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Gilles Muller is finally an ATP champion. At 33 years old and contesting his sixth career ATP final, Muller erased the demons of past final failures when he beat Dan Evans 7-6(5), 6-2 at the Apia International on Saturday evening.
Click here to see the order of play from the Apia International tennis in Sydney, Australia.
It’s easy to guess why most of the best players in the world are resting this week. That, of course, is because the Australian Open is a mere eight days away.
Viktor Troicki retained his Apia International Sydney crown in dramatic fashion on Saturday night, saving one match point in a pulsating third set.
Third seed Viktor Troicki will attempt to retain his Apia International Sydney crown when he faces fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov in Saturday's final.
Play was cancelled, due to rain on Friday shortly after 8 p.m. local time at the Apia International Sydney. Only one doubles match had been completed.
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.
One week down in the 2016 ATP season; one week to go until the Australian Open.
Click here to see photos and the latest draws and order of play from the ASB Classic & Apia International tennis tournaments going on this week.
The saddest news to come on the eve of the Australian Open was that Juan Martin del Potro, was forced to withdraw from the Australian Open because the wrist problems that had plagued him for much of the last few years hadn’t cleared up sufficiently for him to consider risking the possible rigors of a best of five sets Grand Slam event.
Check out the results from the final match between Kvitova & Pliskova during the Apia International in Sydney.
A day after Melbournian pessimism reigned over the Australian Open hopes of Nick Kyrgios, the player’s coach Todd Larkham maintained things aren’t quite so bad as his player maintained. Kyrgios underwent a day of scans and examinations to his injured back and leg after losing to Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the Apia International in Sydney.
Nick Kyrgios joined fellow Aussies Sam Groth, Marinko Matosevic and Pat Cash at the Apia International Sydney players’ party before getting down to business on the tennis court. Juan Martin del Potro, Fabio Fognini, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Eric Butorac were some of the other players in attendance.
Click here to see the latest draws & order of play for the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia.
Nick Kyrgios is reported to be ‘shattered’ after his hopes of playing the Australian Open were plunged into doubt after injuring both his left knee and back in Sydney’s Apia International.
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