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With her tall and slender frame, Daniela Hantuchova may not look like a paragon of fitness, but given that she has unofficially played more three setters in singles than anyone else on tour -- a whopping 263 – and won 181 of them, that indicates a lot of physical and mental staying power.
Fila announced that it has signed an endorsement agreement with Sam Querrey. The multi-year agreement with Querrey continues the legacy of Fila’s sponsorship of elite tennis champions.
The heat continues to play a big role in this years AO. While it's supposed to cool down dramatically by the weekend, some players are finding it difficult to make it to week 2. Go ahead and put Djokovic in the finals, only threat on his half of the draw is Berdych, but I don't think he can hang with Djoker in best of 5.
It's often been said of Melbourne that you can see all four seasons in the same day. Not anymore. So far all we have seen is serious summer and it's a scorcher. Hot. Hotter and consistently hot. Day and night.
Fears that Wimbledon champion Andy Murray might wither in the intense Melbourne heat after insufficient match practice in between his September 29 back surgery and the Australian Open proved ill-founded as the Scot required just 87 minutes to dispense of first round opponent Go Soeda.
Its hot out! Or at least thats what everyone is saying, tweeting, insta-gramming, and posting screen grabs of the weeks forecast of. I don't know, except for my walk into work this morning I spent all day in the ESPN production truck working on the telecast of the days matches, but from what I could see, it was a steamy one!
Andy Murray no longer fears the wrath of iron-man coach Ivan Lendl, with the Scot having gained valuable confidence in his own game under the regime of the former grand slam tough guy. After two years together and success through Wimbledon and US Open titles, the pair has jelled into a smooth working unit.
The biggest debate of the Australian Open so far centers on the speed of the courts laid at Melbourne Park. World no.1 Rafael Nadal insists they are much faster and believes the change is not a good thing while defending champion Novak Djokovic maintains the change is minimal.
Today wasn't the first time and it probably won’t be the last when the excruciating Melbourne heat became a major issue at the Australian Open. Tennis Australia and tournament supremo Craig Tiley put the entire tournament’s medical staff on high alert
Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum produced the first major upset of the fortnight with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 first-round knockout of of former Wimbledon winner and sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Asian pulled off the opening-day surprise of the tournament in nervy style.
Opening day winners got through before this week's heat wave began to bite, with seeds taking advantage with wins into the second round of the season's first grand slam. Instead of rising into the 40s Celsius and beyond as they will do from Tuesday through at least Friday...
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) became the third Canadian to advance to the second round of the Australian Open after defeating Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(2), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 on Tuesday on a very hot day in Melbourne. / Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) est devenu le troisième joueur canadien de l’édition 2014 des Internationaux d’Australie à se qualifier pour le deuxième tour en battant l’Espagnol Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(2), 6-1, 4-6 et 6-2.
Australian Open 2014. Melbourne . It's hot and getting HOTTER ! If you are in Melbourne you know its a real scorcher. We called it over the week end. Didn't even need to check the farmers almanac we checked out the weather on the iPhones.
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