Nadal confessed on Wednesday that he misses the five-set finals that characterised his first two titles at the Rome Masters. The Spaniard who is

Alcaraz agony: Spaniard withdraws from Rome
- By Bill Scott
- . May 3, 2024
The injury-marred season of Carlos Alcaraz jumped from bad to worse on Friday as the unfit Spaniard withdrew from Wednesday’s start of the Rome Masters.

Nadal remains cautious about his Roland Garros scenario
- By Bill Scott
- . April 25, 2024
Rafael Nadal will step gingerly onto court at the Madrid Open to face teenaged wild card Darwin Blanche. But Spain’s clay-court master has cast further doubt on

Barcelona title win worth the wait for Ruud
- By Bill Scott
- . April 21, 2024
Casper Ruud took revenge for a finals loss a week ago, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Barcelona Open. The sixth-ranked Norwegian

Tsitsipas sets up Barca reprise of Monte Carlo final
- By Bill Scott
- . April 20, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud will re-play last weekend’s Monte Carlo final in Barcelona after both moved through to the Spanish title match on Saturday.

Ruud switches off the stress to reach Barca final
- By Bill Scott
- . April 20, 2024
Casper Ruud dismissed any stressful fears and put his game into auto-mode for a 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory over Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Barcelona