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 It was less chaotic than it might if been Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori had not withdrawn, but there was still plenty of intrigue with several players seeded lower than usual due to injury layoffs.
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Tomas Berdych won Wednesday’s Tie Break Tens tournament at Melbourne Park, where eight players participated in a bracket format involving super-tiebreakers (first to 10 points, win by two). Berdych beat Rafael Nadal 10-5 in the final. […]
The 2018 Australian Open has already been plagued by a couple of withdrawals and it could be especially chaotic with once-injured top players seeded lower than they should be, but the season’s first Grand Slam got a boost on Tuesday with positive news from Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka. […]
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. […]
Even with Rafael Nadal and Kei Nishikori on the sideline, the 250-point event in Brisbane features an impressive field of 28 led by top seed and 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov. The other three first-round bye recipients are Andy Murray, Milos Raonic, and Nick Kyrgios. […]
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. […]
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer monopolized the four Grand Slam titles in 2017 and finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, by a country mile. Juan Carlos Ferrero, for one, does not anticipate a similar story in 2018. Ferrero, of course, is especially bullish on the player he coaches: Alexander Zverev. […]
The Grandstand has compiled its list of the Top 10 Matches of the Year for 2017. Its penultimate installment reflects on an epic Australian Open final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer prevailed in five sets to extend his Grand Slam title lead over Nadal to three. […]
The Grandstand has compiled its list of the Top 10 Matches of the Year for 2017. No. 3 is a five-set Australian Open battle between Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov, won by the Spaniard to set up a showdown in the title match against Roger Federer. The second semifinal lasted almost five hours. […]
Roger Federer is the oddsmakers’ current title favorite for the 2018 Australian Open. And why not? The Swiss is the defending champion and coming off a season in which he compiled a 52-5 record with seven titles (two majors: Aussie and Wimbledon). Federer also finished it in good health, despite losing to Goffin at the Nitto ATP Finals.
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