Archive for January 2018
By Scoop Malinowski
Each Grand Slam certain players inch closer to fulfilling their dreams and their potentials, while others float away, farther and farther away from being contenders and challengers for the big titles.
Each tournament is a constant ebb and flow.
It's not yet known what direction Ivo Karlovic, a month away from age 39, is heading. In the second round yesterday, the oldest man in the draw won a marathon 76 67 75 46 12-10 epic vs Yuichi Sugita. Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
Saw three players wearing primarily all white - Shuai Zhang (Nike), Belinda Bencic (Yonex) and Matthew Ebden (Fila).
Pink seems to be the dominant color this year for Nike, with Kyrgios, Dimitrov, Sela, Nadal heavily pinking out. Continue to read full article...
AO · Australian Open · pink
Sloane looking sharp early leading the always dangerous Shaui Zhang, up a set and 2-3. Stephens has not won a match since the US Open final.
Looking forward to some big matches today: Tsitsipas vs Shapovalov, Sock vs Sugita, Nadal vs Estrella, Isner vs Ebden, Anderson vs Edmund, Cuevas vs Youzhny, Ostapenko vs Schiavone Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
The top seed and ATP world no. 1 Rafael Nadal lost an epic five setter last year in the final to Roger Federer despite being up 3-1 in the fifth set, but the 31-year-old lefty has not played an official match yet this year and his last match was a loss in three sets at the ATP World Tour Finals to no. 7 seed David Goffin.
Roger Federer, the world no. 2 and defending champion, looked sharp in winning all four of his matches at Hopman Cup two weeks ago. The 36-year-old Swiss, who has won in Melbourne five times, is the odds-on favorite to conquer again. Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
Denis Shapovalov took the ATP by storm last year, by posting shocking wins against Nadal and Del Potro in Montreal and his surreal US Open run all the way to the round of 16 as a qualifer.
But since entering the top 50 last September, the eighteen year old has struggled. Continue to read full article...
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Bouchard’s ranking falls outside of top 100
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By Scoop Malinowski
The glamour girl of tennis is becoming irrelevant thanks to her fading results.
Eugenie Bouchard, who lost all three of her singles matches at Hopman Cup last week, extended her losing streak to nine after a 6-4, 6-3 loss to 19-year-old Aryna Sabalenka at the Hobart International on Monday. Continue to read full article...
Bouchard · Genie's Army · Nike
Jan/18
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Federer says he’s better now than ten years ago
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(Note: This article was orignally posted in April 2017.)
I asked Juan Martin Del Potro at the 2017 Miami Open if he feels Roger Federer could be playing his finest tennis this year and the intelligent Argentine hardly objected to that notion.
The next day at the Miami Open press conference, Pete Bodo followed up on that story angle by asking Federer himself if it is possible that he actually is playing his best tennis now at age 35? Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski
Nick Kyrgios, who just decimated the Brisbane field, to win his first ATP title in two years with a straight set final win vs Ryan Harrison, holds a very rare, most impressive distinction in his career.
Kyrgios is the only man in history to beat prime Federer, Nadal and Djokovic the first time he played each. That is an incredible achievement and most likely a feat that will never be matched. Continue to read full article...
