Reese Stalder served first when he and Jason Jung played Finn Reynolds and James Watt in their doubles quarter-final at the ATP Challenger tournament in Shanghai, but was facing...
Although they’ve each played against Sara Errani many times, and Erin Routliffe has also played against Errani and Jasmine Paolini with different partners, the only previous time...
Michael Venus had defeated one former partner when he and Yuki Bhambri beat Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz in the third round of doubles at the US Open, and he faced his most...
Australian left-hander Joshua Charlton is well-known to the New Zealand players, several of whom have played against or partnered him in doubles, so there weren’t going to be...
Thasaporn Naklo served first when she played Monique Barry in the first round of singles at Nakhon Pathom, the left-handed New Zealand qualifier making an immediate impact when...
Timea Babos held serve comfortably to start the doubles quarter-final at the US Open when she and Luisa Stefani played Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski, and then hit two...
Michael Venus has faced a fair few former doubles partners this year, and that run extended further when he and Yuki Bhambri played Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the third...
The advantage of having two New Zealanders play each other in any match is that one will progress to the next round. The disadvantage is that only one will move through, and the...
The match between Alex Klintcharov and Atharva Sharma looked like it could be quite good when they each held safely to start the match, Sharma doing so to love after the New...
Cristina Bucsa has had a great US Open, getting to the fourth round in singles as well as to the third round in doubles with partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez. She served first...
I’ve seen Gonzalo Escobar and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela plenty of times over the years, although more often in Challenger tournaments, but I’m pretty sure that their second round...
Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins have forged a useful partnership this year, but they still couldn’t really be expected to trouble third seeds Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski...
