AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS NEWS ON AUSTRALIA DAY , NADAL BEATS ANDERSON , MURRAY TAKES OUT DIMITROV , BERDYCH THOMPS TOMIC

Written by: Staff on 25th January 2015

AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS NEWS ON AUSTRALIA DAY , NADAL BEATS ANDERSON , MURRAY TAKES OUT DIMITROV , BERDYCH THOMPS TOMIC

epa04582740 Rafael Nadal of Spain plays Kevin Anderson of South Africa during the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. EPA/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

TIDBITS OF MENS TENNIS RESULTS

Australian Open

Singles – Fourth Round: (3) R Nadal def. (14) K Anderson 7-5 6-1 6-4

When Rafael Nadal comes out of a funk, he really comes out of a funk! Hard to believe he could still lose the #3 ranking to Kei Nishikori. Of course, if he keeps playing like this, he won’t lose it. He leaves Kevin Anderson still at #15.

Singles – Fourth Round: (6) A Murray def. (10) G Dimitrov 6-4 6-7(5-7) 6-3 7-5

Bernard Tomic had harsh words about the scheduling here, but if anyone has cause to complain, it’s Grigor Dimitrov. Playing Andy Murray, one of Scotland’s most famous people, on Burns Night? Talk about tough. And the fates really did seem to be on Murray’s side. Dimitrov had managed to claw his way to 5-5 in the fourth, but then suffered an easy break — and smashed his racquet so hard that it broke into two pieces! Then, come match point, Murray won on a lucky net cord. How many endings do you see like that? “De’il the ane….” Murray seems to be on course for a meeting with Nadal, which would likely put him back in the Top Five; Dimitrov, who had the chance to pass Stan Wawrinka here and reach the Top Ten, will have to content himself with staying #11.

Andy Murray of Britain reacts against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in their fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament runs from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Filip Singer

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in action against Andy Murray of Britain in their fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament runs from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Barbara Walton

Singles – Fourth Round: (7) T Berdych def. B Tomic 6-2 7-6(7-3) 6-2

Bernard Tomic, as we said above, was very unhappy here; he thought he should have gotten a better court assignment. A better opponent assignment would no doubt have helped too, but that surely files under “luck of the draw.” It’s not helping Tomas Berdych much; he remains at #7, and needs at least two more wins to climb.

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in action against Bernard Tomic of Australia in their fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament runs from 19 January until 01 February 2015. Berdych won. EPA/Made Nagi

Singles – Fourth Round: N Kyrgios def. A Seppi 5-7 4-7 6-3 7-6(7-5) 8-6

This was every bit as close as the score. Three and a half hours. Nick Kyrgios had to save match point. And the winner was assured a Top Forty spot, with the loser having much worse odds — if it had been Kyrgios who had lost, it would have been no odds at all. Seppi still has a shot, but he’s only #40 in safe points, so it’s no sure thing. Kyrgios, the last Australian standing, by contrast clinches a career high; he’ll be at least #36, probably #35, and of course he still could go higher.

Nick Kyrgios of Australia celebrates his win against Andreas Seppi of Italy in their fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. EPA/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Doubles – Third Round: (2) Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin def. Becker/Sitak 6-2 6-4

Potentially a big win for Julien Benneteau; with this, he passes Daniel Nestor in the rankings, meaning he might end up as high as #4. Win his next one and he’ll pass Nenad Zimonjic, which would probably spell the #3 spot. Another win would take Eduard Roger-Vasselin past Nestor also, meaning that Nestor would be out of the Top Five.

Doubles – Third Round: Herbert/Mahut def. (8) Qureshi/Zimonjic 6-3 6-3

This was sure to hurt somebody, since Nicolas Mahut and Nenad Zimonjic were both semifinalists last year. For the moment, Zimonjic is still at #3, but as we noted above, he could easily lose that spot. We currently show the Top Ten as follows:

1..(1) Bryan………….12740

3..(3) Zimonjic………..5730

4..(5) Benneteau……….5530

5..(4) Nestor………….5480

6..(6) Roger-Vasselin…..5230

7..(7) Melo……………5030

8..(8) Granollers………4750

9..(9) Lopez…………..4570

10.(10) Peya……………4480

10.(10) Soares………….4480

Doubles – Third Round: Cuevas/Marrero def. Bolt/Whittington 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-3)

Doubles – Third Round: F Lopez/Mirnyi def. Erlich/Huey 7-5 6-3

Interesting to note that Feliciano Lopez is still standing in both singles and doubles. Quite an Open for him! That’s helped by such a great partner Max the beast Mirnyi.

