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 It was less chaotic than it might if been Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori had not withdrawn, but there was still plenty of intrigue with several players seeded lower than usual due to injury layoffs.Â
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Despite a myriad of injuries, Week 1 of the 2018 campaign is not without intrigue. Andy Murray is joined in Brisbane by recent Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov, Dominic Thiem is playing in Doha, and fellow 2017 London participant Marin Cilic is the No. 1 seed in Pune. […]
Dominic Thiem has always taken the court at every opportunity, so it comes as no surprise that he is getting his 2018 campaign started as soon as possible. In addition to playing the recent Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, Thiem will also be taking his talents to Doha this coming week for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.
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Tennis fans, gear yourself up for another epic year of Grand Slam action–starting with the eagerly anticipated Australian Open in Melbourne during the middle and latter stages of January. Roger Federer was crowned men’s champion in 2017 after defeating familiar foe Rafael Nadal in five sets. […]
The Grandstand has compiled its list of the Top 10 Matches of the Year for 2017. At No. 8 we have Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray in Doha, where they renewed their rivalry a couple of months after playing for the World Tour Finals title and No. 1 ranking at the end of the 2016 campaign. […]
Radek Stepanek announced his retirement from tennis earlier this month. The 39-year-old Czech, who last played at the Australian Open, underwent back surgery in March. He aimed for a return later this season but was unable to do so and eventually decided to call it quits.
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There is always that one match on which players–and fans–can look back and think how different things might have been had it gone the other way. Some cases, of course, are more extreme than others. But for all of the World Tour Finals qualifiers, and for those who missed out, let’s take a look at the matches that decided their year-end championship fate. […]
Novak Djokovic is expected to miss the rest of the summer, including the U.S. Open, because of a lingering elbow injury. A doctor in Djokovic’s native Serbia told the Sportski Zurnal newspaper that the current world No. 4 has a bone bruise from “excessive play.” […]
Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych will be squaring off for the 28th time in their careers when they meet again in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday. This is one of the most lopsided matchups on the current ATP Tour, with Djokovic holding a massive 25-2 lead in the head-to-head series. […]
Two of the Big 4 advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday. A third can do the same on Tuesday. The fourth, however, is no more at the All-England Club. Reigning French Open champion Rafael fell in five sets to Gilles Muller. […]
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