MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS : WHERE’S ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS ? RAFA ON THE OCEAN , ROGER WITH HIS FAMILY , DJOKOVIC ON HIS HONEYMOON & ANDY MURRAY ?

Written by: Staff on 16th July 2014

MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS : WHERE'S ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS ? RAFA ON THE OCEAN , ROGER WITH HIS FAMILY , DJOKOVIC ON HIS HONEYMOON & ANDY MURRAY ?

epa04302410 Roger Federer of Switzerland plays Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 06 July 2014. EPA/ANDY RAIN |

Editors Note : this is it. This is what you get when the top players take a break. Sorry. Sad. But true. The tennis season is almost 12 months. What tennis player wants to be away every single x mas season. If they are lucky they get x mas eve before it’s time to head to Australia. The players have this hot summer hard courts coming up. Everyone needs a break. Please enjoy Ricky’s summary. Without a doubt Ricky is one of tennis great young writers. He loves the game and his passion and knowledge of the sport are apparent.

Men’s tour news from Wednesday in Hamburg and Bogota

by Ricky Dimon

On Tuesday, seeded players went 5-1 at the bet-at-home Open and were one point away from going 6-0. To say the tide turned on Wednesday would be an understatement. Seeds were 0-6 at one point during second-round action and they finished with a 3-7 record (not including Gilles Simon’s walkover past Martin Klizan). Among those bowing out were 2013 finalists Fabio Fognini–the defending champion–and Federico Delbonis. In Bogota, meanwhile, Vasek Pospisil maintained momentum from his Wimbledon doubles title and Bernard Tomic notched a big win over Alejandro Falla.

Hamburg summary

It was another eventful day on the clay courts of Hamburg, where Germany’s own Alexander Zverev , Dustin Brown treated the home crowd to a pair of huge victories. One day after earning the first ATP-level match win of his career, the 17-year-old Zverev upset Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 7-5 to book a surprising spot in the last 16. Brown saved two match points, one with a crushing backhand and the second with a massive serve, before outlasting Fernando Verdasco in a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(8) thriller. Fellow Germans Philipp Kohlschreiber and Tobias Kamke advanced in more comfortable fashion, as Kohlschreiber ousted Gastao Elias 7-5, 6-1 and Kamke upended Delbonis 6-3, 6-4.

“I can’t explain my emotions right now,” Zverev said after the biggest win of his young career. “I don’t know if I am dreaming. I am really happy with the way I am playing and I am really happy to have won against a player who has been in the Top 10. One or two points mattered in both sets. I played some great points at the right moments.”

Bogota summary

Almost every day has been a good day for Canada on the tennis court of late, with Pospisil capturing the Wimbledon men’s doubles title, Milos Raonic reaching the semifinals at the All-England Club, and Genie Bouchard finishing runner-up in the season’s third Grand Slam. The trend continued on Wednesday in Bogota, as Pospisil defeated Alex Kuznetsov 7-5, 7-5 and Peter Polansky edged qualifier Nicolas Barrientos 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Pospisil is joined in the quarterfinals by Tomic, whom he will face on Friday after the Aussie beat Falla 6-1, 7-6(2). Radek Stepanek is also through to the last eight thanks to a 7-6(2), 6-2 dismissal of Guido Pella.

Briefs

* Fognini flames out to Krajinovic, will fall out of top 20 if Dolgopolov reaches Hamburg semis.

* Krajinovic likely up 17 positions to at least No. 132.

* Simon gets walkover from Klizan, into U.S. Open seed position at No. 33.

* Delbonis goes down to Kamke, will drop approximately 20 spots out of top 50.

* Zverev continues Hamburg run, will climb more than 50 places to around 230th.

* Brown outlasts Verdasco, storms into top 100 and even into top 90.

* Mayer maintains fine form but needs two more victories for top 40.

* Andujar takes care of lucky loser Bellucci, needs one more win for top 70.

* Lajovic downs Berlocq, will rise to top 70 and even to top 60 by reaching quarterfinals.

* Gonzalez rolls over De Bakker, needs one more win for top 70.

* Tomic up approximately 17 spots with Bogota quarterfinal, would be in top 100 with win on Friday.

* Loss to Tomic sends 2013 runner-up Falla down at least 17 places and out of top 70.

Topics: Alejandro Falla, Andy Murray, Atp, be-at-home Open, Bogota, Dustin Brown, Genie Bouchard, Gilles Simon, Hamburg, milos raonic, Novak, Rafa, Ricky Dimon, roger, Tennis, Tennis News, Vasek Pospisil

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