Archive for January 2019
By Louise Belcourt
Roger Federerâs scintillating Australian Open defence continued in glorious fashion with a straight sets 3rd round victory over young American Taylor Fritz 6-2 7-5 6-2. In just under 1 hour 30 minutes the world number 3 frustrated and outfoxed the 21 year old. Fritz fresh off a great 4 set win over the 30th seed Gael Monfils was given a tennis lesson by the 37 year old defending champion. Continue to read full article...
Rafael Nadal will take on a resurgent Tomas Berdych in the fourth round of AO. Rafa leads the extensive rivalry 19-4 though he lost three of their first four meetings. Continue to read full article...
AO · Berdych · Rafael Nadal
By Jayita A. Belcourt
In front of a packed Rod Laver arena on Thursday night, Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic has again affirmed to the world that he is back full throttle at the reigns of the world number 1 top spot. It took just 2 hours for the world number one to dispatch of his 2rd round French opponent, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 setting up a third-round matchup with rising star Dennis Shapovalov. Continue to read full article...
We have the Next Generation and the Old Generation in the ATP, there is also another Generation of players who flopped or failed to reach their potential for whatever reasons...The Lost Generation.
Nick Kyrgios beat Federer, Nadal and Djokovic the first times he played each. But now he's a fading shell of his once great self. Continue to read full article...
Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt fired back at Bernard Tomic's charges that he is secretly managing some of the top Aussies he's been grooming for pro success, such as Alex deMinaur.
After his doubles loss yesterday at the first round of AO with JP Smith, Hewitt dropped some bombshell revelations. Continue to read full article...
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Quiet Iga Swiatek Makes Big Statement at AO
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AO · Iga Swiatek · Poland
By Scoop Malinowski
Nick Kyrgios crashed out of the Australian Open last night in three sets to Milos Raonic, it's the first time the Aussie entertainer has ever lost in the first round of the Melbourne major and now his ranking could fall all the way to the 75 region. Continue to read full article...
We have been starved of Grand Slam tennis for four and a half months, the longest drought of major tennis on the calendar.
Every single player has worked and honed their games and every single player expects to play better and achieve better results. Continue to read full article...
Ht: 5-10 Wt: 154
DOB: October 16, 1983 In: Augsburg, Germany
First Tennis Memory: âI think I just played â my family moved with me to South America, Caracas, Venezuela. I played every time normal with coach. Then my first tournament I was totally nervous and I lost 0 and 0 [smiles]. It wasnât a great start and I said I donât want to play any more tournaments, just practice. Right now, itâs a funny memory.â Continue to read full article...
