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Smart phones lit the Sunday sky like holiday lights. Seven hours before Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin squared off in the year end Nitto ATP World Tour Finals, tourists flooded to Buckingham Palace to see the changing guard.
Roger Federer wasn’t the only member of the family playing in London last week. The Grand Slam king and wife Mirka took their two sets of twins—eight-year-old daughters Myla and Charlene and three-year-old sons Leo and Lenny—on a play date to Kensington Palace.
Grigor Dimitrov declared his mission statement chasing the dream. Collapsing to the court in an eruption of euphoria, Dimitrov realized it in an emotional embrace.
Extreme experiences marked David Goffin’s World Tour Finals week. The seventh seed soared knocking out world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in what he called the best win of his career on Monday night only to crash and burn suffering his worst loss of the season to Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday.
Talk is cheap. Players have provided priceless moments with their words at this week’s World Tour Finals. Here are some of the most provocative, candid and funny comments from player press conferences at the O2 Arena.
Jack Sock brought showtime to the O2 Arena—and made American tennis relevant again at the season-ending finale. Roaring back from a break down in the final set, a spirited Sock stopped Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, charging into the World Tour Finals semifinals.
Roger Federer wasn’t working for the weekend, but remained committed to the cause at the ATP World Tour Finals. Federer slashed 17 aces and did not drop serve dispatching Marin Cilic, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, at the O2 Arena, scoring his 13th consecutive victory while raising his record against Top 10 opponents to 14-1 this season.
Grigor Dimitrov is enjoying one of his best seasons by asserting his own identity—and maintaining his sense of humor.
Streaks of skid marks Grigor Dimitrov left strewn across the service box were remnants of his surge into the semifinals. Playing near-flawless attacking tennis, Dimitrov roared through nine straight games steamrolling David Goffin, 6-0, 6-2, to charge into the World Tour Finals semifinals today.
Scaling the summit of the sport left Roger Federer with the desire to go downhill fast in his younger years. Years ago when Federer wasn’t refining his all-court artistry on the practice court, he was indulging his all-sport appetite with downhill skiing, soccer and squash often on the menu.
Roger Federer supports keeping a lid on the World Tour Finals. Tonight, Federer raised the roof on the O2 Arena. Before a wildly enthusiastic crowd, Federer flew threw six straight games transforming a tight test into a tutorial in closing power.
You never know who you'll meet on a London street at 4 a.m. A sleepy Jack Sock and his girlfriend, Michala Burns, ran into Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and their respective teams out on the street after a 4 a.m. fire alarm forced them to evacuate their second-floor hotel rooms early this morning.
Tennis amplified is the World Tour Finals tag line. Tonight, it was tennis electrified—for two sets—then came the end of Rafael Nadal's season.
Close calls and missed match points have haunted Grigor Dimitrov at times this season. The Bulgarian pushed Rafael Nadal to the very brink in the Australian Open semifinals before bowing in a pulsating four hour, 56-minute clash.
Grigor Dimitrov stared at the baseline like a man contemplating how to balance on a tight rope. Straddling aggression and apprehension, Dimitrov edged Dominic Thiem, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, in a fierce and fitful World Tour Finals fight that featured three service breaks in the last six games.
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