Latest posts by Simon Zeitler
Jannik Sinner – the best Italian of all time?
Within a year from “Alcarazmania” we have another phenomenon on tour, that can be seen on every poster for the ATP – Jannik Sinner. The Italian superstar has quickly risen from promising talent to the best Italian to ever play, and his country is head over heels for their new hero. Everyone who has recently […]
Is 2024 the year of ATP retirements?
Right before the Rome Masters we were hit with a number of retirement announcements, Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman join an illustrate round of players, that will retire after the 2024 season. For me personally, many of these players have been either childhood idols or players that I loved to watch for many years. Is […]
The final preparation – Preview Geneva and Lyon
With just one week to go until the second Slam of the year, there are still two 250s ongoing on the ATP circuit. And there is one big surprise – the World No.1 Novak Djokovic is actually playing the Geneva tournament, something we have not seen in a decade. A little preview of those two […]
Italian Open Final Preview: Zverev vs Jarry
And for the second consecutive Masters final we have a rather surprising matchup in Alexander Zverev against Nicolas Jarry. The German and Chilenean will battle for the last clay court Masters title of the year on Sunday – let us have a look at their ways into the final and their head-to-head. Their season and […]
Another episode of Swiatek against Sabalenka
And here we are again – just as in Madrid two weeks ago, the WTA Masters final in Rome is another episode of Iga Swiatek against Aryna Sabalenka. The two top stars had a bit of different paths into yet another matchup, but their rivalry seems to get more and more intense. What happened in […]
ATP Masters Rome 2024: Semifinals Preview
After an exciting day of women’s semifinals and men’s quarters, we are going into the semifinals for the men. And as mentioned, the consistency that we were used to in the ATP, now seems to have switched to the women. The men’s draw now is wide open after the withdrawals of Sinner and Alcaraz, and […]
WTA Semifinals Preview – Rome 2024
Here we are in the new WTA era, where consistency seems to be a thing. Once again, the top players battle it out in the semifinals today, only missing Elena Rybakina, who needed to pull out due to illness before the event. Semifinal #1 Swiatek vs Gauff, 15.00 CET And our first semifinal of course […]
First week of Rome Masters: what we know so far!
The first week of action at the 2024 Rome Masters is done and dusted. What did we learn from it, aside of thermos flasks being a dangerous object? Let us investigate the surprises and developments so far and what they mean for the road to Roland Garros. ATP: Both GOATs are out of the tournament. […]
Rublev vs Auger-Aliassime: ATP Madrid Masters Final
Well, here it is – maybe one of the most unexpected and unusual finals of a Masters 1000 in recent history, the 2024 Madrid final between Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Most probably there has never been a finalist, who had three opponents retire in one tournament, but that is only part of the story. […]
Swiatek vs Sabalenka – Madrid WTA Final Preview
So here it is, the women’s final in Madrid 2024 is all set and in line with the rivalries we expected, it is the 2023 final re-match: Iga Swiatek against Aryna Sabalenka. The World No. 1 and 2 will fight for the Masters title on Saturday again and we want to have a look into […]
