Australian Open seed report
We won’t know for sure until Friday’s Australian Open draw ceremony, but the current rankings–and accompanying tournament seedings–tell us what can and cannot happen in Melbourne. […]
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2015 Australian Open qualifying picks
Australian Open qualifying gets underway on Wednesday in Melbourne. Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand, Joey Hanf of The Tennis Nerds, and Steen Kirby of Tennis East Coast make their predictions. […]
Australian Open means one thing : the Melbourne ad!
Tennis fans who will be enjoying their 2015 Australian Open experience via the ESPN family of networks can get ready for steady diet of the famous (infamous?) Melbourne commercial. It is literally aired during every commercial break. […]
Mission Impossible III: Predicting the Top 10 Americans at the end of 2015
The impossibly difficult annual tradition of attempting to predict the year-end top 10 American men continues with a third installment. A six-team panel is trying its hand, while the players in question try to bring the United States back to tennis prominence (relevance?). […]
Will the Big 4 restore slam order in 2015?
The 2015 Grand Slam season will be remembered for bookend stunners. This year’s borderline hard-to-believe results beg the question: is a new era upon us or will the Big 4 restore order to the Grand Slam proceedings in 2015? […]
Australian Open Day 7 picks, including Wawrinka vs. Robredo and Ferrer vs. Mayer
The Grandstand’s Ricky Dimon and Steen Kirby of Tennis East Coast preview and pick the best men’s singles matchups on Day 7 of the Australian Open. This is the seventh of 13 installments of expert picks during the season’s first Grand Slam. […]
Australian Open R4 preview and pick: Djokovic vs. Fognini
Novak Djokovic is one win away from the Australian Open quarterfinals, perhaps against familiar foe Stanislas Wawrinka. Standing in his way on Sunday, however, is Fabio Fognini. […]
Top 20 reasons why Anderson will beat Berdych
Kevin Anderson is 0-9 lifetime against Tomas Berdych and 4-22 in total sets. All nine losses have come in the last 25 months and Anderson has succumbed to Berdych in straight sets in two consecutive Australian Opens. So why will it be different this time around? […]
Australian Open R3 previews and picks: Murray vs. Lopez, Nishikori vs. Young
Andy Murray will continue his Australian Open campaign on Saturday against Feliciano Lopez. Kei Nishikori and Donald Young are also in search of a spot in the fourth round. […]
Australian Open R3 previews and picks: Djokovic vs. Istomin, Wawrinka vs. Pospisil
Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka are two rounds away from a rematch of last year’s Australian Open epic. They first have to get past Denis Istomin and Vasek Pospisil, respectively, on Friday. […]