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On Sunday in Melbourne, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) became the first Canadian to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam since Patricia Hy-Boulais at the U.S. Open in 1992.
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Not a huge surprise given current form, but Caroline Wozniacki was defending fourth round points. She will lose her Top Ten spot. Garbine Muguruza is up to #35 -- and seems sure to climb even higher. Maybe not this week, but soon.
So much for the potentially dramatic rematch of the Doha final. Gael Monfils will almost certainly return to the Top Thirty, but just barely.
The Australian Open is well into its second week and we found out tonight that we will have a new mens champion. As Stanislas Wawrinka took out the 3 time defending champion Novak Djokovic, in a dramatic 5 set marathon win. Stan avenged the previous 14 losses in a row to Djoker...
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Canada's Genie Bouchard won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but is not surprised that she is already in an adult Grand Slam semifinal.
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Clearly Tommy Robredo's great comeback is still continuing. It's very likely that this will take him to #16; Richard Gasquet remains #9 for now, but he is in danger of losing that spot to countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It's a substantial help to Roger Federer, though, who now is almost certain to stay #8 or higher.
Every morning during the Australian Open I walk to the tennis which is about a mile away from my hotel. During my walk I cross a bridge, underneath there are train tracks leading to Melbourne train station. Despite being a good photo opportunity with the skyline behind me I think it's a cool way to illustrate the tennis tour and especially the 4 grand slams.
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Darren Cahill has long been regarded as the measured Australian voice of tennis. His commentary work with ESPN and his stellar coaching of both Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi to the world no.1 ranking earned him great respect. Now Cahill has serious words of warning for Bernard Tomic...
Just a week ago the ATP World Tour’s new executive chairman Chris Kermode made his first speech to the players, directors and other leading officials of men’s tennis. Now he is demanding the Australian Open provide clearer guidance about when severe heat will stop play at Melbourne Park.
The Australian Open "courtsiding" case has taken a new twist, with the British man accused of passing along running results of live matches being offered a full defense by his outraged London employer. Daniel Dobson, 22, is fully backed by Sporting Data Ltd, with the three-man firm correctly pointing out that their representative was doing exactly what chair umpires all over the world do on a daily basis.
The San Diego Aviators will make their debut this summer after local businessman Russell Geyser bought the New York franchise and relocated the professional tennis team. The Aviators will begin their inaugural season in July.
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