Latest posts by Simon Zeitler
ATP 500 Halle 2024: A quick recap
Last week hosted the only two ATP500 tournaments on grass, Halle and Queens. I was lucky to visit the German grass tournament myself and see the semifinals in person, which gave some great tennis and possibly also a look into the early Wimbledon favorites. But who really excelled in Westfalen and who still has some […]
Forever waiting? Why the Zverev gen struggles so much winning slams
The 2024 French Open champion is Carlos Alcaraz. The 21-year-old from El Palmar has won his already third Slam, coming on the third different surface as well. His fellow next-gen star Jannik Sinner won his maiden Slam in Australia and sits at World No. 1, also at just 22 years old. But the previous next-gen […]
The special surface: Players to stand out on grass!
The grass season is very special, you either like or hate it apparently. While I agree with some tennis fans that the rallies are shorter and less exciting at times, it also creates a completely different style of tennis. And in turn, that supports players, who aren’t in the spotlight for most of the year […]
Will Swiatek finally conquer the grass this year?
With the bigger part of the clay season in the rear mirror, we are in the short but buzzing grass season, where the change of surface is one of the biggest challenges in this sport. And the WTA World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is amongst those players, who struggle with this change. Why is this […]
Roland Garros Final Preview and Odds – Zverev vs Alcaraz
The 2024 Roland Garros Men’s final is all set and promises to be a nail-biter – Alexander “Sascha” Zverev against Carlos “Carlitos” Alcaraz. The clash between the German and the Spaniard is the first final in two decades without Federer, Nadal or Djokovic, which makes this encounter feel like the start of a new era. […]
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 […]