Mixed Doubles – First Round: (3) Mladenovic/Nestor def. Zahlavova Strycova/Bopanna 6-2 3-6 10-4

Mixed rankings would make Mladenovic/Nestor the #1 seeds here, so obviously this is no surprise. Interesting to see Daniel Nestor play such a close contest against his regular partner Rohan Bopanna, though.

Mixed Doubles – First Round: (4) Hlavackova/Peya def. Kops-Jones/Lipsky 6-1 6-3

Hlavackova and Peya are both out of ordinary doubles, so this is some small consolation.

Mixed Doubles – First Round: (7) Hingis/Paes def. Jovanovic/Thompson 6-2 7-6(7-2)

Surprisingly close, considering the Australians’ lack of experience.

Martina Hingis of Switzerland (L) and her mixed doubles partner Leander Paes of India in action against Masa Jovanovic and Sam Thompson, both from Australia, in their mixed doubles match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament runs from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Narendra Shrestha

Mixed Doubles – First Round: Dellacqua/Peers def. (8) Peschke/Matkowski 7-5 6-4

Here we have another blow to Mixed rankings, which would have promoted Peschke/Matkowski to #5. It has not been a good event for Mixed rankings so far. This may be another case where the amount of history included in the Mixed rankings is too much, since Peschke and Matkowski both seem to be in funks.

Mixed Doubles – First Round: Raymond/Lindstedt def. An. Rodionova/Farah 6-3 6-2

Once again, both our winners are out of ordinary doubles. And they are probably both pretty hungry, Raymond because she’s in such lousy form and Lindstedt because he failed to defend his title in men’s doubles.

Mixed Doubles – First Round: Chang/Zhang def. Groenefeld/Rojer 6-2 4-6 10-6

A huge upset by any ranking system imaginable….

Mixed Doubles – First Round: Klepac/Guccione def. Hradecka/Tecau 6-1 7-5

Biggest Upward Mover — Most Places Moved (Top 100)

Leader: Viktor Troicki — Moved 38 places, from #92 to #54.

Troicki won Sydney for the first title of his comeback, and only the second of his career.

Runner-Up: Jiri Vesely — Moved 63 places, from #63 to #39

Vesely won Auckland for his first-ever title.

Biggest Percentage Mover — Cut Ranking By Highest Percent (Top 100)

Leader: Troicki, cut ranking 41%.

Runner-Up: Vesely, 38%.

Biggest Loser — Most Places Lost (Top 100)

Loser: Federico Delbonis, Marcel Granollers, and Vasek Pospisil all lost five places.

Because no events came off this week, no one lost any points. The only reason players fell in the rankings is because others passed them. Eleven players lost three places, three lost four places, and these three lost five, but the difference in all cases is mostly where they stood in the rankings. Granollers, Pospisil, and Delbonis were all between #53 and #57, and a lot of players rocketed from below #60 to around #50.

Biggest Percentage Loser — Worst Percentage Increase in Ranking (Top 100)

Ranking Notes

Because this week saw points come on but not go off, it was much easier to rise than to fall — but even upward moves were hard because so few points were in play. On the downward side, as we see above, there were hardly any moves at all, and none more than 10% (Sock actually fell 9.8%). On the up side, we had four big moves, by the week’s four finalists: Troicki, up 41%; Vesely, up 38%; Mikhail Kukushkin, up 23% (to #51), and Adrian Mannarino, up 18% (to a career-high #36). But no one else rose as much as 8%; the next-best mover was Julien Benneteau, up 7.4% (from #27 to #25 — a gain he has since lost).

Our Personal Picks for “Best Laugh of the Week”

