Archive: grigor-dimitrov
While four days of searing heat affected the 2014 Australian Open attendance a bit, a more than respectable total of 643,280 fans attended this years’ event. The all-time Australian Open attendance record of 686,006 was set in 2012
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Agnieszka Radwanska was not in the same position as Wawrinka or Dimitrov was entering their matches, but she had been in a bad way the past two years against fellow 24- year-old Victoria Azarenka, but she played more freely against then than she has at any time in recent memory and pulled off a 6-1 5-7 6-0 upset.
Given that they essentially dominated the tour in 2013, the odds of Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic meeting in another Grand Slam final were quite high entering the 2014 Australian Open. But tennis times always change, even if they do so at glacial pace.
Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open and the Williams sisters have history. Hopefully now that Larry Ellison owns the tournament the sisters will return. They were always loved at the event. And they've been missed.
Roger Federer went back to the future with a dominating vintage win over hammered Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 on Monday to start the second week with a fourth-round victory. The Swiss played plenty of serve-and volley the day after the birthday of new coach Stefan Edberg...
Rafael Nadal was upset that he was called for multiple time violations in his 7-6 (3) 7-5 7-6 (3) fourth round win over Kei Nishikori but he’s been a serial offender of the rule, even if he is one of the tour’s greatest and most exciting competitors.
So much for the potentially dramatic rematch of the Doha final. Gael Monfils will almost certainly return to the Top Thirty, but just barely.
Montreal, January 18, 2014 – The much-anticipated third round match at the Australian Open between Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) and
On the other hand, this opens a big opportunity for Murray and for David Ferrer. Juan Martin del Potro seemed to be rather dazed by the end -- perhaps the heat got to him; he's a very big guy, after all -- and Roberto Bautista Agut played very good tennis, and it ended with del Potro the first of the top ten seeds to fall.
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) became the third Canadian to reach the third round at the 2014 edition of the Australian Open on Thursday. / Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) est devenu le troisième représentant canadien à se qualifier pour le troisième tour de l’édition 2014 des Internationaux d’Australie.
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Juan Martin del Potro blew out Bernard Tomic in the Sydney final, which is an indication that if he is actually fit enough to contest numerous three-of-five set matches that he might have chance to win another major. Perhaps that major will be the 2014 Australian Open...
In Australia, Christina McHale is working with USTA coach Jorge Todero, as is Lauren Davis. Madison Keys is working with Todero’s son, Juan. . .K.T.Kim from Solinco tells us that his Solinco string won all sorts of awards again. We've tried many of them and find them awesome...
Maria Sharapova can be a very self-reflective person, but talking about her history against a woman who has all but dominated her and whom she does not get along with off court are not subjects she wants to ponder publicly.
Marin Cilic played just his third match in the past five months on Wednesday when took down 2013 Brisbane International finalist Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-5 at Pat Rafter Arena on Wednesday.
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