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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After a battle between one-time ASB Classic champions, Roberto Bautista Agut lifted the Auckland trophy for a second time by beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 on Saturday afternoon. In Sydney, meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev captured his first career ATP title with a three-set win over Alex de Minaur. […]
A pair of Frenchmen captured season-opening titles on Saturday. Both unseeded, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon lifted respective trophies at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha and the Tata Open in Pune. One day later, Nick Kyrgios got the job done in Brisbane with a straight-set victory over Ryan Harrison. […]
Switzerland won the Hopman Cup for the third time when it defeated Germany two matches to one on Saturday. Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic led the Swiss to the title, with Federer winning his singles match before they beat Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber in the deciding mixed doubles rubber. […]
The amazing Brisbane International run of Alex de Minaur came to end on Saturday with a 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 semifinal loss to Ryan Harrison. de Minaur put himself within two points of his first career ATP title match while serving at 5-4 in the second set tiebreaker, but Harrison recovered before prevailing in two hours and 37 minutes.
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