The American broadcasters talking about “ROOTING ” for a player ………

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of January 25, 1015

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11225

2..(2) Federer…………9245

3..(3) Nadal…………..5745

4..(5) Nishikori……….5025

5..(6) Murray………….4675

6..(8) Raonic………….4665

7..(7) Berdych…………4300

8..(9) Cilic…………..4105

9.(10) Ferrer………….3965

10..(4) Wawrinka………..3550

11.(11) Dimitrov………..3465

12.(12) Tsonga………….2560

13.(13) Gulbis………….2420

14.(14) Lopez…………..2220

15.(15) Anderson………..2125

16.(16) Bautista Agut……1975

17.(17) Robredo…………1845

18.(21) Isner…………..1765

19.(20) Simon…………..1730

20.(19) Monfils…………1725

21.(22) Goffin………….1664

22.(18) Fognini…………1620

23.(24) Kohlschreiber……1460

24.(23) Dolgopolov………1420

25.(27) Karlovic………..1400

26.(26) MayerL………….1389

27.(25) Benneteau……….1355

28.(28) Gasquet…………1350

29.(30) Rosol…………..1245

30.(29) Cuevas………….1217

DRAWS

Australian Open — Week of January 19

……………….3R………………4R………….QF

1 Djokovic………(1)Djokovic………Djokovic

31 Verdasco……..(31)Verdasco

19 Isner………..(19)Isner

13 Bautista Agut…Muller…………..Muller

12 Lopez………..(12)Lopez………..Lopez

17 Monfils………Janowicz

25 Benneteau…….Becker

8 Raonic………..(8)Raonic………..Raonic

4 Wawrinka………(4)Wawrinka………Wawrinka

27 Cuevas……….Nieminen

21 Dolgopolov……Pospisil

16 Fognini………Garcia-Lopez……..Garcia-Lopez

9 Ferrer………..(9)Ferrer………..Ferrer

18 Simon………..(18)Simon

30 Giraldo………Johnson

5 Nishikori……..(5)Nishikori……..Nishikori

7 Berdych……….(7)Berdych……….Berdych……Berdych

26 L Mayer………Troicki

22 Kohlschreiber…Tomic……………Tomic

11 Gulbis……….Groth

14 Anderson……..(14)Anderson……..Anderson

24 Gasquet………(24)Gasquet

28 Rosol………..Sela

3 Nadal…………(3)Nadal…………Nadal……..Nadal

6 Murray………..(6)Murray………..Murray…….Murray

32 Klizan……….Sousa

20 Goffin……….Baghdatis

10 Dimitrov……..(10)Dimitrov……..Dimitrov

15 Robredo………Jaziri

23 Karlovic……..Kyrgios………….Kyrgios…..Kyrgios

29 Chardy……….Seppi……………Seppi

2 Federer……….(2)Federer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Federer………..lost 2R (Seppi)

3 Nadal

4 Wawrinka

5 Nishikori

6 Murray

7 Berdych

8 Raonic

9 Ferrer

10 Dimitrov………lost 4R (Murray)

11 Gulbis………..lost 1R (Kokkinakis)

12 Lopez

13 Bautista Agut….lost 2R (Muller)

14 Anderson

15 Robredo……….lost 1R (Roger-Vasselin)

16 Fognini……….lost 1R (A. Gonzalez)

17 Monfils……….lost 2R (Lopez)

18 Simon…………lost 3R (Ferrer)

19 Isner…………lost 3R (Muller)

20 Goffin………..lost 2R (Baghdatis)

21 Dolgopolov…….lost 1R (Lorenzi)

22 Kohlschreiber….lost 2R (Tomic)

23 Karlovic………lost 2R (Kyrgios)

24 Gasquet……….lost 3R (Anderson)

25 Benneteau……..lost 1R (Becker)

26 L Mayer……….lost 2R (Troicki)

27 Cuevas………..lost 1R (Bachinger)

28 Rosol…………lost 2R (Sela)

29 Chardy………..lost 2R (Seppi)

30 Giraldo……….lost 2R (Johnson)

31 Verdasco………lost 3R (Djokovic)

32 Klizan………..lost 2R (Sousa)

SCORES

SUNDAY

Australian Open

Singles – Fourth Round

(3) R Nadal def. (14) K Anderson 7-5 6-1 6-4

(6) A Murray def. (10) G Dimitrov 6-4 6-7(5-7) 6-3 7-5

(7) T Berdych def. B Tomic 6-2 7-6(7-3) 6-2

N Kyrgios def. A Seppi 5-7 4-7 6-3 7-6(7-5) 8-6

Doubles – Third Round

(2) Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin def. Becker/Sitak 6-2 6-4

Herbert/Mahut def. (8) Qureshi/Zimonjic 6-3 6-3

Cuevas/Marrero def. Bolt/Whittington 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-3)

F Lopez/Mirnyi def. Erlich/Huey 7-5 6-3

Mixed Doubles – First Round

(3) Mladenovic/Nestor def. Zahlavova Strycova/Bopanna 6-2 3-6 10-4

(4) Hlavackova/Peya def. Kops-Jones/Lipsky 6-1 6-3

(7) Hingis/Paes def. Jovanovic/Thompson 6-2 7-6(7-2)

Dellacqua/Peers def. (8) Peschke/Matkowski 7-5 6-4

Raymond/Lindstedt def. An. Rodionova/Farah 6-3 6-2

Chang/Zhang def. Groenefeld/Rojer 6-2 4-6 10-6

Klepac/Guccione def. Hradecka/Tecau 6-1 7-5

Content via Bob Larson tennis news.

Topics: Andreas Seppi, Andy Murray, Atp, Australia Day, Australian Open, Bernard Tomic, GRIGOR DIMITROV, Kei Nishikori, Kevin Anderson, Leander Paes, Martina Hingis, Melbourne, Nick Kyrgios, Rafa, Tennis Results, Tomas Berdych

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