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One day after Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open, Roger Federer and a whole host of other seeded players will be trying to avoid the same fate.
Greetings – Global Chick here, back after jaunts around Australia! Saw a kangaroo or two. Spotted a koala, and… experienced the whole Four Seasons In One Day they always sing about in Melbourne! From summer to winter !
Top seed Bernard Tomic, bidding to reach his third final in four years at the Apia International Sydney, lost just eight of his service points in a 6-2, 6-2 victory over fellow Australian Jordan Thompson, a wild card, on Wednesday night.
Upsets often occur with more frequency during the fall swing, when players are worn out at the end of a long year. But don't tell that to Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and and Andy Murray at the BNP Paribas Masters.
Sixth seed Kei Nishikori withstood 17 aces from Jeremy Chardy to defeat the Frenchman 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-1 on Wednesday in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
Two of the ATP World Tour’s rising stars reached the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters on Monday in Paris as Dominic Thiem and Bernard Tomic both enjoyed victories.
Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock defeated compatriots Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky 6-4, 7-6(3) in Stockholm on Saturday to book their spot in the final.
Marin Cilic’s famed serve came to the rescue as he narrowly avoided a shock defeat at the hands of Di Wu on Monday evening at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is in the same quarter of the US Open draw as eighth seed Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer, the five-time former champion, could potentially face Andy Murray or Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals.
Feliciano Lopez has spoiled any chance of a Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer quarter-final showdown after upstaging his compatriot and No. 8 seed 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3) at the Western & Southern Open on Thursday.
Grigor Dimitrov is one match win from reaching his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final of the year, following a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) dismissal of Vasek Pospisil on Tuesday in Cincinnati.
Rafael Nadal, the 2013 Rogers Cup singles champion, made a winning return to Montreal as he teamed up with compatriot Fernando Verdasco to beat Tomas Berdych and Jack Sock 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 on Monday.
Former finalist and sixth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber broke a two-match losing streak against his fellow German, qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff, Tuesday at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel.
Roger Federer dropped a set for the first time this fortnight but he still cruised into the Wimbledon fourth round by defeating Sam Groth 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal will be back in action on Thursday at Wimbledon. All three cruised through round one and Murray (vs. Robin Haase) should do so once again.
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