Arguably the second best of the four February weeks is coming up, with tournaments in Rotterdam, New York, and Buenos Aires. It has the possibility of generating more headlines than any other week in February, as Roger Federer is waging an unexpected assault on the No. 1 ranking. Federer took a late wild card into Rotterdam. […]
A blockbuster quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Marin Cilic is on tap for Tuesday at the Australian Open. A more surprising one pits Grigor Dimitrov against Kyle Edmund. Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand and Joey Hanf of Cliff Drysdale Tennis preview the two matchups and make their picks. […]
Grigor Dimitrov and Nick Kyrgios will be squaring off for the fourth time in their careers and for the second time already this season when they battle for a spot in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday. Kyrgios had been 0-2 in the head-to-head series before he scored a recent 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the Brisbane semifinals. […]
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. […]
The Australian Open third round begins on Friday, and it begins with a bang in the form of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Nick Kyrgios and Grigor Dimitrov vs. Andrey Rublev. Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand and Pete Ziebron of Tennis Acumen preview four of the best matchups and make their picks.
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A relatively loaded bottom half of the Australian Open draw features Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, David Goffin, and Juan Martin Del Potro. Rafael Nadal seemingly has a friendlier path on the other side, where reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov also resides along with Nick Kyrgios.
The 2018 Australian Open draw ceremony was held on Thursday night in Melbourne. It was less chaotic than it might if been Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori had not withdrawn, but there was still plenty of intrigue with several players seeded lower than usual due to injury layoffs.
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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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The Australian faithful will have one of their own in each Brisbane semifinal on Saturday. One (Nick Kyrgios) is expected; the other (Alex de Minaur) most definitely is not. Kyrgios is going up against Grigor Dimitrov, while de Minaur is facing Ryan Harrison. […]
Grigor Dimitrov and Nick Kyrgios are the last two remaining seeds in Brisbane and they are on a collision course for the semifinals. They first have to get past Kyle Edmund and Alexandr Dolgopolov, respectively, during quarterfinal action on Friday. […]
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