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Twelve matches down. Ten to go? That's right; seven days into the BNP Paribas Open, Roger Federer and John Isner boast an incredible combined record of 12-0. They are both 6-0; 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles.
The "Thiem" is Dominic...Big Hitting Dominic Thiem powers his way through another win!
This was by no means as easy and straightforward as it looks; it took more than an hour, and if we did this right, Agnieszka Radwanska's first hold of the second set lasted 22 points! Radwanska is assured the #3 ranking; Annika Beck will probably be #43.
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This time, Tomas Berdych had his first serve working; he put sixty-odd percent of his first deliveries in the court. As a result, he was never broken. He's still only #7 in safe points, but he's in the soft half of the draw.
So much for any thought of Paul-Henri Mathieu staging some sort of comeback here. He'll remain somewhere far south of #125. But defending champion Richard Gasquet now needs only one more win to keep the #9 ranking.
French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.
Ivo Karlovic blasted a record-leveling 44 aces in a three-set match to beat Daniel Brands 6-7(4), 7-5 7-6(3) and begin his campaign at home on a high note. The performance tied that of Australian Mark Philippoussis, set October, 1995, in Kuala Lumpur.
So much for the potentially dramatic rematch of the Doha final. Gael Monfils will almost certainly return to the Top Thirty, but just barely.
Roger Federer defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-5 in a spirited charity exhibition played in front of 14,000 fans at the Rod Laver arena. Federer and Friends was staged to raise money for the Swiss player's charity for under-privileged South African children...
Gilles Simon will replace injured Janko Tipsarevic at the Kooyong Club Australian Open tune-up. The former No. 6 from France comes into the eight-man field for the January 8-11 exhibition after Serb Tipsarevic was forced to withdraw with a long-running ruptured tendon in his heel.
Gilles Simon will replace injured Janko Tipsarevic at the Kooyong club Australian Open tune-up.
Six of the world’s top 10 women and four of the top 20 men – including tennis superstar Roger Federer – will headline Brisbane International 2014 presented by Suncorp.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first of the major competitors to exit the race for the World Tour Finals after trying and failing to play on a wounded knee at the Paris Masters. The Frenchman was beaten in a first-round comeback at the Paris Masters by Japan's Kei Nishikori and will now have a month or more to get his dodgy knee into shape for 2014.
Third seed Nicolas Almagro began the week by winning an all-Spanish final over Pablo Andujar 6-2, 6-3 while fifth seeded Pole Jerzy Janowicz followed suit as he put out Spain's Pablo Carreno 7-5, 7-6(7).
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