Only two Davis Cup first-round sweeps were completed on Saturday, with the United States finishing off Serbia and Kazakhstan taking care of Switzerland. Ryan Harrison and Steve Johnson got the job done in doubles to send Team USA through to the quarterfinals against either Belgium or Hungary. […]
The United States will take Davis Cup wins any way they can get them during a decade-long drought without a title. It will certainly take two wins on the same day. Team USA got two wins on Friday and did it the hard way, battling past an undermanned but tough Serbian squad in a pair of singles rubbers. […]
The Davis Cup first-round tie between Germany and Australia is tied up 1-1 following the first day of action thanks to singles victories by Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios. Zverev got the visitors off to a strong start–just barely–by battling past Alex de Minaur before Kyrgios took care of Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. […]
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five…not 17, not 18, not 19…. No, Roger Federer is now the proud owner of 20 career Grand Slam titles. Federer extended his count to a full score by holding off Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the Australian Open final on Sunday night. […]
A thriller along the lines of last year’s Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal this was not. But it also wasn’t as routine as some of Federer’s frequent lightning-quick three-set beatdowns. During third-round action on Saturday, the 36-year-old held off Richard Gasquet 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 after one hour and 59 minutes. […]
Continuing his blistering pace Down Under, Rafael Nadal erased Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 during third-round action on Friday night. The world No. 1 fired four aces without double-faulting a single time and he broke Dzumhur seven times in just three short sets before prevailing in hone hour and 50 minutes. […]
Grigor Dimitrov bowed out of last summer’s U.S. Open in a surprising upset loss to Andrey Rublev. It’s fair to say the Bulgarian learned from his mistakes. Dimitrov took notes from that 2017 setback and turned in a smarter performance, getting revenge on Rublev 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in round three of the Australian Open. […]
Dealing–or failing to deal–with brutally hot conditions in Melbourne, Gael Monfils wilted soon after winning the opener as Novak Djokovic eventually pulled away for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory. In the latest installment of a matchup that never delivers, the six-time Aussie Open champion survived after two hours and 45 minutes.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s 2017 U.S. Open was closed shut in round two, with the door slammed by 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov. Tsonga made sure not to suffer the same fate at the 2018 Australian Open. Shapovalov could not cross the finish line this time around and Tsonga prevailed 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-5. […]
In his first official match since Wimbledon last summer, Novak Djokovic cruised past Donald Young 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 during first-round action at the Australian Open on Tuesday afternoon. Djokovic a whopping 25 break-point chances (converting six) while advancing in one hour and 51 minutes.
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